It was his Damascus Road conversion moment: March 24, 1987. A 26-year-old stockbroker for Morgan Guaranty in New York City, who was closeted about both being gay and having been diagnosed with ...

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, ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from July 6, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are ...

On April 25th, and in honor of its 25th anniversary, AIDS activist group ACT UP (The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), joined by organizations ranging from Occupy Wall Street to Visual AIDS to ...

The first-ever time anyone managed to interrupt the start of business on Wall Street was on September 14, 1989. Members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Progress (ACT UP) used miniature foghorns to ...

These groups are invoking ACT UP’s legacy to push for further deregulation of the FDA. Here’s why they’re wrong. Ad Policy ACT UP protesters close the Federal Drug Administration building to demand ...

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 ...

October marks LGBTQ History Month, and this week on At Liberty we are honoring the legacy of LGBTQ activism throughout the AIDS epidemic. Throughout the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, AIDS claimed the ...

Members of ACT-UP/KC in the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in Washington, D.C. Kansas City Public Library What's Your KCQ is a collaboration between The ...

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, ...