Activism
Alan Klein was an early member of the AIDS activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and he co-founded the LGBTQ+ rights organization Queer Nation.
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ACT UP/NY (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)
Actions Committee Chair & Coordinating Committee Member
Early member of internationally-known AIDS activist organization that worked to end the AIDS crisis.
• Chaired committee that organized many of ACT UP’s largest and most impactful demonstrations.
• Cited in several books and documentaries about the AIDS activist movement. -
Queer Nation NY
Co-founder
Trailblazing, direct action LGBTQ rights organization that spawned international chapters.
• Chronicled in the Alan Klein Papers, housed at The Fales Library and Special Collections of New York University.
ACT UP/NY Alumni Reunion
Twenty-six years after the founding of ACT UP, former and current members of the AIDS activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) gathered to celebrate our achievements, recall our history, reach out to our wounded AIDS warriors, remember those we’ve lost, and envision our futures.
Queer Nation (2013)
In 2013, in response to the passage by the Kremlin of an anti-gay law, original members of Queer Nation met to raise awareness of the plight of LGBTQ Russians. The veteran Queer Nationals were also concerned for the safety of LGBTQ+ Russians, visitors, and athletes in the lead up to the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia.
Queer Nation (1990s)
Queer Nation was an LGBT direct action organization founded in New York City in March 1990 by AIDS activists from ACT UP/NY (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). The four founders — Tom Blewitt, Alan Klein, Michelangelo Signorile and Karl Soehnlein — were outraged by the escalation of violence against LGBT New Yorkers and decided to take action.
