200 Years of LGBTQIA+ History

From Shadows to Pride — UK & Global Timeline

Source Record

ACT UP New York records

Why this source is used

NYPL archival finding aid for ACT UP New York, including its March 1987 founding and direct-action AIDS activism.

Start with the answer

Start with the answer How did HIV/AIDS change public health and activism? HIV/AIDS changed public health by forcing faster surveillance, treatment approval, community-led prevention, visible memorialisation and international awareness. Read the topic guide HIV/AIDS Public Health and Memory The HIV/AIDS crisis reshaped public health through surveillance, treatment activism, drug approval, memorial culture and global awareness days.

Source Status

Publisher
The New York Public Library
Type
archive
Reliability
high
Cited by
3 pages

Source Links

Open original source https://archives.nypl.org/mss/10 Accessed 2 June 2026 Open archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://archives.nypl.org/mss/10

Used by Topics

HIV/AIDS Public Health and Memory

Used by Questions

How did HIV/AIDS change public health and activism?

Used by Timeline Events

12 March 1987 ActivismHealth

ACT UP Founded in New York

Following a speech by playwright Larry Kramer, approximately 300 people gathered at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York to form ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). Their first major demonstration on Wall Street demanded greater access to experimental AIDS drugs. ACT UP's confrontational tactics transformed AIDS activism and influenced protest movements worldwide.