Bry
LightNews LightNews
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Bry
@brysharlandart.bsky.social
19 followers 13 following 24 posts
Artist and creator of Pink Triangle Portraits project. Learn more @pinktriangleportraits on insta.
Posts Replies Media Videos
brysharlandart.bsky.social
“Truth to Power” Listen to Mon Mothma when she tells you to stand up to tyranny, fascism, and genocide. #andor #art #starwars #starwarsexpandeduniverse #starwarslegends #monmothma #emperorpalpatine #darthsidious #coruscant #rebel #resist #genevieveoreilly
May 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/reel/DICkzvm... Learn about Johann Scheff, a gay high school kid arrested by the Nazis. #queerhistory #pinktriangleportraits #Igbthistory #pinktriangle #gayhistory #rosawinkel #gay #artist #wwii
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2tqdyTv/ I made a TikTok for sharing videos on my project
Willi Käcker, a tobacco shop owner ensnared by an anti-gay police unit.#pinktriangleportraits #queerhistory #lgbthistory #pinktriangle #gay #gayhistory
TikTok video by Bry Sharland
www.tiktok.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Heinrich Arntzen. B. 9/6/1919, he was a laborer from München Gladbach. On his 19th birthday in 1938, he was arrested for being gay. I cannot find any other record or information relating to Heinrich sadly
#pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart
#LGBTQHistory
March 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
I adore David Lynch’s work; the weird, thoughtful, wonderful, inscrutable worlds of his making. A champion against the bitter mundanity of so many’s lives and unceasing queer ally. 11x14 oil on canvas. Fix your hearts or die. Have a great day everyone. #art #davidlynch #portrait #queerart #twinpeaks
Excited to finally post this, as it was a commission for a friend giving it as a gift. I adore David Lynch’s work; I love the weird, thoughtful, wonderful, inscrutable worlds of his making. A champion against the bitter mundanity of so many’s lives and unceasing queer ally as well. 11x14 oil on canvas. Fix your hearts or die. Have a great day everyone. #art #davidlynch #portrait #queerart #twinpeaks #fixyourheartsordie
March 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Herbert Fiß, murdered by the Nazis at Sachsenhausen for being gay. Learn more @pinktriangleportraits on insta.

#pinktriangleportraits #HerbertFiss #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #pride #wwii #resist
March 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Another face, another story erased. Only available information is this: Julius Schäfer, age 28, deported to Sachsenhausen. 9x12” prismacolor pencils. #pinktriangleportraits #juliusschafer #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #wwii
March 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Gerhard Liepert worked as a tailor. The Nazis regularly surveilled queer people and kept “pink lists” of queer people. He was sentenced to 7 months in prison for being gay. #pinktriangleportraits #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #resist
March 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
“Fritz Kitzing” Fritz was a gender non conforming person who survived harassment, arrests, and concentration camps because of the Nazis. 11x14 oil on canvas. Learn more @pinktriangleportraits and @pinktrianglelegacies #art #pinktriangleportraits #translivesmatter
February 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Tales from the Outlander Club. My cover art for the upcoming fan novel. 20”x17” watercolor and prismacolors. #starwars #starwarsexpandeduniverse #starwarslegends #talesfromtheoutlanderclub
February 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
“Gerd Katter” Born in 1910 in Berlin. As a child, Gerd lived as a male and he wished to physically transition as a teenager. Gerd was granted a Trans ID from the police that protect him from prosecution.
#pinktriangleportraits #gerdkatter #lgbtart #art #pinktriangle #gayart #trans #translivesmatter
February 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
The Pink Triangle Portraits project marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation. Here are five Auschwitz Pink Triangle Prisoners I have drawn. There are many more that will come in the future. #holocaustremembranceday #pinktriangleportraits
January 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Henny Schermann. She was arrested and forced to wear the black triangle for “asocials.” After two years in Ravensbrück she was sent to Bernburg Euthanasia Center and the gas chamber on May 30, 1942 at the age of 30.
