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(https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/159258) "In 1987, Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás founded the SILENCE=DEATH Project to support one another in the midst of the AIDS crisis. Inspired by the posters of the Art Workers Coalition and the Guerrilla Girls (both of whose work is on view nearby), they mobilized to spread the word about the epidemic and created the now-iconic Silence=Death poster featuring the pink triangle as a reference to Nazi persecution of LGBTQ people in the 1930s and 1940s. It became the central visual symbol of AIDS activism after it was adopted by the direct action advocacy group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)."

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(https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/159258) "In 1987, Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás founded the SILENCE=DEATH Project to support one another in the midst of the AIDS crisis. Inspired by the posters of the Art Workers Coalition and the Guerrilla Girls (both of whose work is on view nearby), they mobilized to spread the word about the epidemic and created the now-iconic Silence=Death poster featuring the pink triangle as a reference to Nazi persecution of LGBTQ people in the 1930s and 1940s. It became the central visual symbol of AIDS activism after it was adopted by the direct action advocacy group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)."

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The ACT Up movement used art to inspire change not only for AIDS victims, but for the LGBTQIA+ community, the uninsured, the imprisoned and women. Like other nonviolent movements in India, Denmark and the Civil rights movements, the Art was a nonviolent protest. Though unlike those movements, the art itself was the integral part of the movement and allowed for education and awareness.

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In 1987, Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás founded the SILENCE=DEATH Project to support one another in the midst of the AIDS crisis. Inspired by the posters of the Art Workers Coalition and the Guerrilla Girls (both of whose work is on view nearby), they mobilized to spread the word about the epidemic and created the now-iconic Silence=Death poster featuring the pink triangle as a reference to Nazi persecution of LGBTQ people in the 1930s and 1940s. It became the central visual symbol of AIDS activism after it was adopted by the direct action advocacy group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP).

HIV and AIDS remain a global health issue, with nearly 40 million people living with HIV at the end of 2017. Communities of color continue to face disproportionate effects of the disease as well as barriers to treatment. Today, ACT UP remains dedicated to their original 1987 slogan: ACT UP! FIGHT BACK! FIGHT AIDS!

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ACCESSION NUMBER 1998.109

CREDIT LINE Gift of Robert Thill in honor of Robin Renée Thill Beck

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CAPTION SILENCE = DEATH Project (Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Li. SILENCE=DEATH, 1987. Offset lithograph, sheet: 33 9/16 × 21 15/16 in. (85.2 × 55.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Thill in honor of Robin Renée Thill Beck, 1998.109. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1998.109_PS6.jpg)

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Photography In 1987, Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socarrás founded the SILENCE=DEATH Project to support one another in the midst of the AIDS crisis.

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What concerns me about this post is how long after its release that healthcare actually became more accessible to people in the United States.

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Title
Welcome to America: The only industrialized country besides South Africa without national healthcare
Names

Gran Fury (Artists' collective) (Creator)

Collection

Welcome to America, [Slides]

Dates / Origin

Library locations

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Shelf locator: MssCol 3648

Topics

AIDS (Disease)

Genres

Photographs

Fliers (Printed matter)

Physical Description

Extent: 35 mm.

Type of Resource

Still image

Languages

Identifiers

NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14693399

MSS Unit ID: 3648

Archives EAD ID: 555828

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): df87cb50-c6b8-012f-28c6-58d385a7bc34

Rights Statement

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Welcome to America: The only industrialized country besides South Africa without national healthcare

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One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.

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This poster is disturbing. Prisoners have human rights and they were being violated in this case. The poster indicates that 25% of prisoners test positive for AIDS, this number is staggering.

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Title
AIDS Behind Bars
Additional title: 25% Test Positive

Names

Gran Fury (Artists' collective) (Artist)

Collection

Series XIV. Posters and placards

Dates / Origin

Library locations

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Shelf locator: MssCol 10

Topics

AIDS (Disease)

AIDS activists

Genres

Notes

Content: 1583391

Physical Description

Extent: 1 poster : black and white ; 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.

Type of Resource

Still image

Languages

Identifiers

NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16864445

MSS Unit ID: 10

Archives EAD ID: 558061

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): daadb8e0-9891-0138-b06d-00f26e964cd5

Rights Statement

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I like that this post shows Gran Fury's intentions to educate people that AIDS is not spread through kissing or homosexuality. It has a double effect of standing up for LGBTQIA+ rights and educating the public on the AIDS bloodborne illness.

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Title
Read My Lips (Boys)
Additional title: Why we kiss

Names

Gran Fury (Artists' collective) (Artist)

Collection

Series XIV. Posters and placards

Dates / Origin

Library locations

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Shelf locator: MssCol 10

Topics

AIDS (Disease)

AIDS activists

Genres

Notes

Content: This image was created by Gran Fury as part of the National Spring AIDS Action '88 campaign. The verso of this poster contains an article titled, "Why We Kiss." 1583375, 1583394

Physical Description

Extent: 1 poster : black and white ; 8 1/2 x 14 in.

