"How Many Thousands?" Bruce Priebe on AIDS Activism

Author:

Center for History and New Media/American Social History Project

Subject:

Humanities

Institution:

American Social History Project/Center for History and New Media

Collection:

Many Pasts (CHNM/ASHP)

Level:

Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

When AIDS struck the gay community during the early 1980's, many who had not previously consider themselves activists, like Bruce Priebe, became politically active. Militancy, political action, and demands for rights and recognition within the gay and lesbian community had been building throughout the post-war period. While many homosexual men and women first expressed their sexuality during World War II, a period of relative, albeit silent, tolerance, the movement for gay rights became more assertive following the 1969 Stonewall Riot, when New York City police raided a gay club. The burst of community health activism in response to the AIDS epidemic built on these earlier expressions of "gay pride" and activism.

Language:

English

Material Type:

Primary Source, Readings

Media Format:

Audio, Text/HTML

Conditions of Use:

Custom License
Fair Use for educational purposes

Copyright Holder:

Copyright 1998-2005 American Social History Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.