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 * ACT UP** is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.

To learn more about this organization, [|click here]. Visual AIDS is an organization that works to increase public awareness of AIDS through the visual arts, creating programs of exhibitions, events and publications, and working in partnership with artists, galleries, museums and AIDS organizations. By activating the visual arts communities, Visual AIDS raises money and to provide direct services to artists living with HIV/ AIDS.

To learn more about this organization, [|click here].

 MUSIC AND POP CULTURE  **"Let's Talk About Sex"** is the name of a controversial   hit  song   released by the  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">American  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">hip-hop  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> trio  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">Salt-n Pepa  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">. <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">It was released as a <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">single  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> from their Blacks' Magic  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">album  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> in the year  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">1991  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">. <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">The song, that was certified <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">gold  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> by the   <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">RIAA  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> and peaked at #13 at the Billboard  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">Hot 100  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> chart, talks about  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">safe sex  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">, the positive and negative sides of sex   <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">and the censorship that  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">sex  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> had around that time in American mainstream  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">media  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">. The song was later included in the  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">trio's Greatest Hits (2000)  <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> album. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> **“Let’s Talk About AIDS”** was written in response to a request by Peter Jennings for the group to change the initial song so it discussed the AIDS    <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">  epidemic directly. It was premiered on an ABC television special, “In a New Light,” and was also used as a public service announcement by the   <span style="COLOR: #f50000; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">  New York State Department of Health. Released as a charity single, proceeds went to AIDS charities and research. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> To see the music video, <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">[|click here]  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">.