Isn't the red ribbon HIV/AIDS awareness?
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2025
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AFAIK it's the OG ribbon!
Yes, this list seems odd. There are also ribbons for things like Autism Awareness:
Why is just “Lung-cancer” hyphenated?
Ask whatever random image I found on the internet
I asked the image, all it said was "Lung-cancer."
Well there you go then
Soon to be the leading cause of death for 18-20 year olds in your area!
Nope, my area is in the US, where it's guns by a long shot.
Long shot, I see what you did there.
So military industrial cancer for that last one.
"What do you have?"
"Childhood."
Well, not exactly. Red is for HIV/AIDS awareness, and green is for mental illness (although it was also used to symbolise "good AIDS" on an episode of Brass Eye in the '90s, which has obviously aged poorly).
Not sure why I should put the violet ribbon anywhere. Would feel weird, like an attempt to collect sympathy points.
They all are
Oh my god I totally forgot about those stupid fucking fascist yellow ribbons.