On Monday (7 December), some of these same AIDS activists gathered again in New York City over a dinner of butternut squash soup, boeuf bourguignon and chocolate mousse to have a ‘lively discussion’ on how to reduce HIV infections among gay men and trans women. Among those in attendance was Larry Kramer, founder of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) and author of the play and film A Normal Heart.

‘A little AIDS history was made last night — a uniting of science and anger to get our juices flowing again for the fight ahead,’ attendee Peter Staley wrote on Facebook. ‘It felt like old times, with voices raised, gossip shared, wine poured, and love filling the room.’

Staley, featured prominently with Kramer and others in the acclaimed documentary How to Survive a Plague about the work of ACT UP, shared a statement the group came up with during what they called ‘The PrEP Dinner.’ At 80, Kramer was the oldest at the dinner in the same apartment where GMHC was formed in 1982 also had activists as young as 24.

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