Sonia Booth (she/her) is a museum professional and a former Program Coordinator for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. From her work managing the First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors series, she saw the power of sharing an individual’s story from Nazi Germany to inspire people to stand up to hate today. She jumped at the chance to conduct research for the Pink Triangles Legacies Project's LGBTQ+ Stories from Nazi Germany initiative. 

 

Sonia is an ally for the LGBTQ+ community and is committed to learning as much as she can and taking action to support this community. 

​

As a volunteer Research Advocate for the PTL Project, Sonia is producing a profile resource kit on Stefan (Teofil) Kosinski, a gay Polish man who survived the horrors of Nazi camps and then bravely told the world his story. His profile will be added to our LGBTQ+ Stories from Nazi Germany site in early 2025. 

​

Reflecting on her motivation to join the PTL Project team, Sonia states "I admire the mission of the Pink Triangle Legacies Project to fight homophobia and transphobia through education, empowerment, and advocacy. I wanted to get involved because I live in New Hampshire where legislators have been voting to take away the rights of trans people, and this same scary trend is taking place across the country. I got particularly discouraged by a recent law that took effect in New Hampshire in August 2024 stating that trans girls cannot participate in girls’ sports from grades 5 through 12. As the mother of two young children, I feel a sense of grief and outrage that this type of unjust law puts these types of limits on children and punishes them for just being themselves. I wanted to turn my despair into hope by taking action and decided to help write profiles for the Pink Triangle Legacies Project. I hope the research and writing I am doing allows readers to learn more about the history, and inspires them to work toward a brighter, more fair, and more just society for all."