Larry Kramer: legendary Aids activist and playwright dies at 84

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US playwright, author and Aids activist Larry Kramer has died at the age of 84.

Kramer wrote the landmark 1985 play The Normal Heart, about the early years of Aids, and 1992's The Destiny of Me.

He was a pivotal and confrontational figure during the Aids crisis in the 1980s, co-founding the first gay men's support group and aggressively lobbying officials to take action.

He also published the best-selling but controversial novel Fa*gots in 1977.

At the start of the 1980s, he put his energies into rallying support and awareness for the fight against HIV and Aids.

After a meeting of about 80 people in his apartment in 1982, he helped found Gay Men's Health Crisis and began fundraising, campaigning and writing about the subject.

He later formed Act Up, a radical protest group, and in 1989 learned he was HIV positive himself and suffering from liver damage.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52821957

 

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1 minute ago, androiduser said:

After a meeting of about 80 people in his apartment in 1982, 

Nobody ever said Larry Kramer didn't know how to have fun

Rest In Peace Daddy

[Economy 52,845]

I hope one day cancer sees as much advancement in treatments and survival rates as HIV has!

 

May he rest in peace 

[androiduser 7,438]

If you are interested in LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism, please take some time to read more about Larry Kramer, one of the most important activists in the history of LGBT and AIDS activism.

You can see the TV movie Normal Heart and the Oscar-nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague.

He is one of my biggest heroes and inspired me to learn more about the fascinating history of AIDS and AIDS activism.