The pink triangle is a symbol of LGBTQIA+ activism, and celebrates the wins that the queer community has achieved over the past decades. Originally pink triangles were a symbol that gay and bisexual men had to wear in Nazi Germany, but the symbol was reclaimed by the activist LGBTQIA+ community, and has been part of the visual language of queer activism for decades. Many queer people alive today have experienced discrimination which was once legal and is not anymore. The 2010 Equality Act means that it is not legal to discriminate against a person because of their sexuality, and the 2013 Equal Marriage Act means LGBTQIA+ people’s relationships can have equal legal status to straight people’s. We owe these milestones to the decades of activism that it took to create these changes. The rainbow 50 love locks are
borrowed from another piece from 2017, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality. There is still more work to be done, and this door looks forward to the future too: for example equal rights in healthcare and education, especially for trans and non-binary people, young people, and trans and non-binary young people.
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Photo credit: Doug Southwall, Pepper Pictures
