Five rolls of stickers campaigning for AIDS awareness, New York, United States, 1987-1993

Made:: 1987-1993 in New York

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Five rolls of Aids stickers, including stickers stating 'one AIDS death every half hour'; 'one AIDS death every 10 mintues' and ACTUP stickers, USA, 1985-93.

One set of stickers reads “One AIDS death every day”, another “One AIDS death every half an hour”, another “One AIDS death every minute”, showing the growing numbers of people with and dying from AIDS. The stickers containing the pink triangle were made by ACT UP, an American AIDS awareness charity. The pink triangle was chosen as this was the symbol used by the Nazi regime during the Second World War to label and identify homosexuals. AIDS awareness was first aimed at homosexuals but now includes heterosexuals as well. AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981 in the United States.

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Category:: Public Health & Hygiene

Object Number:: 1999-704

Materials:: paper

Measurements:: overall: 85 mm x 220 mm x 135 mm, 76.2 mm, .04kg

type:: sticker

credit:: Watney, Simon

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"Silence = Death" Stickers

Roll of AIDS stickers, with the text "silence = death" written below a pink triangle, USA, 1987-1993.

The stickers containing the pink triangle were made by ACT UP, an American AIDS awareness charity. The pink triangle was chosen as this was the symbol used by the Nazi regime during the Second World War to label and identify homosexuals. AIDS awareness was first aimed at homosexuals but now includes heterosexuals as well. AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981 in the United States.

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1999-704/1

type:: stickers

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Act Up For Your Life Stickers

Roll of AIDS stickers, with the text "don't be silent act up for your life" written on top of a pink triangle, USA, 1987-1993.

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1999-704/2

type:: stickers

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

The AIDS Crisis Is Not Over Stickers

Roll of AIDS stickers, with the text "The AIDS crisis is not over Act Up", USA, 1987-1993.

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1999-704/3

type:: stickers

One AIDS Death Every Half Hour Stickers

Roll of AIDS stickers, with the text "one AIDS death every half hour" and "the government has blood on its hands" on either side of a red hand print, USA, 1987-1993.

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1999-704/4

type:: stickers

One AIDS Death Every 10 Minutes Stickers

Roll of AIDS stickers, with the text "one AIDS death every 10 minutes" and "the government has blood on its hands" on either side of a red hand print, USA, 1987-1993.