Word: pinking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While the writers of the Peninsula say that they do not wish for violence against bi, gay or lesbian people, their magazine encourages such violence. The image of a pink triangle being shattered encourages violence. The statement that homosexuality is "bad" encourages violence. Those who would go out and commit acts of violence against gays are incited by any promulgation of anti-gay views. They are also encouraged by the suggestion that such views are within the domain of reasonable discourse...
...refer specifically to the exploding pink triangle on the cover of the October/November issue. Whether or not it was Peninsula's intention, such imagery immediately calls up visions of violence towards homosexuals and not just opposition to their practices...
...Jews, we are especially sensitive to the fact that the pink triangle was the symbol that the Nazis used during the Holocaust to identify gays; we can only shudder to think of what our reactions to an exploding Star of David might...
...Sporting pink triangles, participants occupied several tables at the rear of the Union. They were flanked by banners which had been signed earlier in the day on the steps of Widener Library...
...October/November issue of the conservative student magazine devoted most of its 55 pages to articles on what its writers called "a bad alternative" to heterosexuality. The magazine's cover featured an exploding pink triangle. The pink triangle is the emblem of gay identity...