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ACT UP Organisation
ACT UP, or the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power is an international, political group working to end the AIDS pandemic. The group defines itself as
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ACT UP, or the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power is an international, political group working to end the AIDS pandemic. The group defines itself as
Like most of us, Francis Dufrene lived for Saturday and Sunday nights. He was tall and lean with a pile of blond hair; the 21-year-old
Who was Christine Jorgensen Christine was born George William Jorgensen, Jr. on 30th May 1926 in the Bronx, New York City. As a child, Jorgensen
Stormé DeLarverie, who was born in New Orleans in 1920 to a black mother and a white father; it is said that her mother was
Born Jean Sobelson in Flushing, Queens in 1920, the third of five daughters of Sadie, a housewife, and Charles Sobelson, a salesman, she studied for
Jesse Dirkhising, also known as Jesse Yates, was the son of Tina and Miles Yates Jr. from the small town of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, USA
Andrew Cunanan was born in 1969 in National City, California, USA. In 1981, he was enrolled in The Bishop’s School, which was an independent day
Magnus Hirschfeld was born in Kolberg, Poland in 1868 and was part of an Ashkenazi Jewish Family. He studied philosophy and philology and then went
William Dorsey Swann was a gay liberation activist. He was born into slavery in 1860, he was the first person in the United States to
We first found this story on advocate.com where they called this story “A Rose by Another Name” We have used the same name here as