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AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS (PWAs) and the AIDS pandemic to bring about legislation, medical research and treatment and policies to ultimately bring an end to the disease by mitigating loss of health and lives. [1]

113 relations: Abortion, ActUp/RI, Anarchism, Andrew Cornell Robinson, Andy Humm, Bash Back!, Bernard Francis Law, Birth control, BPM (Beats per Minute), Broadcasting, Cable television, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston), Catherine Gund, CBS Evening News, Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, Chris Bartlett (activist), Civil disobedience, Community service, Condom, Cornell University Library, Cosmopolitan (magazine), David B. Feinberg, Didier Lestrade, Direct action, Documentary film, Douglas Crimp, Ed Koch, Ellen Spiro, Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, Fed Up Queers, Fierce Pussy, Gay Men's Health Crisis, GlaxoSmithKline, Government agency, Gran Fury, Grand Central Terminal, Gregg Bordowitz, Gregg Gonsalves, Gulf War, HIV, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS denialism, Hooliganism, Housing Works, How to Survive a Plague, Intergovernmental organization, Internal medicine, International non-governmental organization, J. Quinn Brisben, ..., Jean Carlomusto, Jesus, John O'Connor (cardinal), Kaposi's sarcoma, Keith Haring, Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Larry Kramer, Lesbian Avengers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Luke Montgomery, Mario Cuomo, Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Patten, Mass (liturgy), Moscow, National Institutes of Health, Nazi concentration camps, New York City, New York Public Library, New York Stock Exchange, Non-governmental organization, PBS, PBS NewsHour, Peer review, Pentamidine, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, People With AIDS, Peter Staley, Peter Tatchell, Phil Donahue, Pink triangle, Protest, Public-access television, Pussy Riot, Queer Nation, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Rhode Island, Richard Bey, Robert E. Gould, Robert Hilferty, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Safe sex, Salon (website), San Francisco, Sarah Schulman, Sex worker, Silence=Death Project, Spencer Cox (activist), St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan), Stonewall riots, Survive AIDS, Tax exemption, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Thierry Schaffauser, Treatment Action Group, United in Anger: A History of ACT UP, Wall Street, Women's Health Action and Mobilization, Zidovudine, 501(c)(3) organization. Expand index (63 more) »

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

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ActUp/RI

ActUp/ RI, the Rhode Island chapter of ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, was formed in the spring of 1987, largely through the energies of Stephen Gendin, and continued as an active organization until 1993.

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Anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions.

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Andrew Cornell Robinson

Andrew Cornell Robinson is an American artist based in New York City.

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Andy Humm

Andy Humm (born October 19, 1953) is a journalist, activist and currently co-host of TV news program Gay USA.

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Bash Back!

Bash Back! was a network of radical, anarchist queer projects within the United States.

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Bernard Francis Law

Bernard Francis Law (November 4, 1931 – December 20, 2017) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Birth control

Birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy.

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BPM (Beats per Minute)

BPM (Beats per Minute), also known as 120 BPM (Beats per Minute), (120 battements par minute) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Robin Campillo and starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois and Adèle Haenel.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables.

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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Храм Христа Спасителя, Khram Khrista Spasitelya) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on the northern bank of the Moskva River, a few hundred metres southwest of the Kremlin.

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Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston)

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and is the largest Roman Catholic church in New England.

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Catherine Gund

Catherine Gund (born Catherine Gund Saalfield; 1965, Geelong, Australia) is a producer, director, writer, and activist who founded Aubin Pictures in 1996.

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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News (titled as CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor for its weeknight broadcasts since December 4, 2017 and simply CBS Weekend News for its weekend broadcasts) is the flagship evening television news program of CBS News, the news division of the CBS television network in the United States.

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Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame

The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame (formerly Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame) is an institution founded in 1991 to honor persons and entities who have made significant contributions to the quality of life or well-being of the LGBT community in Chicago.

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Chris Bartlett (activist)

Chris Bartlett (born March 29, 1966) is an American gay activist, feminist, educator, and researcher who lives in Philadelphia, PA, and is the Executive Director of The William Way Community Center.

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Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government or occupying international power.

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Community service

Community service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of the community or its institutions.

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Condom

A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device, used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

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Cornell University Library

The Cornell University Library is the library system of Cornell University.

