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Members of ACT UP

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The list Members of ACT UP includes Thierry Schaffauser, Marsha P. Johnson, Larry Kramer, Maria Maggenti and Spencer Cox (activist). The list consists of 27 members.

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International AIDS activism, direct action and advocacy group
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    Larry Kramer

    American playwright (1935–2020)
    Larry Kramer
    Overview: Larry Kramer (June 25, 1935 – May 27, 2020) was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist. Known for his quote, “Nice people walk into the gas chamber.” ...
    Date of birth: 25 June 1935
    Date of death: 26 May 2020
    Age: 84 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Screenwriter
    Gender: Male
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    Gilbert Baker (artist)

    American artist
    Gilbert Baker (artist)
    Overview: Gilbert Baker (June 2, 1951 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (1978), a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ pride. His flag became widely associated ...
    Date of birth: 21 June 1951
    Date of death: 31 March 2017
    Age: 65 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Artist
    Gender: Male
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    Marsha P. Johnson

    Trans Activist
    Marsha P. Johnson
    Overview: Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992), born and also known as Malcolm Michaels Jr., was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. Known as an outspoken advocate for ...
    Date of birth: 24 August 1945
    Date of death: 6 July 1992
    Age: 46 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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    Maria Maggenti

    American film director and screenwriter
    Overview: Maria Maggenti (born c. 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter for film and television, who has traditionally created independent films. She was the script editor for the American television ...
    Date of birth: 1962
    Age: 62
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Director
    Gender: Female
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    Spencer Cox (activist)

    American activist
    Spencer Cox (activist)
    Overview: Patrick Spencer Cox (March 10, 1968 – December 18, 2012) was an American HIV/AIDS activist. He was involved in ACT UP New York and the Treatment Action Group during the height of the AIDS Crisis in New ...
    Date of birth: 10 March 1968
    Date of death: 18 December 2012
    Age: 44 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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    David B. Feinberg

    American writer
    David B. Feinberg
    Overview: David Barish Feinberg (November 25, 1956 – November 2, 1994) was an American writer and AIDS activist.
    Date of birth: 25 November 1956
    Date of death: 2 November 1994
    Age: 37 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    Shatzi Weisberger

    American nurse and death educator (1930–2022)
    Shatzi Weisberger
    Overview: Shatzi Weisberger (June 17 1930 – November 30, 2022) was an American death educator, activist, and retired nurse in New York City. Weisberger worked as a nurse for 47 years, later turning to death education ...
    Date of birth: 1930
    Date of death: 30 November 2022
    Age: 92 (age at death)
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    Ray Navarro
    Overview: Raymond Robert Navarro (November 6, 1964 – November 9, 1990) was an American video artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist. Navarro was an active member of ACT UP and a founder of Diva TV. His ...
    Date of birth: 1964
    Date of death: November 1990
    Age: 26 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    Gregg Gonsalves

    American epidemiologist, health activist and MacArthur Fellow
    Overview: Gregg Gonsalves (born October 21, 1963) is a global health activist, an epidemiologist, an assistant professor at Yale School of Public Health and an associate professor (adjunct) at Yale Law School.
    Date of birth: 21 October 1963
    Age: 61
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    Ellen Spiro

    American filmmaker
    Ellen Spiro
    Overview: Ellen Spiro is an Emmy Award-winning American documentary filmmaker.
    Date of birth: 1964
    Age: 60
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Cinematographer
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    Kiyoshi Kuromiya

    American writer and advocate
    Overview: Kiyoshi Kuromiya (May 9, 1943 – May 10, 2000) was a Japanese American author and civil rights and anti-war activist.
    Date of birth: 9 May 1943
    Date of death: 10 May 2000
    Age: 57 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 12.

    Didier Lestrade

    Writer and activist
    Didier Lestrade
    Overview: Didier Lestrade (born 22 February 1958), is a French author, magazine publisher, AIDS and LGBT rights advocate.
    Date of birth: 22 February 1958
    Age: 66
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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    Sarah Schulman

    American writer
    Sarah Schulman
    Overview: Sarah Miriam Schulman (born July 28, 1958) is an American novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, gay activist, and AIDS historian. She is a Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at ...
    Date of birth: 28 July 1958
    Age: 66
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Chris Bartlett

    American activist
    Chris Bartlett
    Overview: Chris Bartlett (born March 29, 1966) is an American gay activist, feminist, educator, and researcher who lives in Philadelphia, PA, and is the Executive Director of the William Way Community Center.
    Date of birth: 29 March 1966
    Age: 58
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 15.

    Steve Michael

    American politician
    Overview: Steve Michael (April 7 1956 – May 25, 1998) was a member of ACT UP and in 1996 was the AIDS Cure Party's candidate for President of the United States, with Anne Northrup as his running mate. Their pre ...
    Date of birth: 7 April 1956
    Date of death: 25 May 1998
    Age: 42 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 16.

    Hunter Reynolds

    American visual artist and AIDS activist (1959–2022)
    Overview: Hunter Wayne Reynolds (July 30, 1959–June 12, 2022) was an American visual artist, and AIDS activist. He was known for his performance art and protest, and he was an early member of the AIDS activism group ...
    Date of birth: 30 July 1959
    Date of death: 12 June 2022
    Age: 62 (age at death)
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    Rebecca Hensler
    Overview: Rebecca Hensler founded the social media and internet support group "Grief Beyond Belief" for grieving people who do not believe in God or an afterlife in 2011. She was encouraged to found it by atheist ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    Jean Carlomusto

    US filmmaker
    Overview: Jean Carlomusto (born 1959, Queens, New York) is a New York filmmaker, AIDS activist, and interactive media artist. She produced and directed HBO's Emmy nominated documentary, Larry Kramer in Love & Anger ...
    Date of birth: 1959
    Age: 65
    Occupation: Activist
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    Mary Patten

    American artist and activist
    Overview: Mary Patten (born 1951, Evanston, IL) is a Chicago artist and activist. Her works combine writing, video installation, performance, artists' books, drawing, photography, collaboration, and activism. Her ...
    Date of birth: 1951
    Age: 73
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    Michael Petrelis

    American activist
    Michael Petrelis
    Overview: Michael Anthony Petrelis (born January 26, 1959) is an American AIDS activist, LGBTQ rights activist, and blogger. He was diagnosed with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1985 in New York City ...
    Date of birth: 26 January 1959
    Age: 65
    Occupation: Activist
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