Silence = Death: The AIDS crisis
The pink triangle was originally used in Nazi concentration camps to identify those there for acts of homosexuality. Reclaimed by gay activists in New York as a symbol of resistance and solidarity during the 1970s, it was further transformed as a symbol of governmental inaction in the face of the AIDS epidemic during the 1980s. The image above depicts the pink triangle on a black background, with the words "SILENCE=DEATH" written below.
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