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The themes expressed by these works often overlap sexual concerns with broader social and political ones. Readily apparent here is the impact of AIDS, a tragedy which has forced many to acknowledge the relationships between their sexual and political lives and which has helped to forge links between various marginal groups. Even as the gay and lesbian communities have gained in visibility and political clout, rifts within these communities have emerged, expressing lingering divisions based on class and ethnic identification.
Marlene McCarty, United States, born 1957, Crossfire, 1992, 15,000 matchbooks, 48 x 96", Courtesy of the artist

Barbara Kruger, United States, born 1945, Your Body is a Battleground, 1989, T-shirt (100% cotton), Large, Museum purchase

Donald Moffett, United States, born 1955, He Kills Me, 1987, Offset photolithography, 24 x 36", Lent by the artist

The Sex Pistols, God Save the Queen, 1977, 45 rpm record cover (design by Jamie Reid), Private collection

Jenny Holzer, United States, born 1950, Truisms, 1977-79, Offset lithography on paper, 8 sheets: 34-3/4 x 22-7/8" each, Courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery

Time, Volume 94, No. 1, September 1969, Magazine, Lent by the New York Public Library

General Idea, Canada, 1968-1994, FILE, 1972-1989, 27 magazines, Dimensions variable, Lent by Steven Leiber

Heresies: Lesbian Art and Artists, 1977, No. 3, Magazine, Lent by Moira Roth

Heresis: Sex Issue, 1981, No. 12, Magazine, Lent by Moira Roth

On Our Rag, 1991, 'Zine, Private collection

Pavement Surface, No.4, March 1990, 'Zine, Private collection

Stonewall Romances, 1979, Magazine, Lent by the New York Public Library

Hothead Paisan, No. 3, 1991, 'Zine (comics by Diane DiMassa), Private collection

Homoture, No. 1, April 1990, 'Zine, Private collection

Unknown artist (UC Berkeley student) , Untitled (Amerika when will you be angelic?), 1968, Screenprint on computer paper, 15 x 22", Gift of the University Art Museum Council from the bequest of Herschel Chipp, 1993.37

Dyke Action Machine!, not dated, Two posters, Private collection

Boy with arms akimbo/Girl with arms akimbo, JUST SEX/SEX IS, 1989-90 and SAFE/UNSAFE, 1990-91, Posters, postcard and stickers, Private collection

Lyle Ashton Harris, United States, born 1965, Exfoliation, 1994, Duraflex print, 48 x 72, Courtesy Jack Tilton Gallery

Bureau, In Honor of Allen R. Schindler, 1993, Two posters, Lent by Bureau

John Gruen, Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1991 The Pop Shop Catalogue, 1994, Catalogue, Lent by Seveer Unaek

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Welcome to Pleasuredome, 1984, Album cover with liner notes, Private collection

George Maciunas, United States, born Lithuania 1931-1978, Smile Stamps/Fluxpost, 1978, Printed stamps, Purchase made possible by a bequest from Therese Bonney, Class of 1916, 1991.13.12

Robert Indiana, United States, born 1928, Love, 1973, U.S. postage stamps, Private collection

General Idea, Canada, 1968-1994, AIDS Stamps, 1988, 10 x 18", Insert for Parkett Magazine, Lent by Steven Leiber

Diane Arbus, United States, 1923-1971, Two Friends in the Park, 1965, Gelatin silver print, 24 x 24", Lent by Supervisor Carole Migden and Cris Arguedas

Various 'zines and stickers, Private collection



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