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- Title
- Hero programme
- Content partner
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Collection
- Te Papa Collections Online
- Description
This programme was created for the 1994 Hero Festival held in Auckland. Hero was a hugely popular annual event which ran from 1992 to 2001, and featured a flamboyant street parade, dance parties and performances throughout the city. Hero intended to commemorate the heroes who were fighting against AIDS, and boost LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex) pride and health. The festivals drew huge crowds and were vibrant and safe places to publicly express identity and ...
- Format
- Image
- Date created
- 1994
- Creator
- The HERO Project Limited / Mark Smith / Deborah Smith / Adam Petry / Mark Summerville / Gerrard Malcolm / Peter Roband / Cox & Dawes Ltd.
- URL
- https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1872798
- Related subjects
- Gay men / Lesbians / homosexuality / Festivals / Dance parties / paper / ink / programmes / magazines / annuals / LGBTQI+ / New Zealand
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