Veterans observance : we remember : National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, October 11, 1987, Washington, DC

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Title Veterans observance : we remember : National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, October 11, 1987, Washington, DC

Description Text continues: "A pink triangle was used by the Nazis to identify and persecute homosexuals in the same way a yellow star was used for the Jews. An estimated 250,000 gay people were exterminated before and during World War II by the Third Reich. Today, the triangle has become a symbol of pride and struggle for gays around the world whose freedom and safety remain in peril. Veterans observances Sunday AM, October 11, 1987 at the Arlington National Cemetery and Vietnam Memorial; There are over three million lesbian and gay veterans. Over one hundred lesbian and gay veterans gave their lives during the various wars for this country, and for the Constitution for the United States. The same Constitution should be protecting equal rights." Black text on white background. The center of the poster contains a large, pink inverted triangle with a black graphic of the Iwo Jima superimposed in its center.

Contributor Coll2018-001 ONE Archives LGBTQ Poster Collection (provenance)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1987

Subject Gay and lesbian rights (subject), Gay veterans (subject), National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (corporate name), Political demonstrations (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:one,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place District of Columbia (states), USA (countries), Washington (city or populated place)

Type images

Format 1 print : lithograph, color (format), image/tiff (imt), posters (aat), sheet 56 x 45 cm (poster format). (format)

Language English

Source ONE Archives: Posters and Graphic Materials (subcollection), ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

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Repository Name ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-45400

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Content VETERANS OBSERVANCE
WE REMEMBER

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National March on Washington
for Lesbian and Gay Rights

OCTOBER 11, 1987 - WASHINGTON, DC

A pink triangle was used by the Nazis to deni and persecute homosexuals in the same way a
yellow star was used for the Jews. An estimated 250,000 gay people were exterminated before and during
World War II by the Third Reich. Today, the triangle has become a symbol of pride and struggle for gays

around the world whose freedom and safety remain in peril.

VETERANS OBSERVANCES SUNDAY AM, OCTOBER 11, 1987
AT THE
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY and VIETNAM MEMORIAL
Sponsored by Lesbian and Gay Veterans Organizations of the United States
Contact Veterans C.A.R.E., P.O. Box 3126, Rohnert Park, California 94928 (707) 829-5393

There are over three million lesbian and gay veterans. Over one hundred thousand lesbian and gay veterans
gave their lives during the various wars for this country, and for the Constitution of the United States.
The same Constitution should be protecting our equal rights.

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