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Cosmopolitan (magazine)

Cosmopolitan is an international fashion magazine for women, which was formerly titled The Cosmopolitan. The magazine was first published and distributed in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine (since 1965).

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David B. Feinberg

David Barish Feinberg (November 25, 1956 – November 2, 1994) was an American writer and AIDS activist.

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Didier Lestrade

Category:HIV/AIDS activists Didier Lestrade (born 22 February 1958), is a French author, magazine publisher, AIDS and LGBT rights advocate.

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Direct action

Direct action occurs when a group takes an action which is intended to reveal an existing problem, highlight an alternative, or demonstrate a possible solution to a social issue.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Douglas Crimp

Douglas Crimp (born 1944) is an American writer, curator, and art historian.

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Ed Koch

Edward Irving Koch (December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic and reality television arbitrator.

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Ellen Spiro

Ellen Spiro is an American documentary filmmaker.

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Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic.

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Fed Up Queers

Fed Up Queers, or FUQ, was a queer activist direct action group that began in New York City.

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Fierce Pussy

Fierce Pussy (also styled fierce pussy) is a lesbian feminist art activist collective founded in 1991 in New York City.

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Gay Men's Health Crisis

The GMHC (formerly Gay Men's Health Crisis) is a New York City–based non-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based AIDS service organization whose mission statement is "end the AIDS epidemic and uplift the lives of all affected.", the organization's specific goal is to end AIDS in the state of New York by the year 2020.

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GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a British pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brentford, London.

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Government agency

A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency.

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Gran Fury

Spawning from ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) in 1988 Gran Fury was an AIDS activist artist collective from New York City consisting of 11 members including: Richard Elovich, Avram Finkelstein, Amy Heard, Tom Kalin, John Lindell, Loring McAlpin, Marlene McCarty, Donald Moffett, Michael Nesline, Mark Simpson and Robert Vazquez.

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Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter and intercity railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.

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Gregg Bordowitz

Gregg Bordowitz (born August 14, 1964) is a writer, artist and activist currently working as a professor in the Video, New Media, and Animation department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Gregg Gonsalves

Gregg Gonsalves is an HIV/AIDS activist and advocate.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War (2 August 199028 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 199017 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 199128 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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HIV/AIDS denialism

HIV/AIDS denialism is the belief, contradicted by conclusive medical and scientific evidence, that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) does not cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Hooliganism

Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying, and vandalism, usually in connection with crowds at sporting events.

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Housing Works

Housing Works is a New York City based non-profit fighting AIDS and homelessness.

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How to Survive a Plague

How to Survive a Plague is a 2012 American documentary film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and the efforts of activist groups ACT UP and TAG.

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Intergovernmental organization

An intergovernmental organization or international governmental organisation (IGO) is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states), or of other intergovernmental organizations.

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Internal medicine

Internal medicine or general medicine (in Commonwealth nations) is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases.

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International non-governmental organization

An international non-governmental organization (INGO) has the same mission as a non-governmental organization (NGO), but it is international in scope and has outposts around the world to deal with specific issues in many countries.

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J. Quinn Brisben

John Quinn Brisben (September 6, 1934 – April 17, 2012) was an American teacher and political activist from Chicago, Illinois.

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Jean Carlomusto

Jean Carlomusto (b. 1959-, Queens, NY) is a New York filmmaker, AIDS activist, and interactive media artist.

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Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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John O'Connor (cardinal)

John Joseph O'Connor (January 15, 1920 – May 3, 2000) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.

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Kaposi's sarcoma

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a type of cancer that can form masses in the skin, lymph nodes, or other organs.

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Keith Haring

Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art and graffiti-like work grew out of the New York City street culture of the 1980s.

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Kiyoshi Kuromiya

Kiyoshi Kuromiya (May 9, 1943 – May 10, 2000) was a Japanese American author and civil rights activist.

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Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer (born June 25, 1935) is an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist.

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Lesbian Avengers

The Lesbian Avengers began in New York City in 1992 as "a direct action group focused on issues vital to lesbian survival and visibility." Retrieved 2009-3-4.

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, commonly called The Center, is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population of New York City and nearby communities.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Luke Montgomery

Luke Montgomery (born) is an American LGBT political activist, social media marketing activist, democratic digital strategist and viral video director.

