Boy with the bullhorn a memoir and history of ACT UP New York Goldberg, Ron (Activist) creator author. text bibliography biography Biography Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. nyu 2022 2022 First edition. monographic eng print xii, 508 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm "A coming-of-age memoir of life on the frontlines of the AIDS Crisis with ACT UP New York. From the moment Ron Goldberg stumbled into his first ACT UP meeting in June 1987, the AIDS activist organization became his life. For the next eight years, he chaired committees, planned protests, led teach-ins, and facilitated their Monday night meetings. He cruised and celebrated at ACT UP parties, attended far too many AIDS memorials, and participated in over a hundred zaps and demonstrations, becoming the group's unofficial "Chant Queen," writing and leading chants for many of their major actions. Boy with the Bullhorn is both a memoir and an immersive history of the original New York chapter of ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, from 1987 to 1995, told with great humor, heart, and insight. Using the author's own story, "the activist education of a well-intentioned, if somewhat naïve nice gay Jewish theater queen," Boy with the Bullhorn intertwines Goldberg's experiences with the larger chronological history of ACT UP, the grassroots AIDS activist organization that confronted politicians, scientists, drug companies, religious leaders, the media, and an often-uncaring public to successfully change the course of the AIDS epidemic. Diligently sourced and researched, Boy with the Bullhorn provides both an intimate look into how activist strategies are developed and deployed, as well as a snapshot of life in New York City during the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic. On the occasions where Goldberg writes outside his personal experience, he relies on his extensive archive of original ACT UP documents, news articles, and other published material, as well as activist videos and oral histories, to help flesh out actions, events, and the background stories of key activists. Writing with great candor, Goldberg examines the group's triumphs and failures, as well as the pressures and bad behaviors that eventually tore ACT UP apart. A story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, from engaging in outrageous, media-savvy demonstrations, to navigating the intricacies of drug research and the byzantine bureaucracies of the FDA, NIH, and CDC, Boy with the Bullhorn captures the passion, smarts, and evanescent spirit of ACT UP-the anger, grief, and desperation, but also the joy, camaraderie, and sexy, campy playfulness-and the exhilarating adrenaline rush of activism"-- Part I: Becoming an activist -- Awakening -- First steps -- Welcome to ACT UP -- We are family -- Part II: Expanding the agenda -- ACT NOW and the nine days of rain -- Taking actions -- Summer awakening -- Seize control of the FDA -- Part III: Crashing through -- Targeting city hall -- Storming the ivory tower -- Remember Stonewall was a riot -- Parallel tracks -- Heading inside -- Stop the church -- Part IV: The gorgeous mosaic -- The Myers mess -- Time's up, Mario! -- Storm the NIH -- Inside or out -- Can the center hold? -- Bombs are dropping -- Part V: Days of desperation -- Desperate measures -- Splitting differences -- Target Bush -- Strategies and consequences -- Part VI: AIDS Campaign '92 -- ACT UP/Petrelis -- The in-your-face primary -- Unconventional behavior -- Vote as if your life depended on it. Ron Goldberg. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. Includes bibliographical references and index. Winner, "Gold" Independent Publishing Award (IPPY) for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction, 2023 n-us-ny (Activist) Goldberg, Ron AIDS activists New York (State) New York Biography ACT UP New York (Organization) History 20th century AIDS (Disease) New York (State) New York History 20th century HIV History, 20th Century New York City Sida New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle Virus de l'immunodéficience humaine Médecine Histoire 20e siècle ACT UP New York (Organization) AIDS activists AIDS (Disease) New York (State) New York HIV/AIDS STDs 1900-1999 fast RC606.55.G65 A3 2022 362.19697/92009747 Boy with the bullhorn Goldberg, Ron (Activist). New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2022 First edition. (OCoLC)1338811834 9781531500979 1531500978 9781531508074 1531508073 9781531500986 9781531500993 2022029082 DLC 220706 20250829195914.1 in00004726389 eng