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Thanks Alexandra - I echoed Le Monde’s reading of the symbols but you are right it was re-used originally by Act Up. What was strange though was that the triangle “Action = Life” was in a different direction originally downfacing while “Silence = Death” was upward. https://images.app.goo.gl/NnPsaeuPvPz8hc649

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Thanks for all the great info! I did want to briefly inquire (in regards to the Paris Pride poster) as to why you only referred to the inverted pink triangle shirt as having the "pink triangle used by the Nazis" when the design of the shirt is specifically mirroring the "Silence = Death" imagery from the AIDS crisis? The pink triangle symbol does very much come from the Nazi regime, yes, but I just found it interesting that that was the only context you gave for it when it was present in a shirt that was meant to mirror the Silence = Death image. I really hope this isn't coming across in a confrontational way, I just thought that explanation was a specific choice to make and I was curious about it!

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