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Manuscripts/12. LGBTQA

 Record Group Term
Identifier: Manuscripts/12

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

ACT UP / Boston (Raymond Schmidt and Stephen Skuce) collection

 Collection
Identifier: M149
Overview The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP / Boston) was founded in 1987 by activists Raymond Schmidt, Stephen Skuce, Donald Smith, and Paul Wychules to focus local efforts to speed up the development of AIDS treatments, educational programs, and prevention strategies. The membership was a diverse, nonpartisan group of people united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis in Boston and throughout the country. The organization was most active from 1988 - 1994 during...
Dates: 1987-2007; Majority of material found within 1988-1995

ACT UP/Boston (David Stitt) collection

 Collection
Identifier: M179
Overview David Stitt was a member and volunteer with the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power Boston chapter (ACT UP/Boston). He was involved with a few of the organization's projects, most notably the production of Attitude! newsletter. Stitt also participated in the "rubber fairies" (a program to promote safer sex) and the IV League (a needle exchange program). ACT UP/Boston was founded in 1987 as a way to focus local efforts in support of the development of...
Dates: 1986-1994