Era: 1989—CENSORSHIP

September 1989: David creates “Fear of Disclosure” film with Phil Zwickler

Poster for documentary short "Fear of Disclosure: Psycho Social Implication of HIV Revelation" by David Wojnarowicz and Phil Zwickler

1989: Dr. Fauci Calls for Use of Experimental Drugs to Treat HIV

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks to his team about HIV/AIDS, 1990

July 5, 1989: Creates “What’s This Little Guy’s Job in the World?”

What is this little guy's job in the world 1990

April 1989: Donald Wildmon Questions NEA Funding

Summer 1989 issue of New Art Examiner magazine with feature story on Andres Serrano controversy

April 1989: David appears in film Silence = Death

March 9 1989: Robert Mapplethorpe dies of AIDS, age 42

September 1989 issue of Artforum magazine featuring demonstration as Robert Mapplethorpe photographs are projected on side of the Corcoran Gallery of Art after Cancelling his June exhibition due to pressure from conservative lawmakers in control of NEA funding.

February 8 1989: Opens “In the Shadow of Forward Motion” at P·P·O·W

Spirituality (Paul Thek) 1988-89

January 1989: Threatened with Eviction

1988-89 My Father Was a Sailor

My Father Was a Sailor—My Father Was the Century 1988-89

July 26 1989: Americans with Disabilities Act becomes law

Support Americans with Disabilities Act 1989 pin