""OK, I want this half of the room to stand up,'' Kramer later recalled saying. "I looked around at those kids and I said to the people standing up, 'You are all going to be dead in five years. Every one of you fuckers.' I was livid. I said, 'How about doing something about it? Why just line up for the cattle cars?'""
""Kramer's call to action would inspire a unique meeting of skills in response to the epidemic, what members of ACT UP, formed just two days after Kramer's speech, termed its "inside-outside strategy." ACT UP is most famous for its media-savvy protest actions, which called out the Reagan administration for ignoring the disease, and raised public awareness of the crisis with its ubiquitous "Silence = Death" campaign.""
In early March 1987, Larry Kramer stood at a Greenwich Village meeting and warned that tens of thousands would die without urgent action, declaring some would be 'dead in five years.' His speech precipitated the formation of ACT UP two days later and launched an 'inside-outside strategy.' ACT UP combined high-profile protests—most famously 'Silence = Death'—with inside work to reform the drug approval process and prioritize patients' rights. The Denver Principles and the adoption of the term 'People With AIDS' aimed to counter stigma and ensure affected people had a voice. Two distinct camps emerged over how to frame the disease.
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