ACT UP was founded to fight for the rights of AIDS patients. They demanded better drug testing, they altered public perceptions of the illness and safe sex, and refused to back down until they won.
If you missed Part I of our coverage of the AIDS Epidemic, I encourage you to go back and listen to that episode first. Click here to listen!
 
Suggested Episodes:
Ep13 – Loving v. Virginia
Ep16 – History of Damsels in Distress
 
Sources:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kramer
* “United in Anger: A History of Act Up” documentary https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00KEOI2HA/ref=atv_dl_rdr?autoplay=1
* “How to Survive a Plague” documentary
* https://abcnews.go.com/Health/friend-friend-dying-hiv-survivors-back-past-30/story?id=59468714
* https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-global-hivaids-epidemic/#:~:text=HIV%2C%20the%20virus%20that%20causes,the%20beginning%20of%20the%20epidemic.
* “The Pride Movement” documentary
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_UP