Not content with the social services GMHC provided, Kramer grew frustrated with bureaucratic paralysis and the apathy of gay men to the AIDS crisis. He co-founded the Gay Men's Health Crisis, which has become the world's largest private organization assisting people living with AIDS. Kramer witnessed the spread of the disease later known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome among his friends in 1980. The book earned mixed reviews but emphatic denunciations from elements within the gay community for his one-sided portrayal of shallow, promiscuous gay relationships in the 1970s. Kramer introduced a controversial and confrontational style in his 1978 novel Faggots. There he wrote the screenplay for Women in Love in 1969, earning an Academy Award nomination for his work. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London where he worked with United Artists. Larry Kramer is an American playwright, author, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist. Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright, Social activist, Author, Essayist, Film Producer (Fairfield County, Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport, United States of America, Area code 203, Area code 475)
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