Pink triangle and the LGBT rights movement. In Nazi concentration camps, each prisoner was required to wear a downward-pointing, equilateral triangular cloth badge on their chest, the color of which identified the reason for their imprisonment. Early on, homosexual male prisoners were variously identified with a green triangle (indicating criminals) or red triangle (political prisoners), the number "175" (referring to Paragraph 175, the section of the German penal code criminalizing homosexual activity), or the letter "A" (which stood for "Arschficker", literally "ass fucker"). Later, the use of a pink triangle was established for prisoners identified as homosexual men, which also included bisexual
Pink Triangle Trust the comments area. As an adjunct to the "Pink Triangle" blog, the PTT runs a Yahoo! discussion group called Gaytheist, which receives daily posts providing links, information and occasional comment from list members. It is open to gay and straight contributors. It was formed by one of the blog team after a similar gay Humanist discussion group introduced premoderation. The blog says: “Gaytheist believes in allowing members to be adults. There is no censorship, no premoderation [. . .] Gaytheist believes that even homophobic and pro-religious opinions should be expressed, because the best way to deal with such views is