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ACT UP London
AbbreviationACT UP
FormationJanuary 1989
FoundersRob Archer, Rae Trewartha
Founded atLondon, England
Key people
Dan Glass
Websiteactuplondon.wordpress.com

ACT UP London is a British chapter of the international grassroots political advocacy group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), originally founded in New York City in 1987. ACT UP was conceived as a non-partisan network of individuals committed to direct action in response to the AIDS crisis. Rob Archer and Rae Trewartha formed the London chapter of the movement in January 1989 as part of a contemporaneously developing international ACT UP network, with ACT UP London becoming the first British chapter and the first chapter to be established outside of North America.[1]

ACT UP London was created in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the perceived inadequacy of the UK government's response to the crisis, including the introduction of Section 28 of the Local Government Act of 1988. Section 28 stated that local governing authorities in England, Scotland, and Wales "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship".[2] The group lead campaigns for greater access to experimental treatments, increased research funding, and an end to the stigmatisation of people living with HIV/AIDS. Drawing on the tactics of civil disobedience and direct action, ACT UP London staged high-profile protests and demonstrations including actions targeting the Houses of Parliament, pharmaceutical companies, and media organisations.[3][4]

The group was re-formed by Dan Glass in 2014,[5][6] with the second incarnation initially campaigning for access to PrEP to be made freely available on the NHS. ACT UP London has since broadened its campaigning to encompass NHS privatisation, pharmaceutical pricing, and broader health justice issues such as helping to establish the 'Docs Not Cops' network working to ensure migrant access to healthcare.[7] The London chapter's archives are held at the Bishopsgate Institute in the City of London. The reformation of ACT UP London has been cited in retrospectives on British AIDS activism as part of a broader resurgence of grassroots HIV activism in the United Kingdom in the twenty-first century.[8][9]

Formation

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ACT UP London was founded in January 1989 against a backdrop of governmental neglect and public stigmatisation of people living with HIV and AIDS.[10] The conservative government of Margaret Thatcher had been widely criticised for the inadequacy of its public health response: the Department of Health did not publish advice for UK medical professionals about AIDS until 1985, by which point there had been at least 108 AIDS cases identified and 46 known deaths in the UK.[11] Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 also prevented LGBT+ sexual health and public safety information from being promoted publicly, since local authorities risked being found in breach of the law if they distributed safer-sex material aimed at gay men. This prevented safe sex information from being distributed amongst communities affected by the epidemic. ACT UP London was the first ACT UP chapter to be established outside the United States, predating the formation of other European chapters, including ACT UP Paris.[12] Among its early members and supporters was the human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who has been credited with helping to found the group.[13] Historian George Severs, whose doctoral research at the University of Cambridge examined HIV/AIDS activism in England, situates the work of ACT UP London within an international network of AIDS activism, drawing explicit comparisons to the higher-profile ACT UP chapters in New York and Paris and arguing that British activist history in this area has been comparatively understudied.[14] The group and its activities have also been the subject of national broadcast coverage, including a 2022 BBC feature on lesser-known British AIDS activists.[15]

The founding of ACT UP London was directly inspired by and connected to the American movement. ACT UP in New York had been founded in March 1987 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in Manhattan as a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. London activists followed the same direct-action model just under two years later, catalysed by the Section 28 campaign in Britain.[16]

Direct action, 1989–1993

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Wellcome AGM (January 1989)

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ACT UP London's first protest was the picketing of the annual general meeting of drugs giant Wellcome in January 1989. Wellcome was the parent company of Burroughs Wellcome, the makers of AZT, the first treatment that targeted HIV directly.[17] The action placed ACT UP London in direct solidarity with ACT UP New York's sustained campaign against the company's pricing of AZT, which had originally been set at $10,000 per patient per year, making it the most expensive drug in history at the time.[18] The protest at Wellcome's shareholders' meeting was ACT UP London's first appearance in the British press and established the confrontational, attention-seeking style of direct action the group would continue to use throughout the early 1990s.[19]

Pentonville Prison condom action (February 1989)

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In February 1989, ACT UP London activists staged a protest outside Pentonville Prison, brandishing placards and flying helium-filled condom balloons, sending hundreds of condoms sailing over the prison walls. The action targeted the government's refusal to provide condoms to incarcerated people despite rapidly rising HIV transmission rates within prisons.[20][21]

Die-in against The Sunday Telegraph (June 1989)

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In June 1989, ACT UP London used the die-in method to protest The Sunday Telegraph, which had attacked the LGBTQ+ community through misrepresentation of people living with HIV and AIDS. The die-in, in which protesters carry crosses and lie motionless as though dead, was one of the most widely recognised forms of protest associated with ACT UP internationally, staging the AIDS crisis as a visible, public spectacle at a time when mainstream media press coverage was often criticised for being sensationalised, inaccurate, or absent.[22]

World AIDS Day, Westminster (1 December 1989)

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On World AIDS Day (1 December 1989), ACT UP London converged on Westminster, the site where, a year earlier, Margaret Thatcher's government had passed Section 28, a since-repealed law that banned local authorities from "promoting homosexuality" and thereby prevented the promotion of sexual health information in the public interest. The choice of location directly linked the protest to the legislation that activists held responsible for obstructing public health messaging during the epidemic.[23]

