Read My Lips ACT UP

Read My Lips Act Up Ice Breakers Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Ice Breakers
Cause
Additional Images
Read My Lips Act Up back Ice Breakers Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Photographs
LGBTQ Rights
Text on Button READ MY LIPS
Image Description

Black and white photograph of two men kissing with black text on a white background below.
Curl Text ACT UP SUPPORTED BY OPENING CEREMONY
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
2 1/4 inch
Additional Information

ACT UP was a grassroots advocacy movement that happened in the late-1980s in response to the AIDS pandemic. As this button shows, LGBTQ activists tackled anti-queer sentiment and social stigma that exacerbated the crisis, including through public displays of affection. The demonstrations of ACT UP were foundational to curbing the AIDS crisis and improving medical care for people worldwide.
Sources

Act Up Oral History Project (2021) Accessed February 14, 2023 via https://actuporalhistory.org/
Catalog ID IB0781