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Keith Haring & Tom Waddell 1990 Rainbow Run Gay Interest Gay Pride LGBTQ Pinback 1990 Rainbow Run In Honor Keith Haring Tom Waddell Gay Interest Pride Pinback Button.
3” x 1.5”
Rainbow Run for the End of Aids
San Francisco to Vancouver
June 7 through August 4, 1990
in honor of Tom Waddell & Keith Haring
Keith Haring died in February 4 months before the race
KEITH HARRING
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". Much of his work includes sexual allusions that turned into social activism by using the images to advocate for safe sex and AIDS awareness. In addition to solo gallery exhibitions, Haring participated in renowned national and international group shows such as documenta in Kassel, the Whitney Biennial in New York, the São Paulo Biennial, and the Venice Biennale. The Whitney Museum held a retrospective of his art in 1997.
Tom Waddell
Dr. Tom Waddell (November 1, 1937 – July 11, 1987) was a gay American physician, sportsman and competitor at the 1968 Summer Olympics who founded the Gay Olympics in 1982 in San Francisco. The international sporting event was later renamed the Gay Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sued Waddell for using the word "Olympic" in the original name. The Gay Games are held every four years.
