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fierce pussy, No Special Rights for Heterosexuals, 1994

1994 No special rights

In the early ‘90s , the right wing and the Christian Coalition embarked on a campaign using the phrase “no special rights for homosexuals” A slew of legislation across the country made it legal to discriminate against queers in the workplace, housing, parenting and healthcare. Their incendiary homophobic language created a climate which encouraged violence against queers, and across the country there were countless bashings, murders and fire-bombings. Fierce pussy responded with a poster campaign appropriating “no special rights” to ask heterosexuals the question: how would it feel to have that hatred directed at you?