The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian with the message in French "AIDS makes no martyr, but rather victims who suffer. Solidarity with AIDS patients"; an advertisement by [L'association] Maison des Homosexualités Rhône-Alpes. Colour lithograph.

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[between 1990 and 1999]
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672639i
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The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian with the message in French "AIDS makes no martyr, but rather victims who suffer. Solidarity with AIDS patients"; an advertisement by [L'association] Maison des Homosexualités Rhône-Alpes. Colour lithograph. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[France] : [L'association] Maison des Homosexualités Rhône-Alpes, [between 1990 and 1999]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 60 x 39.9 cm

Lettering

Le SIDA ne fait pas de martyr, mais des victimes qui souffrent. Solidarité avec les malades du SIDA. Bears logo: Maison des Homosexualités Rhône-Alpes (with a rainbow over)

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Maison des Homosexualités Rhône-Alpes 199- Maison des Homosexualités Rhône-Alpes 10/12/08 France UkLW Transcription from the item

Notes

Saint Sebastian was a Christian officer in the Roman Guard who survived the wounds inflicted by a large number of arrows when he was martyred in 287; he was often portrayed as a handsome naked youth and became a gay idol

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Wellcome Collection 672639i

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