Avram Finkelstein: "Silence = Death" and the Image That Defined the AIDS Crisis
From LGBTQ&A
"Silence = Death" has become the defining image of ACT UP and the AIDS crisis. Avram Finkelstein, co-creator of the Silence = Death poster and a founding member of ACT UP, takes us back to where it all began: how the image came together months before ACT UP was even formed, how the artist collective Gran Fury created the visual language of the AIDS crisis, and why he believes ACT UP was a far more radical group than history remembers. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast.