Activism

Alan Klein, Donna Minkowitz, Adam Rolston, Jason Hefner, John Davis and others of ACT UP NY, on June 24, 1989, the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. ©1989 t.l. litt

 1989 Pride Parade by T.L. Litt

Alan Klein was an early member of the AIDS activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and he co-founded the LGBTQ+ rights organization Queer Nation.

  • ACT UP/NY (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)

    Actions Committee Chair & Coordinating Committee Member
    Early member of internationally-known AIDS activist organization that worked to end the AIDS crisis.

    • Chaired committee that organized many of ACT UP’s largest and most impactful demonstrations.
    • Cited in several books and documentaries about the AIDS activist movement.

  • Queer Nation NY

    Co-founder
    Trailblazing, direct action LGBTQ rights organization that spawned international chapters.

    • Chronicled in the Alan Klein Papers, housed at The Fales Library and Special Collections of New York University.


ACT UP/NY Alumni Reunion
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ACT UP/NY Alumni Reunion

Twenty-six years after the founding of ACT UP, former and current members of the AIDS activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) gathered to celebrate our achievements, recall our history, reach out to our wounded AIDS warriors, remember those we’ve lost, and envision our futures.

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ACT UP/NY
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ACT UP/NY

ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals, united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.

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