"Fuck the red ribbons - Find a cure" button
date: label: date made
content: 1994
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Round yellow button with black border. Says "FUCK THE RED RIBBONS FIND A CURE" in black and red writing.
label: Description (Brief)
content: From the first LGBT pride march in Austin, Texas, in June 1995. This button refers to the AIDS epidemic that began in the US in the 1980s and its lack of a cure. Red ribbons became a symbol of solidarity for those living with AIDS in 1991.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Trey Durant
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0236.05
label: accession number
content: 2016.0236
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0236.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Name
content: LGBT
label: Object Name
content: LGBTQ button
label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm