NO! La ROUCHE (1986)
A white poster with large black font reading, “No! La ROUCHE” with a red circle with a slash through it behind the name. Black text at the bottom reads, “No On LaRouche Initiative Coalition Sponsored By La Pietra/Circus Disco.” Proposition 64 the “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act” of 1986, also known as the “California AIDS Initiative”, was written by Lyndon LaRouche, championed by then-Congressman William Dannemeyer, and was placed on the November 4, 1986 California State Ballot. If passed, Proposition 64 would have required mandatory reporting by public health officials to health authorities the identity of those who were carriers of the AIDS virus, and would have required those individuals infected with the AIDS virus be quarantined from the general public. Proposition 64 was defeated 70.7% to 29.3%.
Publication date: 7 November 2022
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Metadata Object Description - Record Information
Record Identifier:
Q0117
Record Creation Date:
2021-01-26
Description Standard:
MODS
Metadata Object Description
Title:
NO! La ROUCHE (1986)
Name:
LaRouche, Lyndon
Role:
Subject
Type of Resource:
Flat file
Date Created:
1986
Language:
en_US
Extent and Media:
22 x 28 inches; 1 poster
Physical Form:
Poster
Conditions Governing Access:
Open for research
Conditions Governing Reproduction:
Lambda Archives of San Diego does not hold copyright to this item. It is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this item from the owner of copyright.
Scope and Content:
Protest sign denouncing 1986 California Proposition 64, written by Lyndon LaRouche and championed by then-Congressman William Dannemeyer.
Location of Originals:
Lambda Archives of San Diego
Alternative Form Available:
TIFF available upon request (info@lambdaarchives.org)
Metadata Object Description - Notes
Biography or History:
1986 California Proposition 64 was an initiative that would have "required all persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) to report their condition to the state Department of Health, regardless of whether or not they had symptoms of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)" (Kohorn, https://socialchangenyu.com/review/petition-for-extraordinary-relief-if-the-larouche-aids-initiative-had-passed-in-california/). The law was defeated with a margin of 71% to 29%.
Other descriptive data:
Politics; 1986 California Proposition 64; LGBTQ politics; LaRouche, Lyndon; Dannemeyer, William