On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Equality March Texas organized a vigil to remember LGBT Holocaust victims.
The vigil began at the Highland Park fountain and proceeded down Oak Lawn Avenue to the Legacy of Love monument.
Latisha McDaniel and Maryann Thompson-Frenk led the march carrying a sign with a quote by Coretta Scott King.
The vigil passed the Legacy of Love monument and then into the Melrose Hotel.
And there’s nothing like a well-catered demonstration.
- Latisha McDaniel
Latisha was one of the vigil organizers. She told the history of the pink triangle.
- Lavidia Violet
Lavidia Violet read from the Holocaust memoir, “Aimee and Jaguar.”
- Cathy Gonzalez
Cathy Gonzalez is the board chair of Youth First Texas. She was adopted by an American family, but she was born in Germany during the Holocaust.
Wish I could have attended! It’s important to not forget these moments of history that illuminate the evils that the human race can perpetuate onto itself. As for the untold numbers of LGBT persons whose voices were destroyed and silenced for nothing more than their sexual orientation, my prayers are with you.
I had a political science professor who on the first day of class showed us the numbers on his forearm. So I will definitely never forget that.