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Learn about the life and work of Larry Kramer, an American writer, producer, and gay rights advocate who co-founded GMHC and ACT UP. He wrote acclaimed plays such as The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me, and received an Oscar nomination for Women in Love.
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- Tony, Emmy Acclaim For The Normal Heart
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Tributes from the arts community flooded in Wednesday, with Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter saying "What an extraordinary writer, what a life." Dan Savage wrote: "He ordered us to love ourselves and each other and to fight for our lives. He was a hero." In 1981, when AIDS had not yet acquired its name and only a few dozen people had been diagnosed wi...
Kramer lived to see gay marriage a reality — and married himself in 2013 — but never rested. "I'm married," he told The AP. "But that's only part of where we are. AIDS is still decimating us and we still don't have protection under the law." Kramer split with GMHC in 1983 after other board members decided to concentrate on providing support service...
In 1987, Kramer founded ACT UP, the group that became famous for staging civil disobedience at places like the Food and Drug Administration, the New York Stock Exchange and Burroughs-Wellcome Corp., the maker of the chief anti-AIDS drug, AZT. ACT UP's protests helped persuade the FDA to speed the approval of new drugs and Burroughs-Wellcome to lowe...
Kramer was a prominent figure in the fight against AIDS, founding ACT UP and writing The Normal Heart, a play that exposed the epidemic and its impact on the gay community. He also wrote screenplays, novels and other plays, and received awards and tributes for his work.
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May 27, 2020 · Larry Kramer himself married his partner, Mr. Webster, in 2013, in a ceremony in the intensive care unit of NYU Langone Medical Center, where Mr. Kramer was recovering from surgery for a bowel ...
Jul 13, 2022 · Larry Kramer was a writer and activist who drew attention to the AIDS crisis that disproportionately killed gay men and trans women in the 1980s and ‘90s. Search. 2024 Olympians;
May 28, 2020 · Kramer wrote "The Normal Heart" and founded ACT UP, two influential works that raised awareness and fought for the rights of people with AIDS. He also received an Oscar nomination for "Women in Love" and a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "The Destiny of Me".
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May 27, 2020 · The writer and influential gay activist who pressed the U.S. government and the medical establishment to respond to the AIDS epidemic, has died. He was 84. Kramer is best known for his novel and play "The Normal Heart", his urgent, agitprop depiction of the early days of the AIDS crisis.
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May 29, 2020 · Remembering Pioneering AIDS Activist Larry Kramer Kramer, who died May 27, was an early advocate for aggressive research into the HIV virus. He co-founded both the Gay Men's Health Crisis and the ...
