“Our Blood” is a creation of multi-media works in retaliation against the Red Cross’s ban on gay blood in America. Each work started off as a scan of a Red Cross political poster from 1945 to 1960. Each print was then manipulated with a laser jet printing process and screen printing of a custom medium made with JordanRiver Michaels's own blood. Michaels wanted to use the pigment from his blood to represent all the gay blood that could be saving lives, yet the Red Cross doesn’t allow it. In 2023 statists, heterosexual persons have a higher percentage of carrying HIV and AIDS than the homosexual community. For years now the gay community has cleaned up and fought against HIV and AIDS, yet their community is still discriminated against.

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