‘Gay is Good’ badge

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

52026

Title

‘Gay is Good’ badge

Description

'Lambda' was a Greek symbol for liberty, adapted as a 'discreet' gay sign/symbol.

Photo credit: Geoff Gardner

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1979

Type

Metal

Accession number

HH6460.05.2005

Collected for the Remember When LBGT project.

The Remember When project was an oral and community history project which documented the lives and achievements of Edinburgh’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, past and present and was a joint initiative between the City of Edinburgh and the Living Memory Association.

The project recorded the stories of a wide range of Edinburgh’s LGBT communities and showed how they have continually made a distinctive and valuable contribution to life in Edinburgh.

Scottish Homosexual Rights Group was a later iteration of the Scottish Minorities Group. You can find out more about the origins of the Scottish Minorities Group on the OurStory Scotland website.

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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Badges

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Politics > Issues > LGBTQ+ equality