10. Some have hidden meaning:
The equality symbol for gay rights and the date he officially came out to his parents.
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The pink triangle was one of the Nazi concentration camp badges, used to identify male prisoners who were sent there because of their homosexuality. Every prisoner had to wear a downward-pointing triangle on his or her jacket. Today it’s a commonly used symbol of the gay community.
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17. Some help bring people together:
“So I stumbled upon two beautiful ladies at a local gay bar with tattoos similar to mine! (I’m the one with the heart.)”
Sarah Karlan is the Deputy LGBT Editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Contact Sarah Karlan at sarah.karlan@buzzfeed.com.
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