Type of Resource

Still image

Languages

Identifiers

NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16864445

MSS Unit ID: 10

Archives EAD ID: 558064

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): db675510-9891-0138-a347-7991235b175c

Rights Statement

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Another poster that shows how often someone dies of AIDS. These posters prove the importance of research and education surrounding AIDS treatment and prevention.

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Title
The Government Has Blood on Its Hands. One AIDS Death Every Half Hour.
Names

Gran Fury (Artists' collective) (Artist)

Collection

Series XIV. Posters and placards

Dates / Origin

Library locations

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Shelf locator: MssCol 10

Topics

AIDS (Disease)

AIDS activists

handprints

Genres

Notes

Content: 1577320

Type of Resource

Languages

Identifiers

NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16864445

MSS Unit ID: 10

Archives EAD ID: 558062

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): db0a7740-9891-0138-b66b-07d74c604d84

Rights Statement

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The Government Has Blood on Its Hands. One AIDS Death Every Half Hour.

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TitleThe Government Has Blood on Its Hands. One AIDS Death Every Half Hour. Names Gran Fury (Artists' collective) (Artist) Collection Series XIV.

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According to PBS artist Keith Haring was both an AIDS victim and an Artist/Activist. His art was a huge part of the Act Up movement in New York

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Author: César Carrasco Date: June 19th, 1990 Demonstration: INS Protest "In 1990, the International AIDS Conference was announced to take place in San Francisco.  The United States had introduced an immigration and entry-ban for HIV+ people in 1987, which prevented HIV/ AIDS activists from abroad from attending the conference.  The issue of whether to send ACT UP NY representatives to San Francisco divided the organization." (https://actuporalhistory.org/lc-archive/immigration-wants-you)

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Author: César Carrasco Date: June 19th, 1990 Demonstration: INS Protest "In 1990, the International AIDS Conference was announced to take place in San Francisco.  The United States had introduced an immigration and entry-ban for HIV+ people in 1987, which prevented HIV/ AIDS activists from abroad from attending the conference.  The issue of whether to send ACT UP NY representatives to San Francisco divided the organization." (https://actuporalhistory.org/lc-archive/immigration-wants-you)

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I think this is an effective piece of art. It depicts a US soldier with a snake tongue holding an HIV test kit. He is pointing with his other hand and holding a sign that says out signaling that those who test positive are not welcome. This upsets me because it is a form of medical discrimination.

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Immigration Wants You — ACT UP Oral History Project

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William Dobbs event poster and reaction poster Source: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Cooperative at Yale Records (RU 1059). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library Item sets Community in a Time of Crisis: Yale, New Haven, and HIV/AIDS, 1981-1996 

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William Dobbs event poster and reaction poster Source: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Cooperative at Yale Records (RU 1059). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library Item sets Community in a Time of Crisis: Yale, New Haven, and HIV/AIDS, 1981-1996 

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This poster is disturbing because it depicts the male phallic. I  understand that not everyone is disturbed by these images and the reason for the art is to make a statement against violence that was incurred. According to the Yale site
"The Yale Lesbian and Gay Studies Center’s second annual conference, held in 1989, turned out to be a flashpoint for AIDS activism on campus. Yale Police arrested conference speaker Bill Dobbs, a New York-based lawyer and member of the prominent AIDS activist group ACT UP, for hanging posters described as “obscene” inside Yale Law School. New Haven police subsequently arrested several members of the Gay and Lesbian Co-Op who challenged Dobbs’ arrest. Protests erupted when Yale President Benno Schmidt refused to comment on allegations of homophobic police brutality. The posters in question contained erotic illustrations and the words “Sex is,” and “Just sex,” and had been created by the San Francisco guerilla art collective Boys with Arms Akimbo in the wake of a federal ban on AIDS education."(https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/community-in-crisis/page/student-activism)

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"(a New York art collective)after Leo Burnett (creator of the Marlboro Man, 1954)AIDS CrisisWarning:  While Bush spends billions playing cowboy, 37 million North Americans don’t have health insurance.  A North American dies of AIDS every eight minutes." Published by ACT UP 1990 Purchased through the John F. Fulton Fund 2005 Susan Wheeler's blog: https://library.medicine.yale.edu/blog/aids

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"(a New York art collective)after Leo Burnett (creator of the Marlboro Man, 1954)AIDS CrisisWarning:  While Bush spends billions playing cowboy, 37 million North Americans don’t have health insurance.  A North American dies of AIDS every eight minutes." Published by ACT UP 1990 Purchased through the John F. Fulton Fund 2005 Susan Wheeler's blog: https://library.medicine.yale.edu/blog/aids

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This post says "While Bush spends billions playing cowboy, 37 million North Americans don’t have health insurance.  A North American dies of AIDS every eight minutes." It made me angry. Many people in the US were without health insurance before Obamacare and it is disturbing to hear that someone died every 8 minutes from AIDS.