Trafalgar Square die-in (1989) and Middlesex Hospital campaign

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ACT UP London activists first held a die-in at Trafalgar Square in June 1989, when Margaret Thatcher's government was threatening to close an AIDS ward at Middlesex Hospital. The protest drew direct attention to the inadequacies of NHS provisions for people with AIDS, and Trafalgar Square became a recurring site of ACT UP London's public interventions over the following years.[24]

Jimmy Somerville benefit tour (1990)

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In April 1990, musician Jimmy Somerville organised a benefit tour to raise funds for ACT UP activities.[25]

Trafalgar Square march (1991)

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In 1991, ACT UP London marched on Trafalgar Square to raise awareness and incite change.[26]

Nelson's Column condom stunt and Downing Street march (1992)

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On World AIDS Day, 1 December 1992, ACT UP London campaigners erected a 17-foot condom around Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square to raise awareness around safer sex. That same month, with the government still taking little notice, ACT UP London marched on Downing Street in protest. This World AIDS Day march became an annual event throughout the 1990s as the number of AIDS diagnoses in Britain continued to rise.[27][28]

Influence

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Expansion of UK ACT UP chapters

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ACT UP London's organising coincided with the formation of additional ACT UP chapters across the United Kingdom.[29] These included ACT UP Leeds, ACT UP Manchester, and ACT UP Glasgow, all formed in 1990, and ACT UP Edinburgh, founded in October 1989 amid concerns over HIV transmission related to injecting drug use.[30]

Among the larger campaigns pursued by the British ACT UP network was one directed against the oil brand Texaco, which had instituted a policy of mandatory HIV tests as part of their hiring process, refusing employment to those who tested positive. ACT UP Manchester began blockading Texaco petrol stations throughout the city.[31]

The group's first iteration became largely inactive as direct action initiatives dwindled after the 1980s and 1990s. Its archive from this period, covering campaigns, protests, and marches, is held at the Bishopsgate Institute.[32]

Reformation and contemporary period (2014–present)

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The group was re-formed by activist Dan Glass in 2014. The second incarnation of ACT UP London came about to campaign for PrEP to be made freely available on the NHS. PrEP is a highly effective medication taken to prevent HIV infection and transmission to HIV-negative individuals.

ACT UP London's initial activity following re-formation centred on pressuring the National Health Service to make PrEP (the drug Truvada) freely available as a standard prevention measure. The revived group also set out to challenge stigma and health inequality and bring attention to systemic discrimination in healthcare. Glass has helped lead multiple campaigns, protests and public educational programmes on HIV/AIDS healthcare and justice.[33][34]

Direct action since 2014

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In the mid-2010s, ACT UP London organised a series of direct-action protests targeting health authorities and government institutions over delays to the rollout of PrEP and wider concerns about HIV services in the United Kingdom. A major focus of the revived organisation was access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. Key actions included:

  • 10 December 2014 – NHS PrEP balloon protest: Activists demonstrated outside the UK Department of Health calling for NHS provision of PrEP, waving large blue balloons designed to resemble Truvada pills.[35][36]
  • 2 July 2015 – "Queue to Nowhere": Protest outside 56 Dean Street highlighting limited NHS access to PrEP.[37]

In March 2016, following NHS England's announcement that it would not commission PrEP for at least a further two years, activists gathered outside the NHS England offices in south London, some entering the building to demand to speak with NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens. Coverage of the action appeared in Huck magazine, which described the group as "united in anger and committed to direct action to end the HIV pandemic."[38] PrEP had been available in the United States since 2012 but was not routinely commissioned on the NHS in England until 2020.

UKIP and Nigel Farage protests (2014–2015)

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The revived group also connected HIV activism with broader LGBTQ+ and anti-austerity campaigns, and directly targeted political figures whose public statements it regarded as harmful to people living with HIV. On World AIDS Day 2014, ACT UP London activists deposited a quantity of manure outside the London offices of UKIP in protest at statements made by the party's then-leader Nigel Farage, who had suggested during the 2015 general election campaign that people living with HIV should be barred from entering the United Kingdom.[39] The following year, in March 2015, activists associated with ACT UP participated in the "Beyond UKIP Diversity Cabaret", a theatrical protest held at a pub in Downe, Kent, frequented by Farage. The event, organised by HIV activist Dan Glass, brought together breastfeeding campaigners, migrants' rights groups, disabled people's organisations, LGBTQ+ groups, and a Holocaust survivor, and was reported by Socialist Worker and Vice.[40][41]

Annual programming and coalition work

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Every World AIDS Day (1 December), ACT UP London has produced public health and activist initiatives including theatre-based outreach (e.g. HIV/HEP Blind Date),[42] poster interventions exhibited at Studio Voltaire,[43] and coalition building to protect the NHS and broader activism under banners such as Fund Healthcare Not Warfare.[44]

