2010.54.20348

Unsafe
Late 20th Early 21st Century
17 in HIGH x 11 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.20348

Boy with Arms Akimbo logo printed at the bottom right.

Poster has black ink printed on white paper with a photo of a man with a moustache. At the top is "Unsafe". At the bottom is a black strip with white text reading "homosexual businessman Ray Chalker, owner of the Rawhide II tavern and the San Francisco Sentinel, has / used his weekly paper to spread misinformation about AIDS activist organizations. most recently, Chalker has / launched a campaign to undermine the boycott of Miller Beer, whose corporate profits have been used to help / AIDS bigot Jesse Helms'' bid for reelection to the United States Senate. Chalker''s politics are motivated by / beer sales, not by the interest of the lesbian and gay community. Chalker says, ''Drink up. There''s no boycott'' / (Sentinel editorial. August 2, 1990). we say No to media lies and corporate profiteering, gay or straight. / Boycott Miller Beer."
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