"The AIDS epidemic moved many people out of the closet and into the streets to fight for greater acceptance. Pins were an easy way to signal support. The pink triangle honored LGBT victims of the Holocaust and was a ""reminder of the Holocaust perpetrated by our governments refusing to deal with AIDS,"" said <a href=""https://books.google.com/books?id=d5_rAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA585&lpg=PA585&dq=the+time+is+not+right+to+march+on+washington+cathy+woolard&source=bl&ots=9SqK4h_lMo&sig=bEE1unMopqyn6ibfXFN1eyJxKDk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiigpGkrvjLAhXLQyYKHZgbAc0Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=the%20time%20is%20not%20right%20to%20march%20on%20washington%20cathy%20woolard&f=false"" target=""_blank"">Cathy Woolard in 1989.</a> Woolard, an Atlanta LGBT organizer, went on to be the Atlanta City Council's first female president. The buttons belonged to <a href=""http://emorymedicinemagazine.emory.edu/issues/2015/fall/features/aging-with-hiv/index.html#RHODES"" target=""_blank"">Richard Rhodes</a>, a Navy veteran and community organizer who became the first known gay candidate to run for the Georgia House in 1988, and was the first known gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Georgia. Every year on his birthday he would get an HIV test. AT 65, he tested HIV-positive. He remains an activist and an advocate for HIV testing."