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by Trudy Howson


British poet Trudy Howson conceived of this poem for International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2016 to memorialize the experiences of LGBT people under Nazism. The text of the poem is below, and you can see a video of Howson performing the piece here.

Remember those poor unfortunate men

Of every race, age and religion…the 175’s,

Rounded up, incarcerated in concentration camps

Because they were Homosexual.

 

Respect those 20,000 men,

Who lost their friends, families and businesses,

Who were beaten, tortured and castrated.

Labelled with a pink triangle…the lowest of the low.

 

Resolve to never again return

To those dark days of terror and evil.

Fight injustice and inequality,

Encourage love, regardless of race or gender.

 

I can choose to remove these labels,

Live and love freely, be Glad to be Gay.

Those men were not so fortunate.

Remember, Respect and Honour them today.

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