For its logo, the group adopted the pink triangle — which LGBTQ+ people, particularly gay men, had been forced to wear in Nazi Germany — and the words "Silence = Death." ACT UP soon protested on Wall ...

The iconic protest visual used by SILENCE=DEATH and ACT UP became a key symbol of AIDS activism and LGBTQ+ advocacy. An ACT UP demonstration in NYC's Federal Plaza on June 30, 1987 (© Donna Binder, ...

In his filmmaking debut, journalist David France assembles a thoroughly reported chronicle of ACT UP’s most vital era, from the direct-action group’s founding in 1987 (six years into the AIDS epidemic ...

“Death wasn’t being responded to as a public health problem,” David France says. “It was dealt with with sniggers. It was left to religious leaders to explain or respond to the epidemic. And they ...

Introduction: How Change Is Made -- Mechanisms of Power: Puerto Ricans in ACT UP -- The First Treatment Activists -- Choosing the Right Target: Seize Control of the FDA -- Collective Leadership: Stop ...

This immersive theater experiment enlists attendees to help recreate an AIDS activist meeting from 1989 as an exercise in empathy. By Laura Collins-Hughes On Monday evening at the Lesbian, Gay, ...

In early March 1987, Larry Kramer, a co-founder of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York City, stood up at a meeting at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in Greenwich Village. By that ...