ACT UP

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf AIDS activist organization
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Gran_Fury
gptkb:Treatment_Action_Group
gptkbp:chapter gptkb:ACT_UP_New_York
gptkb:ACT_UP_Paris
gptkb:ACT_UP_Philadelphia
gptkbp:focus gptkb:public_policy
LGBT rights
HIV/AIDS advocacy
gptkbp:founded 1987
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Larry_Kramer
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:AIDS_Coalition_to_Unleash_Power
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ACT UP
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:public_policy
gptkb:LGBTQ+_rights_movement
AIDS activism worldwide
direct action protest tactics
drug approval processes
gptkbp:mediaAppearance gptkb:How_to_Survive_a_Plague
gptkb:Larry_Kramer_in_Love_and_Anger
gptkb:United_in_Anger:_A_History_of_ACT_UP
gptkb:We_Were_Here
gptkb:The_Normal_Heart
gptkbp:notable_campaign advocating for needle exchange programs
challenging insurance discrimination
demanding access to experimental AIDS drugs
demanding affordable healthcare
fighting stigma against people with HIV/AIDS
protesting Catholic Church policies on AIDS
protesting FDA drug approval delays
raising awareness of AIDS crisis
gptkbp:notableAction gptkb:St._Patrick's_Cathedral_protest_1989
gptkb:Wall_Street_protest_1987
protests against government inaction on AIDS
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:David_France
gptkb:Garance_Franke-Ruta
gptkb:Gregg_Bordowitz
gptkb:Ann_Northrop
gptkb:Avram_Finkelstein
gptkb:Maxine_Wolfe
gptkb:Sarah_Schulman
gptkb:David_Barr
gptkb:Iris_Long
gptkb:Jim_Eigo
gptkb:Mark_Harrington
gptkb:Peter_Staley
gptkb:Vito_Russo
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:Silence_=_Death
gptkbp:website https://actupny.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HIV/AIDS_crisis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5