Pamphlet with a message from the Surgeon General published by the United States Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General
Centers for Disease Control.
Yellow pamphlet care of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, "Immigration Equality San Francisco: Take a Stand for Immigration Equality for All Couples. Right now today there is no way that a U.S. citizen can sponsor a same-sex partner for immigration on the basis of that relationship. Join us in the fight for EQUALITY."
Attribution:
San Francisco LGBT Groups Ephemera Collection, courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society
Yellow tri-fold pamphlet with cover illustration of global map with no borders reads, "AIDS Knows No Borders." Below the map is the vertical logo, "ACT UP: AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power", subtext in box reads, "Immigration Working Group". Opening page titled, "Public Health Exclusion Under Immigration Law" with timeline starting with 1891 law excluding persons with any "loathsome or contagious disease" and ending with March/April 1992: "Haitian refugees undergo mandatory testing. HIV antibody positive refugees repatriated." Back panel of brochure contains contact information for ACT UP/Golden Gate, San Francisco, the Immigration Working Group, and Other ACT UP Committees.