There are many people in society who openly accept and embrace friends and family members who are members of the gay community. Even with their acceptance of a variety of sexual identities, many straight people have a difficult time picking the right gift for homosexual friends or family members. An easy solution to the gifting dilemma means choosing just the right crystal rainbow mobile for their loved one.
Such a beautiful gift makes a delightful home accent for anyone. However, the symbolism of rainbows has special significance to GBLT communities. Not everyone realizes just how many homosexuals were sent to Nazi death camps during World War II.
Certainly most everyone on the planet is familiar with the yellow Star of David that the Jews were forced to wear during the German Nazi era. Few history books talked about the pink and black up-side down triangles that thousands of men and women were also forced to wear. These symbols were even used to identify nuns, priests, bishops, and Catholic monks.
The Nazi perspective of homosexuality was pretty much on-par with many fundamental religious beliefs regarding same. While not everyone of faith is protesting at funerals carrying signs that bear slogans such as God Hates Fags, there is still no doubt that the religious community does not support homosexuality. This perspective is very strongly delineated in the current debate regarding gay marriage.
The Nazi Party took their perspective of homosexuality being deviant to the next level when it came to their treatment of the Catholic Clergy. Simply taking an oath of celibacy was regarded as a rejection of any racial purity they may have possessed. Deviating from their planned society in any way resulted in being herded in with the Jews, and was a death sentence for these unfortunate souls.
When oaths had been taken to live the celibate lifestyle, the Nazis knew they were not going to be able to un-convert the clergy. So while being Catholic was not regarded as deviant, being a leader of the Catholic church was. Men and clergy were made to wear an upside-down pink triangle while nuns and lesbians were made to wear an upside-down black triangle on their lapel.
In fact, anyone who followed the concept of racial purity was expected to engage in sexual union and create as many children as they could. Men and women of their noted Aryan race were placed together by the State for the purpose of procreation. The women were chosen from within the community, and the men were most often high-ranking officers of the German Nazi army.
For years gay men and women have worn these upside-down pink and black triangles as a show of pride and solidarity with those who suffered and died in this atrocity. However, during the Nineties a change began to take place. Rather than wearing the symbol assigned by the Hitler minions, which was considered by many as focusing on a negative event in history, they began to wear the symbol of an upside-down triangle with the colors of the rainbow as a way to bring a positive message while still acknowledging history.
Such a beautiful gift makes a delightful home accent for anyone. However, the symbolism of rainbows has special significance to GBLT communities. Not everyone realizes just how many homosexuals were sent to Nazi death camps during World War II.
Certainly most everyone on the planet is familiar with the yellow Star of David that the Jews were forced to wear during the German Nazi era. Few history books talked about the pink and black up-side down triangles that thousands of men and women were also forced to wear. These symbols were even used to identify nuns, priests, bishops, and Catholic monks.
The Nazi perspective of homosexuality was pretty much on-par with many fundamental religious beliefs regarding same. While not everyone of faith is protesting at funerals carrying signs that bear slogans such as God Hates Fags, there is still no doubt that the religious community does not support homosexuality. This perspective is very strongly delineated in the current debate regarding gay marriage.
The Nazi Party took their perspective of homosexuality being deviant to the next level when it came to their treatment of the Catholic Clergy. Simply taking an oath of celibacy was regarded as a rejection of any racial purity they may have possessed. Deviating from their planned society in any way resulted in being herded in with the Jews, and was a death sentence for these unfortunate souls.
When oaths had been taken to live the celibate lifestyle, the Nazis knew they were not going to be able to un-convert the clergy. So while being Catholic was not regarded as deviant, being a leader of the Catholic church was. Men and clergy were made to wear an upside-down pink triangle while nuns and lesbians were made to wear an upside-down black triangle on their lapel.
In fact, anyone who followed the concept of racial purity was expected to engage in sexual union and create as many children as they could. Men and women of their noted Aryan race were placed together by the State for the purpose of procreation. The women were chosen from within the community, and the men were most often high-ranking officers of the German Nazi army.
For years gay men and women have worn these upside-down pink and black triangles as a show of pride and solidarity with those who suffered and died in this atrocity. However, during the Nineties a change began to take place. Rather than wearing the symbol assigned by the Hitler minions, which was considered by many as focusing on a negative event in history, they began to wear the symbol of an upside-down triangle with the colors of the rainbow as a way to bring a positive message while still acknowledging history.
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