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Fight AIDS, ACT UP, Silence = Death, Ignorance = Fear

Cerulean blue shirt.
Yellow triangle, text "Marshall" "Outlaw, Outrage, Outright, Outspoken, Outrageous, Outstanding…" "June 27, 1993 The March" Back: Let Freedom Ring From IALGPC celebration weekend in Houston, TX 1993
Copy of this t-shirt is found in Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection--Minneapolis, Minnesota.

White t-shirt.
"Silence=Mort, Action=Vie, Colere=Action, ACT UP Paris"
This t-shirt is a self-portrait of French designer Christian Lacroix who designed the shirt or ACT UP/Paris.

White t-shirt.
Front: Image of two men embracing, one with tongue out. "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of the Happiness" Button reads "ACT UP for a Cure. 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation"
This t-shirt was made for ACT-UP/NY to be used as a fundraising item. There also existed a version depicting two women.

White t-shirt.
Front: "Oh... Oh.... Don't Stop"
Back: "ACT UP" and image of man's torso.
This shirt is from ACTUP/NY

Black hat.
"ACT UP"

White hat.
Front: "Stonewall 25" "The Point One Link"

Black cap.
Front: "Keep on Marching! "
Back: "Stonewall 25"
Tag: "Stonewall 25. Keep on Marching. June 26, 1994. Official Stonewall 25 cap. (800)Is Proud"

Rainbow colored cap.
Unknown origin.

Green cap.
Front: "SW 25 (lambda symbol)"
Side: "Keep on Marching"
Tag: "Stonewall 25 Keep on Marching! Officially Stonewall 25 cap." "800 Is Proud"

Black Shirt
Front: "Women's Action Coalition"
Back: "Lesbian Rights are Civil Rights"

White t-shirt.
"We Take Action"
From Women's Acton Coalition

"Women's Action Coalition"
The Women's Action Coalition (WAC) was a feminist direct-action organization founded in 1992 to fight discrimination against women.

White t-shirt.
Front: Black triangle with an equal sign. "Lesbian Rights = Human Rights. March on Washington DC, April 25, 1993."

White t-shirt.
Front: "Women's Action Coalition"
Back: "Lesbian, Queer, Bi-sexual, Straight, All of the Above. WAC"

Pink t-shirt.
"WAC is watching. Women Take Action."

Black t-shirt.
Front: "Women's Action Coalition WAC"
Back: "WAC is watching. We will take action."
The Women's Action Coalition (WAC) was a feminist direct-action organization founded in 1992 to fight discrimination against women.

White t-shirt.
Black triangle with an equal sign. "Dykes Take the Mall. March on Washington, D.C. April 25, 1993"

Front: Image with text "Living Our Authentic Lives"
Back: "2008 ADODI Retreat. Burr Oak Resort & Conference Center. Glouster Ohio. July 23-27" More information regarding this t-shirt is available on the ADODI website.

"Adodi National’s goal is to support and coordinate a network of Adodi members worldwide which participate in promoting experiential, intellectual, emotional and spiritual growth opportunities for same-gender loving men of African descent. Chapters in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York and Washington, DC"

White t-shirt.
Front: Image of purple woman. "ULGAH" with map of Africa in letter "A."
Origin unknown. Please contact Wearing Gay History with any information regarding this shirt.

Front: Image of African American men. "Brothers United Winter Retreat V: 'Power' December 2001, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee.
Back: List of retreat participants. "Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Knoxville. Brothers United Network of Tennessee."

Front: "Discover Detroit's Black Pride. Hotter Than July! Black Lesbian-Gay-Bi-Transgender Pride. Detroit, Michigan USA. July 25th-28th, 2002."
Back: "The Inside Out Door"

Front: Image of African mask. "Brother-2-Brother Black Men's Retreat. Camp Wyman. 23-25 April 1999
Back: "BABAA. Blacks Assisting Blacks Against AIDS"

White t-shirt.
Front: Images of African Americans in bathing suits/dressed as mermaids. "At the Beach 10. 10th Anniversary Celebration Los Angeles."
Back: "ID Lubricants. Wet International The Westin Los Angeles Airport. Toyota. Minority AIDS Project. Capitol Drugs. American Airlines. L.A. Shanti. The Hollywood Spa. Jewel's Catch One. Tanqueray. Avis. Drama.

White t-shirt.
Front: Image of African mask. "ATB Los Angeles. Black Pride. Black Beach & the Midnight Sun 2001"
Back: Shorey Inc. Office of AIDS Programs & Policies. American Airlines. Hilton Hotel. Minority AIDS Project. Unity Fellowship Church. LA City AIDS Coordinator Office. ULOAH. Jewel's Catch one. Media Sponsors: Venus SBC ARISE.

White t-shirt.
Front: "Homework Assignment: Apply this survival formula to your life. HIV/AIDS Education + self empowerment x commitment^2-(fear)=behavior change."
Back: "Brothers United Nashville presents Boyz Crusin' & Tours Mexico 1999 Royal Caribbean Cruise. Supporting the efforts that uplift & maintain healthy, productive, and visionary Men. Nashville Cars! Outloud! SBC for the Africentric Homosexual You."

"The Brothers United Network is a collective of African American Gay/SGL Men that seek to provide community empowerment and self actualization through its individual BU Chapters in Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Knoxville, and West TN. "

White t-shirt.
Front: Two African Americans. "Submerge. ATB: Los Angeles Black Pride 2002."

Front: Images of African Americans in bathing suits. "Los Angeles, At the Beach." Likely in 2000.

Back: "Gay Wired .com. Tanqueray. Wet International. United Airlines. Office of AIDS Programs and Policies Los Angeles County. AIDS Coordinator's Office City of Los Angeles, GlaxoWellcome. DuPont. MaP Minority AIDS Project. AIDS Prevention Team. Hilton. Black Men's XChange Black Women's XChange. The Study. Catch One. Watts Health Foundation. Say Sista STOP.

Black t-shirt.
Front: Image of two human/animal hybrids. "ATB: At The Beach. 8th Annual Beach Party. 1996. Los Angeles. City Jungle"
Back: Damaged fabric. "Proud Sponsors: Anheuser-Bush. Brotherhood Crisis. Hollywood Spa. International Male. Jewel's Catch One. Watts Health Foundation, Inc.

Black t-shirts.
Front: "The Brotherhood. Washington, DC. UHU. Us Heling Us People into Living."
Back: "Healing is a Natural Thing"

Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc., (UHU) was founded in 1985 by Rainey Cheeks. UHU is "committed to improving the health and well-being of Black gay men through innovative programs and services"

White t-shirt.
Front: "Atlanta Black Gay Pride 2003 ITLA UJIMA Collective Work and Responsibility"
Location set at Sheraton Colony Square, hotel host of 2003 Pride.
1197 Peachtree St NE #511, Atlanta, GA 30361

White t-shirt.
Front: Inner Light, Unity Fellowship Church, DC.
Back: I See the God in You.
Inclusive LGBT church in Washington, DC.
1226 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005