#silenceequalsdeath

🌍❤️ Today, on World AIDS Day, we honor those we lost during the AIDS epidemic and reaffirm our commitment to ending the ongoing crisis. Silence is not an option—awareness, compassion, and action save lives. 🕊️✨

“David Wojnarowicz (Silence = Death),” Andreas Sterzing, 1989. This portrait of the artist David Wojnarowicz was made by Andreas Sterzing in 1989, a year in which AIDS was estimated by the Centers for Disease Control to be the second leading cause of death among men 25 to 44 years of age. Wojnarowicz started out as an avant-garde painter and filmmaker in Lower Manhattan, but his work became far more politically charged after he discovered, around 1987, that he was H.I.V. positive. His sewn-up mouth became a recurring image in his art and activism, a gesture that took the slogan “Silence = Death,” which had been adopted as a rallying cry by AIDS activists and serves as the picture’s subtitle, to its logical, literal extreme. The task of educating the public about the crisis was largely left to activists and artists like Wojnarowicz. “I think what I really fear about death is the silencing of my voice,” he once said. “I feel this incredible pressure to leave something of myself behind.” #WorldAIDSDay #DavidWojnarowicz #Wojnarowicz #AndreasSterzing #SilenceEqualsDeath #KnowYourStatus https://www.instagram.com/p/CW-BftRMIui/?utm_medium=tumblr

Something everyone can think about as we head into Pride Sunday: Silence = Death ...a phrase that has followed me through most of my 52 years, and that still has a place in our lives today. Think back to the Holocaust, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, the Stonewall Riots, and the long dark years of the AIDS crisis. It’s been a very long and difficult road...and we’re nowhere near done yet; however, we do have stars that have lit the way and shown each one of us what power we possess... Marsha P. Johnson Stormé DeLarverie Sir Lady Java Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Susan Stryker Felicia Elizondo Tamara Ching ...history is FULL of examples, but today I say your names. I am so grateful that my big sisters found the courage to fight for me. Now is OUR time. What legacy are we going to leave? #actup #pridewasariot #silenceequalsdeath #translivesmatter #blacklivesmatter (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9fjzmj3sB/?igshid=1zfp1tt33jas

Out here marching on the streets of LA, this time to #RESIST American Naziism, fascism & the entirety of the current administration ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿✊🏻✊️ #StandWithCharlottesville #FuckTrump #SilenceEqualsDeath (at Los Angeles City Hall)

gonna march in #sftransmarch2017 under the banner #QueersNeverDie 💙💗💀💗💙 hopefully w/ other #transdyke #shieldmaidens & #monsterpride #skeletonwarriors in honor of #actup #silenceequalsdeath 💜💙💚💛❤️ any feedback on this minimalist skull? i could prolly paint it on a few dozen faces before the march just sayin...

Trans Rights activists protest Macy's tie-ins with the Trump family. #streetphoto #streets #jj_streetphotography #silenceequalsdeath #lgbtq #transgender #transrights #transgendercommunity #macys #capitalismsucks #corporatefashion #lgbt🌈 #midtown #nyc #jj_newyorkcity #photojournalism #photojournalist #photodocumentary #documentary #documentaryphoto #documentaryphotographer (at Macy's)

Unto the breach #tintype #feminism #notmypresident #silenceequalsdeath #mexturesapp #jj_creative #jj_bodybeautiful #warpaint #instamood #moodbooster #womensmarch #r4nv #mask #eyeliner #eyeshadow (at Park Slope)