ACT UP/NY's 30th Anniverary P2; Health GAP; and Gender Panel

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Published: 11 April 2017

John Riley brings us more sound from ACT UP/NY's 30th Anniversary March and Rally. Speakers include Mark Hannay, a specialist in health insurance; Nick Faust, a new generation graphic artist with ACT UP; Jamila Headley  of Health Gap; and Lourdes Hunter, Trans Women of Color Collective Executive Director.

Emma Missouri interviews Health GAP's Hilary McQuie, Director of U.S. Policy & Grassroots Mobilization. Health GAP is an organization dedicated to getting HIV/AIDS treatments to people worldwide. In part because of it's efforts at defending generic HIV/AIDS drug production and battling unfair intellectual property rights more than 18 million of 36 million people have gotten the drugs, many from poor countries. Health GAP originally came from ACT UP/NY's organizing efforts and an alliance with Dr. Alan Berkman and other AIDS activist organizations.

Naomi Brussel brings us part of a panel on gender, "Where Is My Box?" that was organized by Siri May, UN Program Coordinator for Outright Action International. The panelists are:
    1 Leigh Ann Van Der Merwe trans activist from South Africa
    2 Miki Wali  trans activist from Fiji
    3 Micah Grzywnowicz   from Swedish federation for LGBTQ Rights
    4 Chase Strangio  attorney at ACLU

ACT UP/NY's 30th Anniversary March and Rally

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Published: 04 April 2017

Thirty years ago, on March 24^th the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT UP for short, did its first non-violent civil disobedience action. 100 people, some with HIV or AIDS,  were arrested that day protesting the high price of AZT, the only AIDS drug at the time. ACT UP would go on to use direct action protest to revolutionize the drug approval process, fight for life-saving social security disability benefits and housing, accellerate drug research and eventually launch an international campaign to give millions of people in the West and developing world, access to the newly created AIDS treatments. On March 30^th, ACT UP commemorated its first action at a public street memorial and march and vowed to fight the epidemic until it is over. John Riley reports.

Naomi Brussel brings us the voice of Siri May, the UN coordinator for Outright Action International (formerly known as IGLHRC) who was coordinating the grassroots queer caucus of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Siri reports on the outcomes of the UN meeting.

Emma Missouri brings us an interview with transgender activist Pauline Park on repeal of North Carolina's HB2

Below find the ACT UP segment , the rest of the show will be posted on Wednesday. You can play the link below if you have flash enabled or from a HTML5 device. Click the green arrow to download the mp3.