How the AIDS Quilt Allowed Millions to Memorialize the Epidemic

Protestors in the "Flower Power" protest camp out at the police department following a raid at the gay bar The Patch

Author/gay activist Larry Kramer, founder of ACT UP, snuggling w. his friend, author & AIDS victim Vito Russo, as he tries to comfort him while petting his dog at home

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The gay rights movement is the struggle for equality and marriage rights for gay, lesbian and transgendered people. Milestones include the Stonewall Riots, the trial of Oscar Wilde and the assassination of Harvey Milk.

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The U.S. government, with its three branches of government and a system of checks and balances, is responsible for governing the 50 states and all districts and territories of the United States.

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During the 1980s, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged, AIDS ravaged the United States, especially the gay male community, and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture.

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7 LGBTQ Uprisings Before Stonewall

How the AIDS Quilt Allowed Millions to Memorialize the Epidemic

How AIDS Remained an Unspoken—But Deadly—Epidemic for Years

The Supreme Court Rulings That Have Shaped Gay Rights in America