#art #pinktriangleportraits #blacktriangle #holocaustremembrance #gayart #lgbtart
Henny Schermann was born Feb. 19, 1912. While gay men were more directly targeted by the Nazis, lesbians were considered undesirable as they weren’t adding to the German population and would sometimes be arrested and forced to wear the black triangle for “asocials.” As a lesbian Jew, she refused to adopt the forced “Sara” middle name that female Jews were supposed to use. She regularly spent time at lesbian bars in Frankfurt and was eventually arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. Eugenics Dr. Friedrich Mennecke labeled the back of her prisoner photo as a “licentious lesbian.” After two years in Ravensbrück she was sent to Bernburg Euthanasia Center and the gas chamber on May 30, 1942 at the age of 30. Other lesbian prisoners and asocials were also murdered at this center. Her mother, sister, and brother all were murdered as well. Prismacolor pencils on 9 x 12” paper. #art #pinktriangleportraits #blacktriangle #holocaustremembrance #gayart #lgbtart #hennyschermann
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Johann Scheff. Arrested at age 16, his fate is unknown. I found him on prisoner transport lists later. So young, a testament to the senseless brutality of the Nazis. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #gayart
January 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Heinz Dörmer. He spent 10 years in concentration camps and prisons; many pink triangle prisoners were not freed by the Allies and were forced to complete their Nazi imposed sentences in prison after the war.#art #pinktriangleportraits #paragraph175 #lgbtart #gayart #holocaustremembrance
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
“Juhani and Belaya” Jedi of the Old Republic, they were the very first gay characters in Star Wars, from the Knights of the Old Republic game. They deserved a happy ending together, and that is what is portrayed here #starwars #starwarseu #starwarslegends #kotor #juhani #belaya #lgbt #gayart #jedi
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
“Elsa Conrad” Born 5/9/1887. One of the rarer cases where she was arrested and sent to a concentration camp due to being a lesbian.#pinktriangleportraits #elsaconrad #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #blacktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #pride #wwii
“Elsa Conrad” Born May 9,1887. She is one of the much rarer cases where documentation shows she was arrested and sent to a concentration camp because of being a lesbian (though she was also Jewish, her lesbian identity is mentioned over and over by the Gestapo.) Elsa was briefly married to a man, but it is widely believed it was a sham marriage as they were both gay. Elsa then opened several businesses that catered to lesbians. The first was a bar called Verona-Diele. With her partner Amalie “Mali” Rothaug, Elsa then ran the club in Berlin called Mali und Igel (both their nicknames). There was a club inside the bar that was known as a gathering place for intellectuals and lesbians, and even hosted Marlene Dietrich at one point. The Nazis seized the couples’ bar in 1933, and Elsa was arrested in 1935. The Gestapo noted in their report that Elsa “is lesbian disposed and maintains relationships with lesbians.” In reading the report, I found Elsa to be an absolute spitfire and she had no problem openly mocking Hitler, Hermann Göring and Josef Goebbels, even when others around her warned it was illegal to speak in such a way. When Elsa heard the Nazi national anthem of “Horst-Wessel-Lied” she said she “started to vomit.” Just 10 days after being released from her first sentence, she was re-arrested and sent to Moringen concentration camp. Her ex-girlfriend Berta Stenzel paid for a ticket on a ship to Africa to help Elsa escape. The camp commander said he would allow this, but then did nothing and kept her imprisoned for another year. She finally was released and escaped to Africa, where she ran a milk bar. She died February 19, 1963. #pinktriangleportraits #elsaconrad #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #blacktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #pride #wwii
January 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
“Manfred Lewin” I really, really wanted to get this one right. The story of Gad Beck and Manfred is a touching and tragic story of two Jewish teen boys who fell in love in Berlin during one of the worst points in human history. Learn more at @pinktriangleportraits #manfredlewin #lgbtart #art #gayart
January 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
Reinhold Domann. He was subjected to 4 concentration camps and castration for being gay. Learn more @pinktriangleportraits on insta. #pinktriangleportraits #gayart #oilpainting #portrait
January 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
brysharlandart.bsky.social
“Saturday Morning” 18 x 24” oil on canvas. #art #portrait #dogart #gayart #queerart #oilpainting
January 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM