Download or read book AIDS Activist written by Ann Silversides and published by Between The Lines. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIDS galvanized the politics of the gay community. The groups Michael Lynch helped organize and his prescient articles in The Body Politic sent messages of resistance and hope across North America. In telling his story and illuminating the issues, Ann Silversides draws on Lynch's diaries, letters, and poems; interviews with family, friends, and colleagues; film and newspaper records; and the papers of other leading AIDS activists. Book jacket.