AIDS Archive Activism
When archives are activated by activists they present fresh and radical histories of AIDS and serve as vital and transformative resources that can inspire community, care, and new activism. Metanoia is archive activism in action, an exhibition about AIDS activism that focuses on the meaningful and life changing contributions of Black women, women of color, and trans women activists.
As a collective we approached our curation with an an understanding that archiving and presenting Black lives, queer lives, people of color lives, the lives of people in jail and prison is activism, an act of empowerment and resistance that will fuel current and future generations. The Judy Greenspan papers and other holdings of the LGBT Center National History Archive and those of the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries, secure records that matter for our communities.
ACT UP. Flyer. "New York State's Department of Corrections is ON TRIAL," 1991. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
ACT UP/LA. Document. "To Write to Women in Walker A," c.1990. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
"Black People Get AIDS Too," year unknown. ONE Archives Button Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
ACT UP/LA. Map. "Frontera Womens Prison," c.1990. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Gunther Freehill and Helen Schpak for ACT UP/LA. Flyer. "Marches and Demos - Things to Know," c.1990. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Black Queen Photography. Portrait of Judy Sisneros and Judy Greenspan
Queer Nation. "Dykes Reclaim the Universe," c.early 1990s. Sticker. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
ACT UP People of Color Caucus. Flyer. "Celebrations," c.1990. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Queer Nation. "Anti-Racist Dyke," c.early 1990s. Sticker. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
ACT UP. Map. "Directions," 1991. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Queer Nation. "Queers Bash Back," c.early 1990s. Sticker. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
ACT UP Network. "We Demand a Cure For the AIDS Crisis: Universal Health Care," 1991. Sticker. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Queer Nation. "Promote Homosexuality,"c.early 1990s. Sticker. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Unknown. Chants. " Chants for...," 1990. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
ACT UP/LA. Flyer. "Frontera Chants," 1990. Judy Sisneros ACT UP/Los Angeles Records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.