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Girl Germs posters

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7798

Scope and content

Nine posters from the Girl Germs campaign, on lesbian sexuality, birth control, reproductive choice, and the importance of sex education. Also, a one-page "Sexy calendar" for 2001 issued by Velo Posters.

Dates

  • 1996-1999.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

The Coalition for Positive Sexuality is a grassroots volunteer group formed in Chicago in 1992 by high school students and members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Queer Nation, Emergency Clinic Defense Coalition, and No More Nice Girls. CPS works to give teens information and affirm their decisions about sex, sexuality, and reproductive control, and to facilitate dialogue on condom availability and sex education, in and outside of the public schools.

Biographical / Historical

CPS's Girl Germs campaign was a project to raise awareness of issues affecting young women's sexuality. The posters were produced by Jeanette May.

Extent

10 items. (10 items.)

Related Archival Materials

Related collection: Anonymous. Sex Education and Sexuality Pamphlets and Posters, #7824.

Related Archival Materials

Related collection: Unitarian Universalist Association's About your sexuality [kit], #7797.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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