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During the gay liberation movement, simple metal badges with slogans like "Gay Is Good" or the Greek lambda symbol (λ) became wearable code. Gay schoolboys at all-boys boarding schools in the UK and US would swap these badges in secret. A badge pinned to the inside of a locker door was a confession; pinned to a blazer on a "free dress" day was a declaration. gay schoolboy pin