Larry Kramer

Biography

Laurence David Kramer was a pioneering American playwright, author, and gay rights activist. He wrote the screenplay for Women in Love (1969), earning an Academy Award nomination, and later co-founded the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) in 1982 to address the AIDS crisis among his friends. His novel Faggots (1978) introduced a confrontational style that sparked controversy within the gay community. Kramer continued to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights until his death in 2020.