AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power: Militant resistance during the AIDS crisis

“ACT UP! Fight back! Fight AIDS!” These words were first uttered in March of 1987, by the organization ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), which was founded that year by the legendary queer activist Larry Kramer. The basis for ACT UP, however, was established in 1983 when Kramer wrote…

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