Editing Homomonument (section)

== Symbolism ==
The Homomonument is an abstract composition of three pink triangles made of granite. The symbol has historical roots; the pink triangle was a [[Nazi concentration camp badge|cloth badge]] used in Nazi concentration camps to identify men who had been jailed for homosexuality, which also included bisexual men and transgender women.<ref name="tgdor">{{Cite web|url=http://tgdor.org/holocaust.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820132817/http://tgdor.org/holocaust.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2008|title=2008 Houston Transgender Day of Remembrance: Transgenders and Nazi Germany|last=Williams|first=Cristan|website=tgdor.org|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> It is estimated that 100,000 men were arrested and half of these spent time imprisoned during Nazi rule.{{sfn|Whisnant|2016|p=240}} Subsequently, the pink triangle became a symbol of the emancipation of the LGBT community and its struggle for its rights.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Waxman |first1=Olivia B. |title=How the Nazi Regime's Pink Triangle Symbol Was Repurposed for LGBTQ Pride |url=https://time.com/5295476/gay-pride-pink-triangle-history/ |access-date=22 August 2018 |magazine=TIME |date=31 May 2018 |language=en |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906095907/http://time.com/5295476/gay-pride-pink-triangle-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

However, the Homomonument not only commemorates the victims of World War II, but all homosexual men and women who have been persecuted and murdered.<ref name="four">{{cite web |url=http://www.4en5mei.nl/oorlogsmonumenten/zoeken/monument-detail/_rp_main_elementId/1_10674 |title=Amsterdam, Homomonument |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416085714/http://www.4en5mei.nl/oorlogsmonumenten/zoeken/monument-detail/_rp_main_elementId/1_10674 |archivedate=16 April 2009 |website=National Day of Remembrance Committee of the Government of the Netherlands}}</ref><ref name="five">{{cite web |url=http://www.glbtq.com/arts/homomonument.html |title=Homomonument |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005232502/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/homomonument.html |archive-date=5 October 2013 |website=An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture}}</ref> The monument also honours those who have fought for the freedom and human rights of LGBTQ members.<ref name="two">{{cite web |title=Homomonument |url=http://www.homomonument.nl/hwhy.htm |website=Homomonument Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909151805/http://www.homomonument.nl/hwhy.htm |archive-date=9 September 2010}}</ref> The designer of the monument, artist [[:nl:Karin Daan|Karin Daan]], described the symbolism of the monument as follows:<ref name="four" />
{{blockquote|I think the best part is that the monument integrates itself into the place like an [[embroidery]], and from above it is clearly visible how the triangle is intertwined with the urban and social space, that, for example, when taxi drivers stand in the middle of the monument, they are hardly aware of it. I think that is the most beautiful component of the Homomonument: we are there, proud and strong as granite, the monument binds us together here and now, but we are just as intertwined with the city and society in a larger time and space.}}