Since International Women's Day 2018, ACT UP Women, alongside Positively UK and the Women's Room, have organised a series of "Catwalks for Power, Resistance and Hope". The aim of the event is to increase awareness of how HIV affects women in the UK, to create an opportunity to portray women with HIV as strong, creative and resilient and not as "victims"; each Catwalk for Power educates and entertains, offers a platform to celebrate the collective and individual power of women with HIV and highlights the essential role of women-only peer-led space.[45]

Members of ACT UP London have also participated in protests related to LGBTQ+ public space and sexual-health culture, including actions defending the historic cruising area at West Heath on Hampstead Heath. In early 2025, following the appearance of anonymous fly-posted notices urging dog walkers to "take back" the area from gay men and directing cruisers to use smartphone applications instead, ACT UP London and allied group This Is My Culture organised a "Sodomites Walk" billed as "Ass Loving Activists Storm London Cruising Spot" on 2 March 2025.[46] The event, led by Dan Glass, was reported by the Camden New Journal and Londonist, with the action also covered in Attitude magazine's May/June 2025 issue.[47][48]

Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical pricing campaigns (2020s)

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In the 2020s, ACT UP London continued to advocate for expanded HIV prevention and treatment access, focusing in particular on the pharmaceutical pricing of lenacapavir (brand name Sunlenca), a twice-yearly injectable form of PrEP shown in clinical trials to be up to 100 per cent effective in preventing HIV acquisition in certain populations.[49] On 24 September 2024, activists gathered outside the London offices of Gilead Sciences, the drug's manufacturer, delivering a letter demanding that the company allow generic production to ensure global equitable access. Attitude and HIV treatment advocacy organisation HIV i-Base both reported on the action; the latter noted that lenacapavir could be produced for under $100 per person annually, against a list price set by Gilead of over $40,000.[50][51] In February 2026, ACT UP joined a coalition including the National AIDS Trust, HIV i-Base, and the British HIV Association (BHIVA) in a demonstration outside NHS England's headquarters in Waterloo, demanding urgent commissioning of lenacapavir for those who needed it.

The history of ACT UP London's original and revived activity has been documented by the People's History Museum and by scholars at the University of Cambridge, where a 2021 doctoral study situated British HIV activism, including ACT UP London, within a broader history of the epidemic in England that had largely been overlooked in favour of American and European accounts.[52][53]

Further direct actions (2016–2018)

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  • 1 April 2016 – Gilead Sciences occupation ("Pharma Greed Kills"): Seven activists entered the London offices of Gilead Sciences on High Holborn and stripped naked, revealing the word "GREED" painted across their backs, as part of a coordinated global day of action by HIV activists targeting pharmaceutical companies over drug pricing. Around thirty further activists demonstrated outside, temporarily blocking traffic.[54][55][56]
  • 23 October 2018 – Bohemian Rhapsody premiere protest: Activists from ACT UP London and the NHS Anti-Swindle Team occupied the purple carpet at the world premiere of Bohemian Rhapsody at Wembley SSE Arena, chanting "HIV stigma is real life — not just fantasy" and performing a reworded version of the Queen song "Don't Stop Me Now" retitled "Don't Cut Me Now". The action criticised the film's treatment of Freddie Mercury's HIV status and drew attention to ongoing rationing of PrEP on the NHS.[57][58][59]

2020s activism

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24 September 2024 – Lenacapavir/Gilead protest: Activists gathered outside Gilead Sciences' offices at 280 High Holborn, delivering a letter demanding that the company allow generic production of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug, to ensure global equitable access. Activists rang a bell every twenty-four seconds to represent the rate of new HIV acquisitions globally.[60][61]

World AIDS Day demonstrations

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In December 2022, the group staged a mass die-in in Trafalgar Square attended by approximately one hundred people, with participants holding cardboard gravestones bearing slogans including "Tories = Death" and "Cuts = Coffins".[62][63] In December 2025, ACT UP London organised a further die-in at Trafalgar Square under the banner "Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living", protesting a 15 per cent reduction in the UK government's contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.[64]

Fund Healthcare Not Warfare (UK)

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Inspired by ACT UP New York,[65] Dan Glass initiated the UK "Fund Healthcare Not Warfare" chapters in 2024,[66] followed shortly by the Berlin chapter.[67] The campaign advocates for increased investment in public healthcare and social services in the United Kingdom rather than military spending. The campaign has included direct action protests at the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London, protesting the UK's complicity in conflicts and the arms trade.[68]

Further reading

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  • Glass, Dan. United Queerdom. Zed Books, 2021.
  • Glass, Dan. Queer Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History. Pluto Press, 2023.
  • Schulman, Sarah. Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987–1993. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
  • Staley, Peter. Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism. Chicago Review Press, 2022.
  • Severs, George. Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
  • Jacobs, Karrie, and Steven Heller. Angry Graphics: Protest Posters of the Reagan/Bush Era. Layton, UT: Peregrine Smith Books, 1992.

Documentaries

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  • Over Our Dead Bodies (1991) — Channel 4 documentary about AIDS activism in Britain.
  • Are You Proud? (2019) — documentary on the history of the UK LGBTQ+ rights movement.
  • Rebel Dykes (2021) — documentary about lesbian and queer activism in London in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • Positive (1995) — British documentary about living with HIV.

References

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