Simon Pensato

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  Silence=death

  Misha Stone (Volunteer), Simon Pensato (Volunteer) – November 30, 2023

  During the AIDS epidemic, queer organization ACT-UP popularized the slogan “Silence=Death” to show that the public pressure to not speak about AIDS was leading to the deaths of queer people who were left without resources or support. Many queer activists have recently used the slogan to show that queer silence is complicity with Israel’s mass killing of Palestinians.