Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- White square button with image of person coming out of a doorway designed by Keith Haring. Says "National Coming Out Day, October 11" in black writing.
- From the first LGBT pride march in Austin, Texas, in June 1995. National Coming Out Day (NCOD) grew out of the 1987 March on Washington. NCOD was crafted by Rob Eichberg, founder of a personal growth workshop, and Jean O’Leary, then head of National Gay Rights Advocates. The event is commemorated each year on October 11 and aims to “continue to promote a safe world for LGBTQ individuals to live truthfully and openly,” according the Human Rights Campaign website as of October 2016. The design of this button, drawn by artist Keith Haring, was adopted by NCOD in 1987.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Trey Durant
- 1988
- ID Number
- 2016.0236.09
- accession number
- 2016.0236
- catalog number
- 2016.0236.09
- Object Name
- button
- LGBTQ button
- t-shirt
- LGBTQ t-shirt
- pin
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- LGBTQ Rights
- LGBTQ
- Gay Rights
- Record ID
- nmah_1813820
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-57d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
