u/Severus-Snape-DaGod

I know many people in the community are familiar with the history behind the Pink Triangle, but there may be someone who isn't. So I wanted to share some of its history and talk about the persecution of gay men under Nazi Germany.

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they began dismantling Germany's existing gay communities. Gay bars and meeting places were closed, LGBTQ+ organizations were dissolved, and gay publications were shut down. The persecution became increasingly severe throughout the 1930s.
The Nazis also expanded the enforcement of Paragraph 175, a German law criminalizing sexual relations between men. During the Nazi period, police arrested around 100,000 men for allegedly violating Paragraph 175, with roughly half being convicted.

For those sent to concentration camps as "homosexual" prisoners, the Nazis typically required them to wear a pink triangle on their uniforms. Between approximately 5,000 and 15,000 men were imprisoned in concentration camps under this classification. Pink-triangle prisoners were frequently subjected to abuse, forced labor, and humiliation. The pink triangle was part of the Nazis' prisoner classification system. Different groups were assigned different colored badges, and prisoners could receive more than one designation.

For example, Jewish prisoners could have a yellow triangle combined with another colored triangle representing an additional category. Some gay men were imprisoned, some were sent to concentration camps, and some survived by hiding their sexuality or withdrawing from gay communities.

After World War II, the persecution didn't stop. Paragraph 175 remained in force in Germany for decades, meaning some men who had survived Nazi persecution continued to face criminalization after liberation. It took many years for the persecution of homosexual men under Nazism to receive public recognition.

Today, the pink triangle has been reclaimed by LGBTQ+ communities and transformed from a symbol imposed by persecution into a symbol of remembrance, resistance, and pride.

⭐️I’m so happy to see you all adding to the history and sharing things others may not know in the comments. Thank you u/GFluidThrow123 for bringing up the history of transgender people under Nazi Germany, including the destruction of the Institute for Sexual Science and the burning of its books and research. Someone also mentioned lesbians and bisexuals.

Most of the LGBT-related posts on my profile focus on the trans community, and I would never erase or overlook their history or existence. My goal is to create educational posts highlighting the history of each letter of our community, because every part of our community has a story worth knowing. I made a post a couple days ago about the Compton Cafeteria riot.⭐️

Please know that I love and appreciate every letter of our community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Three years before the Stonewall uprising, in 1966, transgender women, queens, and other queer people fought back against police harassment at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco.

Police regularly harassed and arrested people at the cafeteria. One night, when an officer attempted to arrest a transgender woman, she threw her coffee in his face. The cafeteria erupted. People overturned tables, broke windows, and fought back with whatever they had. Trans women and drag queens reportedly fought police with their high heels and heavy purses. The confrontation eventually spilled into the streets.

Then came Stonewall in 1969, where transgender and gender nonconforming people were also among those involved in the uprising. Afterward, activists such as Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson continued organizing and helped establish STAR, which provided food, clothing, and shelter for homeless trans and queer youth.

The language surrounding gender and sexuality has changed over the decades, so we should be careful about applying today's labels to everyone in the past. But the history is clear: trans and gender nonconforming people were there. They resisted police harassment, organized their communities, and helped build the movement that became modern LGBT liberation.

There are ongoing attempts to minimize or erase the role transgender people played in this history, but changing the language or leaving people out of the story does not change what happened.

Trans people were absolutely there, and they are part of LGBT history.

Thank you for the responses! I’m not going to fill anything out and will call the school Monday to verify what’s needed.

I rent out a mother-in-law suite that I had built for my mother when she became sick. Unfortunately, she has since passed away, and I started renting the unit out in May 2026.

The tenant has her own separate entrance, so I rarely see or hear her. I’m also not always home because I sometimes spend weeks or months at a time in New York. Yesterday, my tenant informed me that her 5-year-old daughter needs to start school on August 24th and that she needs to have her daughter and 3-year-old son listed as occupants.

When she applied, the application was only in her name. I was not aware that she had children because she never mentioned them, and I never saw any children during the application process. She told me she was worried I would reject her application if she disclosed that she had kids.
To be clear, I am not upset with her. She has been a very sweet tenant, and I understand that times are difficult right now. I just want to make sure I handle this correctly.

She told me I need to complete a 24 P.S. §13-1302 form and Go to a notary and have it notarized with her so the daughter can enroll in the school district. She said I may also need to provide my deed or school property tax records as proof of residence. I don’t expect an issue since I attended this same school district 25 years ago, but I want to make sure I’m doing everything properly.

My questions are:

Since the lease has already been signed with only the tenant listed, should I amend the lease to add the children as occupants?

Is there anything else I should do from a landlord perspective before providing documentation for school enrollment?

I’m not looking to make this difficult for my tenant. I just want to make sure everything is done correctly and legally.

In 1512, Blanke submitted a formal petition to Henry VIII requesting a higher paying position that had become vacant after another royal trumpeter died. At the time, Blanke earned 8 pence per day, while the vacant position paid 16 pence per day. Henry VIII personally approved the petition, effectively doubling Blanke's wages.

The timing is especially interesting because Blanke had recently married. Around the same time, Henry VIII gave him an unusually generous wedding gift that included expensive cloth, furs, scarlet hose, a hat, a bonnet, and tailoring.

John Blanke is also significant because he is the earliest known Black person in Britain to appear in both surviving historical records and an identifiable portrait. He is depicted on horseback in the famous Westminster Tournament Roll of 1511, celebrating the tournament held for the birth of Prince Henry.

The original Westminster Tournament Roll is preserved at the College of Arms in London. Because it is an exceptionally fragile and light sensitive manuscript measuring more than 18 meters, or about 60 feet, in length, it is only rarely displayed to the public.

I learned about Blanke’s story while traveling to London with an orchestra group I’m part of in New York. I’ve been playing the trumpet for 25 years (since I was 5), and our music conductor introduced us to Blanke’s story and showed us where the Westminster Tournament Roll is located. Apparently, the roll is extremely fragile due to its age and the many years it has spent being preserved.

Maria de Salinas was a Spanish noblewoman who came to England after the death of Arthur, Prince of Wales, and entered the household of Katherine of Aragon as one of her ladies-in-waiting. The two women formed a close friendship that endured throughout Katherine's life.

In 1516, Maria married William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Modern historical scholarship associates the Tudor warship Mary Willoughby with Maria following her marriage.

When Katherine was confined to Kimbolton Castle during Henry VIII's efforts to end their marriage, Maria remained firm in her loyalty. As Katherine lay dying in January 1536, Henry VIII forbade Maria from visiting. According to the contemporary dispatches of the Imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys, Maria traveled to Kimbolton, gained entry despite the King's orders, and remained at Katherine's bedside until her death on 7 January 1536. Her unwavering loyalty to Katherine endured until the very end.