Larry Kramer

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Gregg Bordowitz Reveals the Messy Humanity of AIDS Activism

Gregg Bordowitz’s AIDS-era retrospective at MOMA-PS1 replaces myth with reality, showcasing not heroes and victory, but a record of art and activism that is exceedingly human.

Jay Michaelson

‘HE WAS A GIANT’

Larry Kramer Was a Warrior. To Them, He Was also a Friend.

After Larry Kramer’s death, Ellen Barkin, Joel Grey, Anthony Rapp, Matt Bomer, Michelangelo Signorile, Sean Strub, Daryl Roth, and William J. Mann share their memories of a friend.

Tim Teeman

SILENCE = DEATH

Larry Kramer’s Anger Was the Beating Heart of His Activism

Larry Kramer, who has died at age 84, made the voluble expression of his anger central to both his LGBTQ and AIDS activism. It freaked everyone out and helped change the world.

Tim Teeman

FEARLESS

Larry Kramer, Foremost AIDS Activist and Author, Dies at 84

The fierce advocate for public health and gay rights founded the first nonprofit to fight the AIDS epidemic and “uplift the lives of all affected.”

Emma Tucker

THE GOOD DOCTOR

Even Dr. Fauci’s Old Enemies Revere Him

Each day he stands with President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence and gently corrects misstatements and introduces actual truth to coronavirus briefings.

Michael Daly

‘Lessons Learned’

When Comparing Coronavirus & AIDS, Credit These LGBTQ Heroes

Dr. Deborah L. Birx invoked AIDS at the White House when talking about the coronavirus response. Unmentioned: the “lessons learned” in the 1980s were down to brave LGBTQ activists.

Tim Teeman