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fatsmartandpretty:

Next time you hear about HIV/AIDS in science classes or on TV, remember the queers, activists, and radicals who literally died fighting for the research, treatment, and cures we have today.

(Source: fatsmartandpretty)

I had the amazing opportunity this evening to meet Dona McAdams, a photographer who has done work documenting the queer rights movement since the 70s (she used to buy film from Harvey Milk’s Castro Camera!).  She was a member of Visual AIDS, an artist collective within ACT-UP.  

They were the ones who designed the red ribbon as a symbol of HIV/AIDS awareness.  Dona said that it was originally intended to look like a peace sign, and as a response to the yellow ribbons that were popular in the early 90s that were supporting troops in the Gulf War.

Just FYI…