Larry Kramer, who helped make AIDS a national issue and co-founded the ACT UP movement, died of pneumonia at 84
Kramer, who co-founded the ACT UP movement that made AIDS a national issue, died of pneumonia after enduring illness for much of his life, including his own battle with the immunodeficiency disease, his close friend, Will Schwalbe, said by phone.
Kramer, whose works include the award-winning 1985 play, “The Normal Heart,” established himself as a fierce advocate for LGBTQ rights as the gay community, including many of his friends, became afflicted with AIDS, a newly emergent disease in the 1980s. “Larry Kramer’s activism went beyond country borders,” UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, said in a statement. “His contribution to the global AIDS response was invaluable.”
“People are still getting infected,” he told Reuters Television in an interview last June. “People are still leading lives that are endangering their health and the health of their partners. The government is still treating us terribly.”
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