The giant canvas pink triangle that is one of the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride month symbols in San Francisco is bigger than ever this year. Volunteers said they are taking a stand for their rights amid a national pushback from conservative lawmakers.
Organizers of San Francisco's annual giant pink triangle installation say the symbol is especially relevant today as more states pass anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Organizers of San Francisco's annual giant pink triangle installation say the symbol is especially relevant today as more states pass anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Hundreds of volunteers installed the triangle made out of cloth and canvas on San Francisco’s Twin Peaks viewpoint, one of the city’s most popular tourist spots, as part of the city’s Pride celebrations. “We’ve had a lot of progress in the last decade: marriage equality and getting rid of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’” said Patrick Carney, co-founder of Friends of the Pink Triangle, the group which organizes the installation each year.The pink triangle was used by Nazis during the Holocaust to identify the thousands of gay prisoners
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