Kramer was an important part of establishing two important organizations that helped people living with AIDS.
Despite his unceremonious exit, Kramer was later honored and presented with the first Larry Kramer Activism Award by GMHC in 2015, according toAfter he left, Kramer founded ACT UP, which focused on direct action and protest rather than programs that GMHC did. The first protest was on Wall Street in New York on March 24, 1987, according to ACT UP New York's website.
Larry Kramer attends the 2016 GMHC Spring Gala dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street on March 21, 2016 in New York. Kramer is being remembered as an angry activist for gay and lesbian causes, but also a kind and sweet man with a heart of gold.This story has been updated to include comment from GMHC that was obtained after the story was originally published.
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