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The downward-pointing black triangle used to mark individuals considered "asocial". The category included homosexual women, nonconformists, sex workers, nomads, Romani, and others. The downward-pointing pink triangle overlapping a yellow triangle was used to single out male homosexual prisoners who were Jewish.
Renée Vivien (born Pauline Mary Tarn; 11 June 1877 – 18 November 1909) was one of the first twentieth-century lesbian British poets. [1] [p.12] She wrote in French, in the style of the Symbolistes and the Parnassiens. A high-profile lesbian in the Paris of the Belle Époque, she is notable for her work, which has received more attention ...
A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of orphaned siblings Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After their parents' death in a fire, the children are placed in the custody of a murderous villain ...
All the Bright Places is a young adult fiction novel by Jennifer Niven which is based on the author's personal story. The novel was first published on January 6, 2015 through Knopf Publishing Group and is Niven's first young adult book. [1] A film adaptation starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith was released on February 28, 2020 on Netflix.
The Violet Quill. The Violet Quill (or the Violet Quill Club) was a group of seven gay male writers that met in 1980 and 1981 [1] in New York City to read from their writings to each other and to critique them. [2] This group and the writers epitomize the years between the Stonewall Riots and the beginning of the AIDS pandemic.
In response, the San Francisco-based Paramount Flag Company began selling a version using stock rainbow fabric with seven stripes: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, and violet. As Baker ramped up production of his version of the flag, he too dropped the hot pink stripe because fabric in that color was not readily available.
1. Yiddish. 1. 1 Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel Prize in Literature 1913) wrote in Bengali and English, Samuel Beckett (Nobel Prize in Literature 1969) wrote in French and English and Joseph Brodsky (Nobel Prize in Literature 1987) wrote poetry in Russian and prose in English.
One of the best books money could buy between 1999 and 2006 was "A Series of Unfortunate Events." Many of us bought, read and become obsessed with them. Many of us bought, read and become obsessed ...