Oscars Honor The History of HIV Activism

A rally and candle light vigil takes place in Los Angeles. (Photo by Steve Stewart)

4,000 volunteers walked through the streets of Manhattan as participants in "AIDS Walk New York." The 10km walkathon raised over $700,000 for the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). (Photo by Helayne Seidman)

A couple embrace during the inaugural display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington D.C. (Photo by Tom Alleman)

Act Up demonstrators outside the United Nations in New York City. (Photo by Steve Ziffer)

Police separate and arrest demonstrators outside of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jim Marks)

Onlookers at the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Steve Ziffer)

A letter sewn into a panel of the AIDS Memorial quilt. (Photo by Steve Ziffer)

 An unidentified AIDS activist, wearing a George Bush mask, puts final touches on posters that were plastered all over Washington, D.C. in the early hours of the day. (Photo by Patsy Lynch)

A member of Act Up/NY holds up a sign at the open hearings on new HIV/AIDS drugs in Bethesda, Md. About 43 members of the organization participated in the silent protest. (Photo by Patsy Lynch)

Protesters and visitors yell "Money for AIDS!" and "Shame!" as President Bush's helicopter flies over the quilt. (Photo by Patsy Lynch)

The NAMES Project's AIDS Memorial Quilt (Photo by Patsy Lynch)

Activists and protesters block the Golden Gate Bridge's traffic to bring awareness to the rising epidemic. (Photo by Rick Gerharter)

A mock cemetery is placed on the grounds of the National Institute for Health to bring attention to the harmful effects of the HIV medication, A.Z.T. (Photo by Patsy Lynch)

 Bidders look at artwork during an Act Up auction in New York City. (Photo by Michael Wakefield)

Members of Act Up hand out packages containing a clean needle, bleach, and condoms to drivers and passers-by in a Washington, D.C. neighborhood. (Photo by Patsy Lynch)

500 members of Act Up hold a "Die-In" in Manchester, N.H. to protest the lack of an AIDS policy or platform during the 1992 presidential elections. (Photo by Patsy Lynch)