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3 unusual facts about Larry Kramer


Joshua Fry Speed

In 1999, author and gay activist Larry Kramer claimed that he had uncovered new primary sources which shed fresh light on Lincoln's sexuality.

Lawrence Kramer

Larry Kramer (born 1935), American playwright, author, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist

LGBT history in New York

It galvanized local playwright and novelist Larry Kramer into activism, first helping to establish the Gay Men's Health Crisis organization in 1982 before being kicked out of the organization for his militancy.


Queer studies

In 2001, Yale accepted a $1 million grant from his older brother, money manager Arthur Kramer, to establish the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies.

Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist

First published in 1989, and later expanded and republished in 1994, Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist contains a diverse selection of the nonfiction writings of Larry Kramer focused on AIDS activism and LGBT civil rights, including letters to the editor and speeches, which document his time spent at Gay Men's Health Crisis, ACT UP, and beyond.

Sunset Junction, Los Angeles

The store functioned as a focal point for the community and was the site of readings by famous authors, including Christopher Isherwood, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Larry Kramer.


see also

Linda Laubenstein

Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart features a wheelchair-using medical doctor, Emma Brookner, who is based on Laubenstein.

Sternocleidomastoid muscle

In Tom Wolfe's novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, Larry Kramer, a Bronx District Attorney and one of the novel's main protagonists, prides himself on his strong sternocleidomastoids, which he "fans out" in front of women to help give himself a more tough, masculine appearance.