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Remembering Larry Kramer: Why 'The Normal Heart' Is Just as Urgent and Relevant Now

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Larry Kramer died in May, many remembered his voice — and the way he spoke out during the AIDS/HIV epidemic, especially as the government looked the other way. “We lost a hero.

We lost a mentor. We lost a warrior in somebody who wasn't afraid to stand up and demand action,” Matt Bomer tells ET. Understanding the urgency of speaking out and the power of his words, Kramer formed groups like the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP, the latter of which is known for its motto, Silence = Death. “Gays have been discriminated against since day one,” he told ET decades later. “That's why AIDS has become a plague.”  In 1985, he also wrote the autobiographical play  about a writer and his friends who join forces to expose the truth about the AIDS.

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