Out of the Closet and Into the Street: Posters on LGBTQ Struggles and Celebrations

Boycott Helms ACT UP Photocopy, 1990 Los Angeles, California National ACT UP action to boycott Miller beer and Marlboro cigarettes, as their parent company, Philip Morris, was a major contributor to Jesse Helms. In 2003, Philip Morris Companies changed its name to Altria Group, Inc., but continues to own 100% of Philip Morris USA. Some view this name change as an effort by Altria to deemphasize its historical association with tobacco products.

Poster Text: The parent company of Miller Beer is Philip Morris Companies, Inc., the largest corporate political donor to homophobic and AIDSphobic North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. Philip Morris is also the largest corporate donor ($200,000) to the right-wing extremist's self-glorifying "Jesse Helms Museum", slated to open in 1992.

BOYCOTT MILLER BEER!