- Collection:
- LGBTQ Collection
- Title:
- ACT UP, press releases, 1989-1990
- Creator:
- Wood, Andrew P., 1962-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1989
1990 - Subject:
- AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
AIDS (Disease)--Government policy
AIDS (Disease)--Patients
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment
Gay men
Protest movements
ACT UP (Organization) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Andrew Wood is a graphic designer and gay activist. Born in Atlanta in 1962, the son of two doctors, Wood's early years were filled with art, books, and culture. He attended public schools in Dekalb County and worked in public radio. In 1980, Wood moved to San Francisco for art school and to join the thriving gay organization, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This charitable group of gay men dressed in nuns habits performed activism and street theater informed with the pagan spirituality of the Radical Faerie movement. While in San Francisco, Wood experienced the AIDS epidemic which caused him to return to Atlanta. After the Democratic National Convention in 1988, he and a handful of fellow protesters started an Atlanta Chapter of ACT/UP. ACT/UP practiced aggressive tactics, civil disobedience, and direct action to bring attention to the plight of AIDS sufferers. Wood moved to New Orleans in 1990 and stayed there until 2004 when he returned to Atlanta to care for his elderly mother.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lgbtq/id/2001
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/lgbtq:2001/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Q121_01_03, Andrew Wood papers, Archives for Research on Women and Gender. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Original Collection:
- Andrew P. Wood papers
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1439
Archives for Research on Women and Gender - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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