Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism, London exhibition explores how care and protest improved rights and dignity of those living with disease From photos of a mass “die-in” by Aids activists in Trafalgar Square, London, in the 1990s to plushie breasts, lips and vulvas hand-stitched by HIV-positive women, a new exhibition explores how care and protest have improved the rights and dignity of those living with the disease. The show, Tenderness and Rage , at the Wellcome Collection , London, reflects how different groups affected by HIV, including gay men, women of colour, and refugees in the UK and around the world have found power, solidarity, comfort and joy in Aids activism and support services. Continue reading…

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