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mar 10, 1987 - Establishment of ACT UP (1987)

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ACT UP is an AIDS advocacy group formed in New York to combat negative impacts of AIDS on the LGBTQIA+ community. The group targeted pharmaceutical companies that benefitting from selling life-saving AIDS medicine at high prices. They also brought attention to the lack of political policy protecting the rights of AIDS patients.

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Date:

mar 10, 1987
Now
~ 38 years ago