Name/Title
[I'm One in a Million Pinback Button]Entry/Object ID
2023.08.01Tags
Slogans, Artworks, Events, HIV/AIDS ActivismDescription
A circular, white pinback button featuring a pink triangle caricature smiling and walking in front of a smaller blue background. In blue text reads "I'm one in a million! Equal rights and liberation! March on Washington, April 25, 1993." At the bottom of the button is a copyright for 1993 by artist Michigrin, along with a phone number: (616) 364-5220.Item Type
Pinback buttonUse
Likely worn by attendees at the 1993 March on Washington in Washington, D.C.Context
From Ron Schlittler: "On April 25, 1993, as many as one million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their supporters converged on our nation’s capital. Organizers titled the event 'A SIMPLE MATTER OF JUSTICE: 1993 MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR LESBIAN, GAY AND BI EQUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERATION.'...Attention to LGB – and to an extent T – people and issues had reached a new crescendo around the country with particular attention to the fight for gays to serve openly in the military and calls for same-sex marriage. Both of these issues would take years more to resolve, but the 1993 March on Washington was arguably a turning point in broader public awareness, understanding, and acceptance. At the time, same-sex sexual relations were still widely criminalized in the United States and would be until the Supreme Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003. In 1993, life-saving HIV medications were still nearly three years away" (Source: "Introduction" to "The 1993 March on Washington: A Brief Look Back" by Ron Schlittler, linked in this record).Collection
Adrian J. Cardwell CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1993Time Period
20th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Button, PoliticalNomenclature Primary Object Term
Symbol, PoliticalNomenclature Sub-Class
Belief SymbolsNomenclature Class
Personal SymbolsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
LGBTQ+, event buttons, political buttons, memorabilia, symbols, AIDS (medical syndrome)Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Pink triangles, LGBTQ+ activism, AIDS awareness, LGBTQ+ demonstrationsCategory
HomosaurusColor
White, Blue, Pink, Black, RedValuations
Valuation Type
Donor EstimateValue
$20.00Date
Sep 29, 2026Create Date
September 30, 2026Update Date
October 10, 2026