"National Coming Out Day" button
date: label: date made
content: 1988
name: label: maker
content: Haring, Keith
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White square button with image of person coming out of a doorway designed by Keith Haring. Says "National Coming Out Day, October 11" in black writing.
label: Description (Brief)
content: From the first LGBT pride march in Austin, Texas, in June 1995. National Coming Out Day (NCOD) grew out of the 1987 March on Washington. NCOD was crafted by Rob Eichberg, founder of a personal growth workshop, and Jean O’Leary, then head of National Gay Rights Advocates. The event is commemorated each year on October 11 and aims to “continue to promote a safe world for LGBTQ individuals to live truthfully and openly,” according the Human Rights Campaign website as of October 2016. The design of this button, drawn by artist Keith Haring, was adopted by NCOD in 1987.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
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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: 2016.0236.09
label: accession number
content: 2016.0236
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0236.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Name
content: LGBTQ button
label: Object Name
content: t-shirt
label: Object Name
content: LGBTQ t-shirt
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 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm