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== Memorials == The symbol of the pink triangle has been included in numerous public monuments and memorials. In 1980 a jury chose the pink triangle design for the [[Homomonument]] in Amsterdam, to memorialize gay and bisexual men killed in the [[Holocaust]] (and also victims of [[Gay bashing|anti-gay violence generally]]).<ref name="Dunford2010">{{cite book|author=Martin Dunford|title=The Rough Guide to The Netherlands|year=2010|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-84836-882-8|page=73}}</ref> In 1995, after a decade of campaigning for it, a pink triangle plaque was installed at the [[Dachau concentration camp|Dachau]] Memorial Museum to commemorate the suffering of gay men and lesbians.<ref name="munich.memorial">{{cite news|last=Brocklebank|first=Christopher|title=New memorial to gay holocaust victims to be built in Munich|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/05/31/new-memorial-to-gay-holocaust-victims-to-be-built-in-munich/|access-date=1 June 2011|newspaper=[[Pink News]]|date=31 May 2011}}</ref> In 2015 a pink triangle was incorporated into Chicago's [[Legacy Walk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/m/APPredirect.php?AID=53131|title=Legacy Walk unveils five new bronze memorial plaques - 2342 - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News - Windy City Times|date=14 October 2015}}</ref> It is the basis of the design of the [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial|Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial]] in [[Sydney]]. In 2001 it inspired both San Francisco's [[Pink Triangle Park]] in [[The Castro, San Francisco|the Castro]] and the {{convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks that is displayed every year during the [[San Francisco Pride|Pride]] weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepinktriangle.com/ |title=The Pink Triangle, displayed annually on Twin Peaks in San Francisco during Pride weekend |publisher=Thepinktriangle.com |date=2012-06-14 |access-date=2013-02-12}}</ref> It is also the basis for LGBTQ+ memorials in [[Barcelona]], [[Sitges]], and [[Montevideo]], and the burial component of the LGBTQ+ [[Pink Dolphin Monument]] in [[Galveston]]. <gallery widths="180" heights="180" perrow="4" caption="Examples of Pink Triangle memorials"> File:In memory of homosexual.JPG|Pink triangle ({{lang|de|Rosa Winkel}} in German) memorial for [[gay]] men killed at [[Buchenwald]]. File:Gedenktafel Rosa Winkel Nollendorfplatz.jpg|In the Berlin [[Nollendorfplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)|Nollendorfplatz subway station]], a pink triangle plaque honors gay male victims. File:Ac.homomonument.jpg|Amsterdam's ''[[Homomonument]]'' uses pink triangles symbolically to memorialize gay men killed in the [[Holocaust]] (and also victims of [[Gay bashing|anti-gay violence]] generally). File:Pink Triangle Sydney,.jpg|[[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial]] File:Pink Triangle 6.jpg|[[Pink Triangle Park]] in the [[Castro District]] of [[San Francisco]] honors gay holocaust victims File:Pink Triangle installation on Twin Peaks in 2022.jpg|Pink Triangle 2022 installation on [[Twin Peaks (San Francisco)|Twin Peaks]] in [[San Francisco]] </gallery>
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