Today is World AIDS Day – a good time to remember that it was our communities’ activism that was crucial in getting the AIDS crisis taken seriously in the first place. One example is ACT UP – the AIDS Coalition … Continue reading →
In March 1983 the New York Native published what was to become an historic piece of writing about the developing AIDS crisis. 1,112 and Counting was written by a very angry Larry Kramer. The co-founder of the world’s first AIDS … Continue reading →
One of the earliest plays to address AIDS, The Normal Heart was Larry Kramer’s furious admonition of those he saw as muting the response to the mounting crisis. Its central character is Ned, an activist who is desperately trying to … Continue reading →