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![AIDS Action Pledge - First Demonstration](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/1/1987Call Number: V 506Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The AIDS Action Pledge forms in response to Reagan’s corrupted AIDS Commission and has its first demonstration in front of the Federal Building. Protesters wear playing cards that spoof the individual members of Reagan’s AIDS commission as being homophobic and dangerous. A guerrilla theater performance blasts the Reagan administration for perpetuating the myth of AIDS being a gay white male disease by drawing attention to sex workers, queer people of color, and the governments general lack of response. The actors and protesters denounce the AIDS commission and call for support of Black and Latino AIDS programs in San Francisco.
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