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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This documentary from journalist David France takes us through crucial stages in the early history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), from its formation in 1987 ( six years into the epidemic ...

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, better known as ACT UP, was formed in 1987 to protest the government’s slow response to the AIDS crisis. In honor of LGBTQ ...

“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 ...

Flash forward to March 13, 2026 when the Poster House Museum in Chelsea debuts Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS, ...