Protest! by Liz Mcquiston

Author:Liz Mcquiston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Safe-sex posters (from a series of six) for the Terrence Higgins Trust, designed by Big-Active, Britain, 1992.

Safe-sex Education 1987–92

Artists: various Posters (silkscreen and offset)

The fast-developing AIDS crisis was largely ignored by governments, globally, throughout the 1980s. This dreadful situation emphasizes the importance of the actions of the US activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and their attacks on lack of government funding for research, treatment and care, and safe-sex education. Due to their initial efforts, by the early 1990s safe-sex poster campaigns existed internationally, and varied with regard to cultural traditions and audiences. Government campaigns normally addressed a broad general audience, and often used bland imagery, worried about offending the status quo. Campaigns produced by the community sector targeted specific audiences and tended to be much bolder in approach, as they were more directly involved with their audience. They addressed lesbians and gay men, the young, the sexually active – all those people most at risk – and rose to the challenge with imagination and energy. They realized the need to change attitudes and behaviour as well as combat misinformation and prejudice. They also had the courage to supply a sense of fun and humour, despite the dire circumstances. A selection of campaigns from community and activist organizations is shown here.

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