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Mario Cuomo

Mario Matthew Cuomo (June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party.

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Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay liberationI've been involved in gay liberation ever since it first started in 1969, 15:20 into the interview, she is quoted as saying this.

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Mary Patten

Mary Patten (born 1951, Evanston, IL) is a Chicago artist and activist.

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Mass (liturgy)

Mass is a term used to describe the main eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research, founded in the late 1870s.

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Nazi concentration camps

Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps (Konzentrationslager, KZ or KL) throughout the territories it controlled before and during the Second World War.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City.

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New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange (abbreviated as NYSE, and nicknamed "The Big Board"), is an American stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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PBS NewsHour

The PBS NewsHour is an American daily evening television news program that is broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), airing seven nights a week on more than 350 of the public broadcaster's member stations.

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Peer review

Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence to the producers of the work (peers).

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Pentamidine

Pentamidine is an antimicrobial medication used to treat African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, babesiosis, and to prevent and treat pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people with poor immune function.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; stylized PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

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People With AIDS

The People With AIDS (PWA) Self-Empowerment Movement is a social movement by those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS which grew out of San Francisco in the early 1980s.

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Peter Staley

Peter Staley (born January 9, 1961) is an American HIV/AIDS-LGBT rights activist, known for his work with ACT UP and founding both the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the educational website AIDSmeds.com.

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Peter Tatchell

Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is a British human rights campaigner, originally from Australia, best known for his work with LGBT social movements.

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Phil Donahue

Phillip John "Phil" Donahue (born December 21, 1935) is an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, also known as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation.

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Pink triangle

In Nazi Germany, pink triangles (Rosa Winkel) were used as one of the Nazi concentration camp badges, used to identify male prisoners who were sent there because of their homosexuality.

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Protest

A protest (also called a remonstrance, remonstration or demonstration) is an expression of bearing witness on behalf of an express cause by words or actions with regard to particular events, policies or situations.

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Public-access television

Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable TV specialty channels.

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Pussy Riot

Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist protest punk rock group based in Moscow.

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Queer Nation

Queer Nation is an LGBTQ activist organization founded in March 1990 in New York City, by HIV/AIDS activists from ACT UP.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a broadcasting organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed".

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Richard Bey

Richard Wayne Bey (born July 22, 1951) is an American talk show host.

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Robert E. Gould

Robert Emery Gould (March 20, 1924 – February 25, 1998) was clinical professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College, and chief of adolescent services at Bellevue Hospital.

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Robert Hilferty

Robert Hilferty (December 14, 1959 – July 24, 2009) was a New York-based journalist, filmmaker and AIDS activist.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in New York State.

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Safe sex

Safe sex is sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV.

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Salon (website)

Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Sarah Schulman

Sarah Miriam Schulman (born July 28, 1958) is an American novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, screenwriter and AIDS historian.

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Sex worker

A sex worker is a person who is employed in the sex industry.

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Silence=Death Project

The Silence.

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Spencer Cox (activist)

Patrick Spencer Cox (March 10, 1968 – December 18, 2012) was an American HIV/AIDS activist.

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St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)

The Cathedral of St.

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Stonewall riots

The Stonewall riots (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) communityAt the time, the term "gay" was commonly used to refer to all LGBT people.

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Survive AIDS

Survive AIDS is the group formerly known as ACT UP/Golden Gate.

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Tax exemption

Tax exemption is a monetary exemption which reduces taxable income.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thierry Schaffauser

Thierry Schaffauser is a French sex worker, social activist, writer, and actor.

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Treatment Action Group

Treatment Action Group (TAG) is a US-based HIV/AIDS activist organization formed in 1991 involved with worldwide efforts to increase research on treatments for HIV and for deadly co-infections that affect people with HIV, such as hepatitis C and tuberculosis.

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United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is a 2012 documentary film about the beginning and progress of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people fighting the epidemic.

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Wall Street

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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Women's Health Action and Mobilization

Women's Health Action and Mobilization (WHAM!) was an American activist organization based in New York City, established in 1989 in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Webster vs.

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Zidovudine

Zidovudine (ZDV), also known as azidothymidine (AZT), is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.

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501(c)(3) organization

A 501(c)(3) organization is a corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_UP

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