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...wanted to take that energy and also make it relatable to all different age groups, because in San Francisco there were all these arguments that "Oh, ACT-UP is ruining it for all of us," and I'm like "No, ACT-UP isn't ruining it for people. ACT-UP is an expression of a younger generation, and every younger generation needs its expression and thank God They're expressing it," People had been politically inactive and dead before ACT-UP came alive and I think that ACT-UP was one of the reasons that ultimately the Bush-Reagan years...
...Marlowe's classic play is a fine example of how one can choke on one's own postmodernism. You won't be allowed to forget that the play was written centuries ago, but its timeliness (gay love, violently thwarted) will be thrust rudely at you like a piece of ACT-UP literature: fine if you're a piece of ACT-UP literature, but not necessarily if you're a Christopher Marlowe play. But first, the Cliff Notes. Edward II has a particular affection for a commoner named Gaveston, and makes him his companion, much to the chagrin of his queen...
...ACT-UP: 'Scientific Fringe...
Theo Smart, an organizing member of ACT-UP New York, said Ortleb publishes material from the "scientific fringe," and that his "misinformation can have a very negative effect on today's gay youth...
...were Colin Powell, I would decline Harvard's offer to speak at Commencement. Not because of the agitation and protest that my opposition to gays in the military has provoked or the possibility that ACT-UP radicals will try to disrupt my speech. After all, Powell has seen real combat--the kind most Harvard folks, like me, hopefully never will. When compared to grenades and aerial bombardment, the harangues of malcontents seem rather harmless...