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Title
What am I? [inscribed]
Date Created and/or Issued
1987/1999
Publication Information
London (England)
Terrence Higgins Trust
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection
AIDS Posters Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Additional poster text: I’m free ‘n’ easy and fun to pick up. I’m easily passed on. I can be invisible and damage your health. I’m a sexually transmitted disease. Most STIs are easily treated, but if left can cause serious health problems. Regular check-ups are recommended to detect STIs which may go unnoticed.
Sponsors: Community HIV and AIDS Prevention Strategy; Gay Men’s Project; Slap fM; Gay Men Fighting AIDS; Healthy Gay Manchester; Gay Men's Health Matters; BIGUP; Yorkshire MESMAC; Naz Project London; The Network.
Background stripes of pink, green, purple, and blue; text in white & black. Depicts four rows of curios. Row 1: drawing of Freud's profile with naked man as face; toothbrush with popsicle on stick; pineapple filled with ice; bear sculpture with banana as tail. Row 2: "Ken" doll; ceramic teapot shaped as cottage; photo of gnome and pink flamingo lawn decorations; greeting card with picture of cowboy. Row 3: hand grenade; pen with photo of nude man; pastille candies with red hearts. Row 4: Bandages of the invisible man; green & blue bugs; mer-man.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item UK014.
Date on back of poster, 1999, reflects when the vendor received the copy later acquired by the UCLA Library.
Type
image
Identifier
UK014
ark:/21198/zz0002m10q
Language
English
Subject
Collectibles
Sexually Transmitted Diseases--therapy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases--diagnosis
Sexually transmitted diseases--Prevention
Source
AIDS Posters Collection

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