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[AIDS Memorial Quilt button for Inaugural Parade]

Description: Photograph of a button commemorating the Inaugural Parade for the NAMES Project quilt displayed in Washington, D.C. It has a purple capitol building design with a quilt display leading towards it. Beneath the images are the words "Hope Renewed, The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Inaugural Parade, January 20, 1993".
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Henrietta Helpliner Bear from side]

Description: Photograph of a teddy bear named Henrietta Helpliner Bear. She is positioned on a stand and is wearing a pink poodle skirt and white t-shirt with a red AIDS ribbon as well as a little headset. There is a paper booklet on her ear that reads "AIDS Resource Center" with a little house design and more writing inside.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Henrietta Helpliner Bear in stand]

Description: Photograph of a teddy bear named Henrietta Helpliner Bear. She is positioned on a stand and is wearing a pink poodle skirt and white t-shirt with a red AIDS ribbon as well as a little headset. There is a paper tag on her ear that reads "AIDS Resource Center" with a little house design.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["No Names, Nelson-Tebedo Community Clinic" t-shirt]

Description: Photographs of the front and back of the Nelson-Tebedo Community Clinic's t-shirt for the No Names initiative. It was made to promote awareness for the AIDS crisis and the losses felt by the LGBT community. It is a white shirt and on the front the word "NAMES" is covered by a red circle with a line through it. The back has the clinic's name on it.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Stamp Out AIDS" button]

Description: Photograph of a square button used during the AIDS crisis to promote the fight against AIDS. It reads "STAMP OUT AIDS" with each word stacked on a different color: blue, red, and yellow.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Dallas Way Invitation]

Description: Announcement for an Outrageous Oral event on June 28th, 2012, sponsored by the Dallas Way organization. The event featured the storytelling of six different speakers with ties to the LGBT community.
Date: 2012-06~
Creator: The Dallas Way
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: "Face to face: Falwell meeting with gay Christian activists may be milestone", Dallas Morning News]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, by Leonard Pitts of the Miami Herald, dated Friday, October 22, 1999. The article discusses a meeting between a group of "200 socially conservative Christians" led by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, and "an equal number of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith, led by the Rev. Mel White, a gay clergyman." The article includes a cartoon depicting a group of people sitting at a table, engaged in conversation, with speech bubbles coming fro… more
Date: October 22, 1999
Creator: Pitts, Leonard & Scott, Margaret
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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News coverage for the Washington D.C. AIDS ride 4

Description: Video footage from the Resource Center LGBT Collection. A compilation of news stories and coverage of the fourth annual AIDS ride from Raleigh, North Carolina to Washington D.C. The first story starts at 0:23. The second at 2:43. The third at 4:43. The fourth at 6:04. The fifth at 9:06. The sixth at 12:30. The seventh at 15:54. The eighth at 18:53. The ninth at 22:13. The tenth at 25:55.
Date: 1999-06-24/1999-06-27
Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: "Childlike fascination: condemnation by Falwell igniting sales of Tinky Winky dolls, creating gay icon", Page 19A]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, Page 19A, dated March 3, 1999. The article discusses Jerry Falwell's comments on the possible homosexuality of Tinky Winky, one of the characters from "Teletubbies", the British children's TV show. The article includes a color photograph of Tinky Winky and Dipsy, another "Teletubbies" character.
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Egerton, Brooks
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: "Teletubby trouble: is Tinky Winky gay?", Dallas Morning News]

Description: Clipping of two letters from readers of The Dallas Morning News, dated February 21, 1999. The letters relate to Jerry Falwell's comments on the possible homosexuality of the Teletubby character Tinky Winky. Letters from Beth Watkins of Irving and Tina Macon of Denton call for tolerance from Falwell. In the right of the clipping, there is a cartoon by Scott Crocker of Dallas, titled "The New Televangelist Tubbies". The cartoon depicts a caricature of Falwell as Tinky Winky, or "Teeny Brainy" acc… more
Date: February 21, 1999
Creator: Dallas Morning News
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Funeral Program for John David Thomas, 1999]

Description: Memorial service program for John David Thomas, born June 20, 1947 and died January 20, 1999. The funeral was held at Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, Texas. The service was a "Rally for the integrity, dignity and rights of gay people and those living with AIDS and HIV" planned by Thomas in 1994.
Date: 1999
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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