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- From: rb012b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Rod Bugarin-registered Democrat)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: question about the triangle
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.203055.26264@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 20:30:55 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.130204.10122@iscsvax.uni.edu>
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- In <1993Jan24.130204.10122@iscsvax.uni.edu> weaverli0469@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
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- >Just a quick question : What does the triangle stand for? I see them every so
- >often at the bottom of people's notes...
- >
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- > Like this one:
- > _____
- > \ /
- > \ /
- >
- >Shawn
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- From my understanding, it was used during Nazi Germany to identify gays or
- jews. I'm not sure. Basically, it is for a symbol for queer life, either
- queer-friendly or just queers. Hope that helps!!!!
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- Rod- registered Democrat. Viva Socks Clinton!!!
- rb012b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
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