Established in 1987, People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN ) is a non-profit group whose work was originally rooted in HIV/AIDS prevention in communities of color in Seattle. As of 2021, POCAAN also addresses other issues - such as substance abuse, homelessness, incarceration, racism, and sexism - that contribute to marginalization and health disparities.

Queer Oyate, active in the late 1990s, was the Native American coalition of POCAAN, providing support to Native American people who were HIV positive. They referred to themselves as a “Two-Spirit” community (the individual spirit being a blend of male and female), a term reclaimed by Native American LGBT communities to both honor their heritage and provide an alternative to the Western LGBTQ labels.

This poster from Queer Oyate reminds its community to practice safer sex, both for its own survival and for the benefit of future generations of two-spirit Native Americans.

Text on poster: Queer Oyate / Native American Coalition of P.O.C.A.A.N. Our nations depend on your survival. Take care of yourself & commit to safer sex. We need to pass our culture, spirituality & gay pride on to the 7th Generation / Photo © 1996 by N.R. & R.S. Design by Stop the Torture

Caption information source: POCAAN website at http://pocaan.org/POCAAN
Caption information source: "A Spotlight of Two Spirit (Native LGBT) Communities," NCAI Policy Research Center, retrieved at https://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/research-data/prc-publications/A_Spotlight_on_Native_LGBT.pdf