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AIDS ISN’T OVER FOR ANYBODY UNTIL IT IS OVER FOR EVERYBODY! ACT UP 30th Anniversary Rally, NYC AIDS Memorial Park, March 30, 2017. Photo by Molly Gingras

ABOVE: AIDS activists Mel Cheren and Brent Nicholson Earle wear shirts bearing the names of friends lost to HIV/AIDS, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1992, the eve of the fourth display of the complete AIDS Memorial Quilt. (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah)

BELOW: Twenty-five years later, Brent Nicholson Earle, wearing the same shirt, speaks at ACT UP New York’s 30th anniversary action on March 30, 2017, passionately recounting the history of ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and the AIDS crisis and shouting as he reads the names of the “sacred dead,” including Mel Cheren. He concludes, “Our full story must be told again, and again, so people never forget.” (Photo by Molly Gingras)

ALL PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV + AIDS ARE STILL INNOCENT ACT UP 30th Anniversary Rally, NYC AIDS Memorial Park, March 30, 2017. Photo by Molly Gingras

Whose Pride is it Anyway? March with ACT UP NY.

This Pride for its 30th Anniversary, ACT UP NY is marching at the front of the parade as part of the Resistance! AHCA aka Trumpcare is poised to kick 23 million people off healthcare while budget cuts threaten Medicaid, PEPFAR, Ryan White Care Act, Women's Health, and STD prevention among other things. Help us carry coffins down 5th Ave for the programs and policies on the chopping block under Donald Trump and our current elected officials.

All are welcome! No experience required. Come join the ongoing movement against AIDS.