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==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 31 December 2019
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1939 - 2019
Occupation
Activist
Notable Achievements
Description
AIDS and Latino community activist. Played a prominent role in ACT UP, the AIDS activist organization, during its inception. Former president of Frederick Ungar Publishing, managing the company until it was sold in 1985. Leader for the Gay Circles Consciousness Raising Group, which became ACT UP, and head of its Latino Caucus. Founding member of Queer Nation in New York City in 1990. Served as an administrator and bilingual educator for AIDSMEDS.com for more than a decade. Moderator for the POZ Forum in POZ magazine. Theatre reviewer for several LGBTQ magazines.
See Also
- Global LGBTQ HIV/AIDS Activists
- Prominent Theatre and Film Critics Who Identify as LGBTQ
- Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2019
