Bumper Sticker, THE AIDS CRISIS IS NOT OVER
date: label: Date made
content: 1987
name: label: user
content: Act Up
notes: label: Description
content: Since the first reports thirty years ago, the illness has become chronic and manageable as effective multi-drug treatments have reduced mortality. The AIDS crises spurred new knowledge of retroviruses and the human immune system, the development of new laboratory techniques, and faster drug approval.
label: Description
content: In addition, HIV and AIDS shifted sexual practices and the role of sex in identity. LBBT people (lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender) became more accepted. Awareness of sexually transmitted infections made "safe sex" a familiar term and an expected behavior. AIDS drew attention to the interplay of poverty, race, and addiction with disease. The art and media created around the loss and tragedy profoundly influenced cultural practices and aesthetics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Avram Finkelstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0537.15
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0537.15
label: accession number
content: 1988.0537
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bumper Sticker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black; yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.8 cm x 28 cm; 3 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in