![]() Badges existed because there was a fight to be won for liberation and visibility, but the wearer would also have had to consider their own safety. ![]() This is definitely not to say that LGBTQ people do not suffer violence or persecution in the 2020s, but that homophobic persecution and violence was more common and less protected against half a century ago. Lesbian and gay badges in the 1970s and 80s would have had more reason to be concealable or coded than many do today. Lesbian badges are an assertion of lesbian visibility – unlike, however, other printed clothing items such as activist t-shirts, they can also easily be hidden or removed if necessary. If a woman is pictured wearing a badge saying “encourage lesbianism,” she will be read as a lesbian. Printed with words or symbols, a lesbian identity can be deduced with ease. Unlike most other items of clothing worn by lesbians that may signify lesbianism through cultural codes and connotations, badges are often explicit in their meaning. In the context of lesbian fashion history, badges have held a prominent role over the last 50 years. ![]() If there’s anything that unites queer people across the wide expanse of the internet, it could very well be some form of badge, button, or pin.
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