Editing Homomonument (section)

{{Short description|Memorial in Amsterdam}}
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The '''Homomonument''' is a [[memorial]] in the centre of [[Amsterdam]], the capital of the [[Netherlands]]. It commemorates all [[gay|gay men]] and [[lesbians]] who have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Orangias |first=Joe Joe, Jeannie Simms, & Sloane French |title=The Cultural Functions and Social Potential of Queer Monuments: A Preliminary Inventory and Analysis |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=705–726 |date=2017 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2017.1364106 |pmid=28777713 |s2cid=33573843 }}</ref> Opened on 5 September 1987, it was the first monument in the world to commemorate gays and lesbians who were killed by the German [[Nazi Germany|Nazi regime]].<ref name="Dunford2010">{{cite book |first=Martin |last=Dunford |title=The Rough Guide to The Netherlands |publisher=Penguin |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-84836-882-8 |page=73}}</ref>

The monument takes the form of three large [[pink triangle]]s made of granite, set into the ground, which together compose a larger triangle. It is located on the bank of the [[Keizersgracht|Keizersgracht canal]], near the historic [[Westerkerk]] church. The Homomonument was designed to "inspire and support lesbians and gays in their struggle against denial, oppression and [[discrimination]]."

During the Netherlands' annual [[Remembrance of the Dead|Remembrance Day]] ceremony on 4 May, wreaths are laid on the monument to commemorate LGBT victims of persecution. A day later, on [[Liberation Day (Netherlands)|Liberation Day]], the monument becomes the site of a street party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.homomonument.nl/agenda/|title=Homomonument|website=Homomonument|access-date=18 May 2018|archive-date=18 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518201251/http://www.homomonument.nl/agenda/|url-status=live}}</ref>