David France
From QueerBio.com
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1948 -
Occupation
Entertainment, Journalist
Notable Achievements
Lambda Literary Award
Description
Investigative journalist on LGBTQ issues. Director of the films 'How to Survive a Plague', a portrait of men and women who started Act Up, and 'The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson' (2017). Created the film 'Welcome to Chechnya' which details the Russian republic's deadly war on gays (2020). Award winning journalist and author, including the book 'How To Survive A Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS' (2016, Lambda Literary Award).