The images shown above are small corners of a quilt that was apart of the “NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt” which was displayed at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY in 1994. The AIDS epidemic began in 1981 and so far about 675,000 people have died in the United States alone from an AIDS related illness. The reason why this project is relevant to the class is because homosexual and bisexual males are the most affected by this disease. This image is interesting to me because it shows how large of an epidemic AIDS was, and how it not only affected the LGBT community, but also the many heterosexual people who knew someone affected by AIDS.
Information from:
HIV.gov.com
Avert.org
Rochester.edu
~BZ