Pink Triangle Park

The Pink Triangle Park is a tiny, triangle-shaped park in the Castro District, sitting above the Castro Street Muni Metro station. This permanent memorial honors the thousands of homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. It includes fifteen triangular granite pylons, each representing those victims, and a central triangle filled with loose rose crystals. Visitors can take a rose crystal as part of the memorial experience. The design recalls the pink triangles Nazis forced gay men to wear as a badge of shame. Dedicated on United Nations Human Rights Day in 2001, the park serves as a physical reminder that persecution of any group damages all humanity. It sits across from Harvey Milk Plaza in the heart of the city's historic LGBT neighborhood.