On this day in 1989, AIDS activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) undertook one of their most controversial actions. In conjunction with the Women’s Health Action and Mobilization (WHAM!) they picketed outside St Patrick’s Cathedral but also … Continue reading →
I have just read a rather depressing article about the formation of a new group in London – ‘The LGB Alliance’. The absence of the ‘T’ is quite deliberate. The group has declared that Trans issues have nothing to do … Continue reading →
In 1984, the California Supreme Court dismissed Oliver Sipple’s appeal in relation to his $15 million lawsuit against seven newspapers and 50 executives of news media organisations. It marked the end of a protracted and controversial legal battle that had … Continue reading →
It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Indeed, as I understand it, the decision to call the organisation ‘DAFT’ was, at least in part, motivated by the notion that members shouldn’t take themselves too seriously. But it … Continue reading →
Possibly the first play about AIDS, Anti Body was staged at London’s Cockpit Theatre from 10th-22nd October 1983. Documenting the experience of William Davis – a gay man with AIDS – it preceded Larry Kramer’s Normal Heart by two years … Continue reading →