http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/taxonomy/term/63/0 en http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/reappropriation-visual-symbols <p>The reappropriation of the word "queer" from a pejorative term to a term of self-identity and strength for the gay community has been well documented. It's worth pointing out though that another symbol currently associated with the gay rights movement, a pink triangle, is itself reappropriated from its much more menacing origins in Nazi identification systems. The pink triangle was, like the more well-known yellow Star of David, used to mark a population the Nazis deemed threatening, in this case homosexual men. Trusty Wikipedia has a brief discussion of the phenomenon with lots of relevant links.</p> <p><img src="http://workgroups.dwrl.utexas.edu/visual/files/pink.jpg" alt="Nazi identification system chart" /></p> http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/reappropriation-visual-symbols#comments Pink Triangle Reappropriation Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:48:25 +0000 Nate Kreuter 115 at http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old