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Title: On pense que--on croit que--mais les suppositions ne nous protègent pas [inscribed]
Alternative Title: We think that-- We believe that-- but assumptions don't protect us.
Contributor: Delor, François
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999
Publication Information: Brussels (Belgium)
Ex Aequo (Organization)
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection: AIDS Posters Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: First quotation adjacent to images: "Je suis séropositif, j'ai pensé qu'il l'était aussi. Il n'a pas proposé le préservatif."["I'm HIV positive, I thought that he was also. He didn't offer a condom."]
Poster depicts two gay men dressed in orange and black clothing, standing apart and with their backs to each other, one looking over his shoulder at the other. The image is blurred,suggesting that they are not seeing each other clearly. Two quotations adjacent to the images indicate what each man is thinking, revealing that each has made false assumptions about the other.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item BE028.
According to the publisher's website, viewed Jan. 31, 2008, the theme of this poster was the theme of a 1999 campaign.
Type: image
Identifier: BE028
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Language: French
Subject: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Gay men
Unsafe sex
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Gay men--Communication
Source: AIDS Posters Collection

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