An eruption of rage across the country is the response we need right now
I’d been thinking constantly how governments reacted to the reality of AIDS ever since we heard the words pandemic earlier this year. So when news of’s death was announced last week on May 27th, it felt like another wake-up call and reminded me of the word for this emotion I was bottling up: anger.
I was angry that people were acting like a novel virus that erupts and begins killing innocent people was new. I was angry that ignorant people acted like being stigmatized for “not using protection” like a face mask was unfair. I was angry that people felt that anxiety from showing any signs of illness — annoying nasal congestion or a random cough — was psychologically damaging.
The thing is, I’m not very good at expressing anger. Perhaps that’s why I’ve found inspiration in Larry Kramer’s words since I was 15 and stumbled upon a paperback copy of the script for. The play premiered in New York City in 1985, but I performed a monologue from it in 1992, effectively coming out to my high school on a military base in Okinawa, Japan, around the same time President Bill Clinton was signing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” into law.
The late activist and playwright was labeled combative, acerbic, ornery, irascible, impossible. He was also white, rich, and privileged, and so had a social safety net many of us could never imagine. Yet instead of working to protect his wealth and social standing, he did battle with words and actions. He scared me; he inspired me.
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