An open letter to the River Expo Committee from ACT UP Atlanta published in Southern Voice, August 31, 1989.

This letter discusses the River Expo Committee’s response to the distribution of safe-sex materials at a local event for Atlanta’s gay community. Southern Voice, also known as SOVO, was an alternative news source for lesbians and gay men in the greater Atlanta area and the Southeast for over twenty years.

Citation Information
Excerpt from “Southern voice, August 31, 1989,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/19447869355a890774f7d61abd6560f2.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Kennesaw State University, Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management via Digital Library of Georgia.

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