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- SILENCE = DEATH Collective Poster, 1987 - The Silence=Death Collective was an activist group formed in 1985 during the height of the AIDS crisis. They collaboratively designed this poster to raise AIDS awareness. Originally, the inverted pink triangle was used by the Nazi regime to identify LGBTQ victims in concentration camps. Silence=Death reclaimed the symbol, inspiring action and raising consciousness of the AIDS epidemic at a community level.
- 1987
- Collections - Artifact
SILENCE = DEATH Collective Poster, 1987
The Silence=Death Collective was an activist group formed in 1985 during the height of the AIDS crisis. They collaboratively designed this poster to raise AIDS awareness. Originally, the inverted pink triangle was used by the Nazi regime to identify LGBTQ victims in concentration camps. Silence=Death reclaimed the symbol, inspiring action and raising consciousness of the AIDS epidemic at a community level.
- IGNORANCE = FEAR, SILENCE = DEATH Fight AIDS ACT UP Poster, 1989 - ACT UP is an advocacy group focused on improving AIDS awareness, treatment, prevention, and public policy. Artist Keith Haring was active in LGBTQ rights movements. His dancing figures mimic the "see no / hear no / speak no evil" proverb, referencing the need to grow visibility for the disease. Haring died from AIDS-related complications soon after this poster was created.
- 1989
- Collections - Artifact
IGNORANCE = FEAR, SILENCE = DEATH Fight AIDS ACT UP Poster, 1989
ACT UP is an advocacy group focused on improving AIDS awareness, treatment, prevention, and public policy. Artist Keith Haring was active in LGBTQ rights movements. His dancing figures mimic the "see no / hear no / speak no evil" proverb, referencing the need to grow visibility for the disease. Haring died from AIDS-related complications soon after this poster was created.
- "Action = Life" Button, 1989 - These buttons feature a symbol once weaponized against the LGBTQ+ community and later reclaimed. The pink triangle has roots in the Holocaust, when Nazis forced queer people to wear a pink triangle as a form of identification and persecution. By repurposing these symbols, a shared and recognizable language of identity and solidarity is created among LGBTQ+ people and allies.
- 1989
- Collections - Artifact
"Action = Life" Button, 1989
These buttons feature a symbol once weaponized against the LGBTQ+ community and later reclaimed. The pink triangle has roots in the Holocaust, when Nazis forced queer people to wear a pink triangle as a form of identification and persecution. By repurposing these symbols, a shared and recognizable language of identity and solidarity is created among LGBTQ+ people and allies.