ACT UP Commemorates its 30th Anniversary (Video)

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ACT UP Commemorates its 30th Anniversary with A March, Rally, Memorial
The group formed to fight indifference and opposition to proper care for people living with HIV and AIDS in 1987 is rededicating itself to fighting President Donald Trump's policies.
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ACT UP Commemorates its 30th Anniversary with A March, Rally, Memorial

The group formed to fight indifference and opposition to proper care for people living with HIV and AIDS in 1987 is rededicating itself to fighting President Donald Trump's policies.

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ACT UP Commemorates its 30th Anniversary with A March, Rally, Memorial

The group formed to fight indifference and opposition to proper care for people living with HIV and AIDS in 1987 is rededicating itself to fighting President Donald Trump's policies.

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Joseph H. Thompson was among six prosecutors who resigned last month over the Justice Department’s effort to investigate the wife of Renée Good.

The actor is survived by his wife and six children.

Indiana will no longer accept court orders or medical documentations recognizing transgender residents' gender changes.

“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

More For You

Most Popular

It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.

Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

Turning Point USA is organizing a show headlined by Kid Rock for right-wingers upset with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.

Pascal Kaiser was attacked by three men outside his house just days after his public proposal.

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.