LICK BUSH 2000 political button
Title
LICK BUSH 2000 political button
Date
2000
Description
Who made this?
I don’t know. Perhaps a political action group in San Francisco, CA.
Where was it made or acquired?
San Francisco, CA
Story
I was visiting San Francisco for the second time in the summer of 2000 with my friends Sarah and David, and was given this button on the street in the Castro. I had just had a fight with a boyfriend in Amherst, Massachusetts, before I left for the trip and San Francisco was an amazing place to find myself at that moment. I was given the button by someone on the street in the Castro, and I loved it! It reflected my politics and had this implied queerness to it (though perhaps that queerness was lost when the button was being worn by a gay guy). Of course, Bush became President, so during the 2004 election I added the tape and the message “NOW.” Underneath the tape it just reads “2000.”
I don’t know. Perhaps a political action group in San Francisco, CA.
Where was it made or acquired?
San Francisco, CA
Story
I was visiting San Francisco for the second time in the summer of 2000 with my friends Sarah and David, and was given this button on the street in the Castro. I had just had a fight with a boyfriend in Amherst, Massachusetts, before I left for the trip and San Francisco was an amazing place to find myself at that moment. I was given the button by someone on the street in the Castro, and I loved it! It reflected my politics and had this implied queerness to it (though perhaps that queerness was lost when the button was being worn by a gay guy). Of course, Bush became President, so during the 2004 election I added the tape and the message “NOW.” Underneath the tape it just reads “2000.”
Contributor
Andrew Elder, Boston, MA
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Is Part Of
#QueerArchivesAtHome, http://www.historyproject.org/project/QAAH
Collection
Citation
“LICK BUSH 2000 political button,” Documented | Digital Collections of The History Project, accessed September 13, 2024, https://historyproject.omeka.net/items/show/460.
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