I Was a 20th Century Lesbian > 2: Counterspells

Chapter opener for "I Was a 20th Century Lesbian," image of pink triangle sewn over blue and white stripes

CHAPTER 2: COUNTERSPELLS

Woodblock print and cotton thread

14.5" x 20.5" (37 x 52.4 cm)

In World War II Nazi concentration camps, a downward-pointing pink triangle was sewn on the uniforms of imprisoned gay men and other sexual offenders to identify them to the guards as well as to other prisoners. In the 1970s, the gay community claimed the pink triangle as an international symbol of gay pride, so I have based these Counterspells prints on the shape of the triangle.