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AIDS awareness posters from the 1980s onwards

The AIDS public health poster campaign chose print even in the internet age and dealt with issues of identity and behaviour like never before.

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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men

The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.

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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.

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Sex in graphic novels

Sex and sexuality have long been explored in the history of the graphic novel.

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  • Gay men in the fight against AIDS.
  • AIDS helpline for gay men in Peru
  • Gay men in a protest march about AIDS prevention
  • Two men lean in to each other representing gay men live together with AIDS; advertisement by CAP, the Cascade AIDS Project, Portland. Lithograph.
  • Clinic info for gay men in London : www.gmfa.org.uk/londonservices / GMFA, Gay Men Fighting AIDS.
  • Clinic info for gay men in London : www.gmfa.org.uk/londonservices / GMFA, Gay Men Fighting AIDS.
  • Two men in vests embrace; advertisement for the Stop AIDS Project. Lithograph.
  • The faces of black men and women representing black people in New York united in their support against AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Two black men embrace in bed; advertising the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS. Lithograph.
  • Kenneth G. Castro, managing director of the AIDS program for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control with a message in spanish containing how to get information about AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
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