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[[File:UK AIDS Quilt.jpg|thumb|Part of the quilt, displayed in [[Hyde Park]]]]The '''UK AIDS Memorial Quilt''' was created in the 1990s by the [[UK Names Project]]. It was inspired by the World AIDS Memorial Quilt, started in 1985 by long-time San Francisco gay rights activist Cleve Jones. | [[File:UK AIDS Quilt.jpg|thumb|Part of the quilt, displayed in [[Hyde Park]]]]The '''UK AIDS Memorial Quilt''' was created in the 1990s by the [[UK Names Project]]. It was inspired by the World AIDS Memorial Quilt, started in 1985 by long-time San Francisco gay rights activist Cleve Jones. | ||
The quilt is made up of 48 large panels, each comprising six to eight smaller individual panels. Every individual panel commemorates someone who died with HIV, including [[Bruce Chatwin]], [[Derek Jarman]], [[Ian Charleson]], [[Mark Ashton]] and [[Freddie Mercury]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080621104918/http://www.ght.org.uk/news_and_views_insight_article/1297</ref> | The quilt is made up of 48 large panels, each comprising six to eight smaller individual panels. Every individual panel commemorates someone who died with HIV, including [[Bruce Chatwin]], [[Derek Jarman]], [[Ian Charleson]], [[Mark Ashton]] and [[Freddie Mercury]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080621104918/http://www.ght.org.uk/news_and_views_insight_article/1297 [[George House Trust]].</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:34, 22 February 2016
The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt was created in the 1990s by the UK Names Project. It was inspired by the World AIDS Memorial Quilt, started in 1985 by long-time San Francisco gay rights activist Cleve Jones.
The quilt is made up of 48 large panels, each comprising six to eight smaller individual panels. Every individual panel commemorates someone who died with HIV, including Bruce Chatwin, Derek Jarman, Ian Charleson, Mark Ashton and Freddie Mercury.[1]
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