Object: T-shirt
Brand:
ACTUP New York
Date: 2018
Medium: Cotton
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2018.15.1
DescriptionBlack cotton knit Silence = Death T-shirt with white letters and pink triangle logo
Label Text:The pink triangle was originally used in Nazi concentration camps to identify gay men. (Apparently, pink was then associated with sex workers.) In 1987, the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power adopted it as a symbol of gay activism. Pink has continued to be associated with the LGBTQ community and with queer sexuality.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color
- Power Mode