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The San Diego Blood Sisters were a group who sponsored and organized lesbian blood drives during the AIDS epidemic.Established by members of the Women's Caucus of the San Diego Democratic Club, [1] the Blood Sisters sought to gather an adequate blood supply for AIDS patients, primarily gay men who often required many transfusions due to anemia. [2]
Passage of the Congressional lesbian and gay civil rights bill. An end to discrimination against people with AIDS, AIDS related complex (ARC), AIDS related conditions, HIV-positive status and those perceived to have AIDS. Massive increases in funding for AIDS education, research, and patient care. Money for AIDS, not for war.
A demonstrator waves a placard using the "Silence=Death" slogan during a 2017 event in New York City.Activist groups focused on HIV/AIDS in the United States initially drew their numbers from the bisexual, lesbian, and male homosexual communities as a whole, with socio-political campaigns including culturally active patients who were struggling with their healthcare themselves.
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international, grassroots political group working to end the AIDS pandemic.The group works to improve the lives of people with AIDS through direct action, medical research, treatment and advocacy, and working to change legislation and public policies.
Later that afternoon, Larry Kramer, a gay activist and founder of the ACT UP group, spoke at the rally. He inspired the marchers with his statement, “.. But now, harder than ever; we must act up, fight back and fight AIDS.” By sunset, large crowds of gay men and lesbians were still gathered in the Mall, listening to speeches and dancing to ...
Cameron Diaz says she jumped into helping people with HIV/AIDS after watching a family member die from the disease. “My dad’s cousin, in the early 80s, died of AIDS. He was one of the first.
Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), lesbian activist who co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis with longtime partner Del Martin [394] Del Martin (1921–2008), lesbian activist who co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis with longtime partner Phyllis Lyon [394] Tim McFeeley [395] Aldyn Mckean, singer and gay rights/AIDS activist.
GLF's legacy informed gay and lesbian activism throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s when groups such as ACT UP and Queer Nation formed to fight AIDS and homophobia. Many of the leaders of these two groups had been either active in or heavily influenced by the ideas first promoted by GLF.