Larry Kramer, Dead At 84

[keenobserver]

Larry Kramer, AIDS Activist, Author, and Playwright, Is Dead at 84

 

[ozwestcoastboy]

Larry Kramer, AIDS Activist, Author, and Playwright, Is Dead at 84

Vale, Larry.
‘We Loved Each Other’: Fauci Recalls Larry Kramer, Friend and Nemesis

 

[HorseHung40's]

I am shocked at this news. That man will be remembered for having been a trailblazer.

 

[keenobserver]

I am shocked at this news. That man will be remembered for having been a trailblazer.

Amen. He blazed many, many trails. He was the image of empowered gay men fighting the indifference and bigotry in the midst of the Aids epidemic. The organization he founded then lives today as one of the largest service providers for people with HIV/AIDS. His fire and passion was at times the only light in our darkest hours.

 

[Industrialsize]

He had a good, meaningful 84 year run. He saved many lives.

 

[Industrialsize]

Larry Kramer 1978:

 

[keenobserver]

More - Celebrities pay tribute to queer hero Larry Kramer

On Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart, and Playwriting As Screed

Larry Kramer’s Inheritance

 

[keenobserver]

An important footnote to the SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ rights on June 15, 2020 -

Kramer a a vital force in the gay community fighting a culture that was willing to let is all die of the 'gay plague.' This guy, Frank Kameny was a critical part of why we won a 50 year old fight. He is well worth reading about - Frank Kameny: Gay Activist and Washingtonian , and this is a new book about him and the fight, available just in time for Pride month. The Deviant's War: superb epic of Frank Kameny and the fight for gay equality