How 'AIDS profiteering' doc 'Cashing Out' brought a queer filmmaker closer to his dad

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/film/cashing-out-documentary-oscar-shortlist

Tomorrow at Kings Place, London: A unique window into New York's art scene in the midst of the #AIDSCrisis, as Zubin Kanga performs Philip Venables' "Answer Machine Tape, 1987".

Artist David Wojnarowicz's answering machine messages from the days before his friend Peter Hujar's death are central, but the #piano's #transcription cracks and fails โ€” a poignant metaphor for the crisis that devastated a generation.

Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/kp20251205

#QueerHistory #MusicTechnology #MusicTech

Worlds Aids Day
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In 1987, the
Silence = Death poster was created by a New York-based group of artists to protest the U.S. government's inaction on the AIDS epidemic, which they saw as a result of government and societal silence.
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#AIDSActivism #SilenceEqualsDeath #PinkTriangle #LGBTQHistory #AIDSCrisis #ActivistPoster #1980sDesign #VisualProtest #PublicHealthAdvocacy #PoliticalArt #QueerHistory #GraphicDesignHistory #SocialJusticeArt #HistoricalPoster #worldaidsday

Funding cuts could cause 3.3 million additional HIV infections by 2030: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/hiv-funding-cuts-new-infections

Uncanceling Kathy Griffin: The Advocate of the Year on sexiness, censorship, and her love of the gays

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/kathy-griffin-lgbtq-trump-cancelled

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Tilda Swinton bezocht in de aidscrisis begin jaren negentig "43 begrafenissen in รฉรฉn jaar". Dat vertelt de Oscarwinnares in een podcast van de BBC. Swinton praatte onder meer over deze tijd omdat zij in haar expositie Ongoing in EYE in Amsterdam aandacht besteedt aan regisseur Derek Jarman,...

https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5535140/tilda-swinton-bezocht-aidscrisis-43-begrafenissen-een-jaar

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Tilda Swinton bezocht in aidscrisis 43 begrafenissen in รฉรฉn jaar

Tilda Swinton bezocht in de aidscrisis begin jaren negentig "43 begrafenissen in รฉรฉn jaar". Dat vertelt de Oscarwinnares in een podcast van de BBC. Swinton praatte onder meer over deze tijd omdat zij in haar expositie Ongoing in EYE in Amsterdam aandacht besteedt aan regisseur Derek Jarman, die in 1994 aan de gevolgen van aids overleed.

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I've been to two #funerals this year, and I'm dreading the more inevitably to come.

But NO ONE should ever have to attend FOURTY THREE funerals in a year, unless they work in a funeral home. That's almost one funeral a week.

https://www.them.us/story/tilda-swinton-hiv-aids-cricis-deaths-derek-jarman?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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#DerekJarman
#AidsCrisis
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#90s

Tilda Swinton on Personal Impact of AIDS Crisis: โ€œI Went to 43 Funeralsโ€ in 1994

The actor reflected on her collaboration with Derek Jarman who died from AIDS-related complications.

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In this episode, Megan shares the stories of lesbian action during the #AIDScrisis of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as her own experience growing up in the shadow of #AIDS .

CW: this episode mentions homophobia as well as death and dying of AIDS, please take care while listening

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The Year That Shaped Us

1985 was a defining year for LGBTQ+ identity.

https://gayinthecle.com/2025/07/15/year-that-shaped-us/

#80sNostalgia #AidsCrisis #LGBTQHistory

The Year That Shaped Us: Why 1985 Still Echoes in Queer Memory

1985 was a defining year for LGBTQ+ identity. From Rock Hudsonโ€™s AIDS diagnosis to growing activism and stigma, this reflective essay explores how the HIV/AIDS crisis shaped a generation of gay andโ€ฆ

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Africa: Countries Must Urgently Step Up to Transform their HIV Responses Amid An International Funding Crisis That Risks Millions of Lives: [UNAIDS] GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG - UNAIDS today launched its 2025 Global AIDS Update, AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform, which shows that a historic funding crisis is threatening to unravel decades of progress unless countries can make radical shifts to HIV programming andโ€ฆ http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLs6mm #HIVAwareness #AIDS #UNAIDS #GlobalHealth #AIDSCrisis