of Loss: AIDS and ACT UP (1980-Present).
ONLY 300 words!
Discussion: AIDs and AIDs activism led to the creation of novels, plays, and autobiographies. Select one or more of this week’s readings (or one other reading of your choice) and discuss the political and social legacy of AIDs literature.
1. How did it impact our reaction to AIDS, AIDS patients, and the gay community, for example? This is an open-ended question and students have the freedom to explore the literature and this question from multiple angles.
2. Do you agree with Shilts’ thesis that the US government only made the AIDs epidemic worse?
Sources:
-ACT UP Oral History Project.
http://www.actuporalhistory.org/interviews/index.html
-Act Up Today:
https://actupny.com/
– Larry Kramer: 1,112 and Counting
http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2011/06/larry_kramers_historic_essay_aids_at_30.php
– Interview with Larry Kramer.
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/larry-kramer-ellen-barkin-american-people-volume-two
– Sarah Schulman Explains How Rent Straightwashed Queer Lives and AIDS Activism
https://www.them.us/story/sarah-schulman-rent
– RENT.
of Loss:
AIDS and ACT UP (1980
–
Present).
ON
LY 300 words!
Discussio
n
:
AIDs
and
AIDs
activism
led
to
the
creation
of
novels,
plays,
and
autobiographies.
Select
one
or
more
of
this
week’s
readings
(or
one
other
reading
of
your
choice)
and
discuss
the
political
and
social
legacy
of
AIDs
literature
.
1.
How
did
it
impact
our
reaction
to
AIDS,
AIDS
patients,
and
the
gay
community,
for
example?
This
is
an
open
–
ended
question
and
students
have
the
freedom
to
explore
the
literature
and
this
question
from
multiple
angles
.
2.
Do
y
ou
agree
with
Shilts’
thesis
that
the
US
government
only
made
the
AIDs
epidemic
worse
?
Sources:
–
ACT UP Oral History P
roject.
http://www.actuporalhistory.org/interviews/index.html
–
Act Up Today:
https://actupny.com/
–
Larry Kramer:
1,112 and
Co
unting
http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2011/06/larry_kramers_historic_essay_aids_at_30.php
–
Interview with Larry Kramer.
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/larry
–
kramer
–
ellen
–
barkin
–
american
–
people
–
volume
–
two
–
Sarah Schulman Explains How
Rent
Straightwashe
d Queer Lives and AIDS
Activism
https://www.them.us/story/sarah
–
schulman
–
rent
–
RENT.
of Loss: AIDS and ACT UP (1980-Present).
ONLY 300 words!
Discussion: AIDs and AIDs activism led to the creation of novels, plays, and autobiographies. Select
one or more of this week’s readings (or one other reading of your choice) and discuss the political and
social legacy of AIDs literature.
1. How did it impact our reaction to AIDS, AIDS patients, and the gay community, for example? This
is an open-ended question and students have the freedom to explore the literature and this question
from multiple angles.
2. Do you agree with Shilts’ thesis that the US government only made the AIDs epidemic worse?
Sources:
-ACT UP Oral History Project. http://www.actuporalhistory.org/interviews/index.html
-Act Up Today: https://actupny.com/
– Larry Kramer: 1,112 and
Counting http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2011/06/larry_kramers_historic_essay_aids_at_30.php
– Interview with Larry Kramer. https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/larry-kramer-ellen-barkin-
american-people-volume-two
– Sarah Schulman Explains How Rent Straightwashed Queer Lives and AIDS
Activism https://www.them.us/story/sarah-schulman-rent
– RENT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhG3JTchKDA
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