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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'Gender Centre' cotton / satin / synthetic textile / metal/ mixed media, maker unknown, Australia, c. 1993 Rectangular, landscape orientation on a pale purple background with a wide red satin border…
Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'Gender Centre' cotton / satin / synthetic textile / metal/ mixed media, maker unknown, Australia, c. 1993 Rectangular, landscape orientation on a pale purple background with a wide red satin border. On the top of the panel 'Gender Centre' is written in purple and silver metallic material letters. In the top left corner are the letters 'GC' in the form of a logo with a purple inverted triangle next to it. A large red AIDS ribbon is machine appliqued around a purple heart with a gold sequin border. 'Diverse and united' is written in purple and silver metallic material below the heart. 'Love' is written in red letters on the heart. Three large machine appliqued hearts are on each side of the AIDS ribbon: to the left, the hearts are pale red, purple and silver, and blue edged in red and gold sequins and to the right the hearts are black, grey, and white edged in red and silver sequins. Below the blue heart is a small red flower with a silver sequin stem. This quilt is in memory of those known to the Gender Centre, New South Wales. The Gender Centre is a specialist state wide service working with the Transgender community based in Petersham. The Gender centre has been inexistence since the 1980s, and is entirely funded by the New South Wales Department of Community Services DoCs through the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) and the New South Wales Department of Health. The Gender Centre formally known as Tiresias House was funded to provide services to minimize the effects of the human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) on the Transgender community as well as providing housing options and education. Today the Gender centre offers a wide range of services to people with gender issues to their partners, family members and members of the wider community. The Gender Centre is the only funded service in Australia that provides welfare support accommodation and advocacy services specifically to this community. We are committed to developing and providing services and activities, which enhance the ability of people with gender issues to make informed choices. We specifically aim to provide a high quality service, which acknowledges human rights and ensures respect and dignity. Today the Gender Centre has moved from simply being an accommodation service to a service that offers a wide range of services and programs to the community. taken from http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/marriage_equality/submissions/sublist1/Sub_m39.pdf. See also http://www.gendercentre.org.au/
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Visit the page WHOS HIV/AIDS Project - We Help Ourselves' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'WHOS HIV/AIDS Project - We Help Ourselves', cotton / paint / mixed media, maker unknown, Australia, c. 1993 Square quilt panel on a light blue background, with a logo representing a 'life-saving ring ' screen printed in the centre. This ring is in dark blue edged with yellow, containing the letters 'WHOS/ HIV AIDS PROJECT' in large light blue letters. The centre has two clasped hands, one cream and one light blue and the phrase 'We Help Ourselves'. The panel is machine-quilted to highlight the design. This quilt is in memory of persons affected by HIV AIDS on behalf of WHOS, We help ourselves. The Mission statement is: to foster personal growth within an alcohol and other drug therapeutic program, incorporating harm minimisation and co-existing mental health initiatives. It believes that the reduction of harm from HIV and infectious diseases is best achieved through an integrated and comprehensive program, which incorporates education, information and consumer involvement. It is funded by the AIDS/Infectious Diseases Unit, NSW Health Department. (http://www.whos.com.au/) -
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Visit the page Ken Bailey and others 'Positive Heterosexuals’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of Ken Bailey and others, 'Positive Heterosexuals', cotton / felt / synthetic textile / metal / wool / paint, Australia, c. 1993 Quilt panel, landscape orientation with yellow background, with a navy and gold patterned ribbon at the top and bottom. On the left hand side the following words are appliqued in felt: 'POSITIVE - blue, below that in red 'HETERO', and below that, 'SEX' in red and 'UALS' in blue. In the right hand corner there is a small square of counted cross stitch depicting a landscape of green, with a leafless tree and red tis (?) and a black bird is flying across a dark sky. There are several gold stitched stars and 'KEN BAILEY' '1960 - 1994' also stitched in gold. Below the panel the names CATTHIE/ DUNCAN / & HELEN / MARTIN / MAX are stencilled in black paint. -
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Visit the page Health Promotion Unit - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'Health Promotion Unit', cotton / satin / synthetic textile, maker unknown, Australia, c.1993 Rectangular, portrait orientation on a black satin background with a thin red border. 'Health Promise Unity' is machine appliqued horizontally in red and 'Health Promotion Unit' is machine appliqued vertically in red with the first letters H P and U appliqued in beige. -
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