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In terms of actual meetings, it's still sort of around, but really just a few stragglers. But you know so many early ACT UPers gave birth to or branched out into other AIDS organizatins (Housing Works, GMHC, TAG, etc.)And a lot of us have continued the work. Not to mention that it changed our thinking (mine at least) about community responsibility, the efficacy of direct action as a really viable means of political change, oh, and HIV and AIDS, of course. --For me that was the beginning of the end of thinking "identity politics" was the most important issue. Kind of pales compared to life or death and who will take care of use when we're sick (no matter what our background/orientation is)...

But I don't know. I still wonder if there's been a bit of a backslide amongst the younger club kids, etc. --Maybe I'm just victim to media slant like everyone else? ...??
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