Beaded Brooch with AIDS Red Ribbon
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A handmade AIDS red ribbon pin from South Africa.
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 crisis 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. LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) became more accepted in society. 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
place: label: place made
content: South Africa
topic: label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Caroline J. Acker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.3072.11
label: catalog number
content: 2010.3072.11
label: nonaccession number
content: 2010.3072
objectType: label: Object Name
content: brooch, memorial, aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.715 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 1/8 in; 5.87375 cm x 5.55625 cm x .3175 cm