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From: ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch)
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Subject: Re: "The Age of Consent" by Bronski Beat
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	The pink triangle dates back to Nazi Germany and the concentration
camps.  As many of you may know, not only were Jews held at these camps,
but others were detained also.  Each particular group had a particular
symbol to identify them from the other groups.  'Intellectuals' wore
blue circles, Jews wore Yellow Stars of David and homosexuals wore
pink triangles.

	I expect that the triangle has origins elsewhere as well. Nevertheless,
it has become the symbol for oppression of gay people.  

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