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A kiss-cut vinyl sticker featuring a detail of The New St Marks Baths, 1979, by Boris Vallejo.
Before AIDS, a vibrant gay sexual culture flourished in New York, simultaneously shaped by the energy of gay liberation and constrained by widespread homophobia. St. Marks Baths stood at the center of this world—not just as a place for sex but also as a site of community, routine, and self-fashioning that would soon become central to early AIDS organizing. This detail from a fantastical poster in the style of classic sci-fi illustration captures the surreal, sex-positive exuberance of the pre-AIDS era. Boris Vallejo did not specialize in gay subject matter nor was he part of the gay scene, but his hypermasculine aesthetic found an enthusiastic audience in gay communities.
Manufactured for Poster House by Busy Beaver Button Co. Measures 5 x 4.2 inches.
