Name/Title
[It Takes Balls to be a Fairy Pinback Button]Entry/Object ID
2022.10.06Tags
SlogansDescription
A circular, pink pinback button that reads in black text "It takes balls to be a fairy." Red spots blot the button's surface; possibly rust spots or an intentional design, it is unclear.Item Type
Pinback buttonContext
From the Ephemera, Inc. "About Us" webpage: "We started by making punk rock buttons in San Francisco in the late 1970's. In 1980 we made it official and started producing gems like "Fuck you, you Fuckin' Fuck". Brilliant.
Now we are nestled in the Great Pacific Northwest in the relatively unknown and quickly forgotten town of Phoenix, Oregon. No. Not AZ.
We have a crack team of individuals who are mostly here to help get your sassy order to you quickly and accurately. And to eat all of the freaking chips. Is it really too much to ask to get a bag of Cheetos from time to time here people?
We credit people like, Jerry Lewis, Mad Magazine, Lenny Bruce, Miles Davis, Abbie Hoffman, Ronald McDonald, Edward D. Wood, Jr., Jane Fonda, Soupy Sales, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Sid Vicious, Dr. Suess, Vladimir Nabokov, Vlad the Impaler for making us the way we are.
But really, we just love you all so freaking much and we want to make you all really happy, or least piss you right off.
And remember 'Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right'" (Linked in this record)Collection
Adrian J. Cardwell CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1992Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
©1992 Ephemera, Inc.Lexicon
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+, memorabiliaLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Fairies (Gay culture)Category
HomosaurusValuations
Valuation Type
Donor EstimateValue
$1.00Date
Oct 25, 2026Create Date
October 25, 2026Update Date
October 25, 2026