This era saw a resurgence of militancy with direct action groups like AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ( ACT UP ) ( formed in 1987 ), and its offshoots Queer Nation ( 1990 ) and the Lesbian Avengers ( 1992 ).

The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power ( ACT UP ) adopted an inverted pink triangle along with the slogan " SILENCE

* AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ( ACT UP )

This stance led him to offer public support to controversial groups like the North American Man Boy Love Association and to criticize both the mainstream gay rights movement and some of the movement's radical components, including the AIDS activist group ACT UP.

She later denied that she had ever made any such comment and, in a letter to the AIDS campaign group ACT UP in 1989, she said that it was " a terrible misunderstanding.

In 1988 Galás joined ACT UP, the AIDS activist group.

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ( ACT UP ) is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS ( PWAs ) and the AIDS pandemic to bring about legislation, medical research and treatment and policies to ultimately bring an end to the disease by mitigating loss of health and lives.

ACT UP was effectively formed in March 1987 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York.

" Approximately 300 people met two days later to form ACT UP.

The following chronological accounts of ACT UP actions are drawn from Douglas Crimp's history of ACT UP, the ACT UP Oral History Project, and the online Capsule History of ACT UP, New York.

As of May 2004, 30 % of people in the ACT aged 15 – 64 had a level of educational attainment equal to at least an bachelor's degree, significantly higher than the national average of 19 %.

In 2004 it had annual traffic of approximately 2, 000 vessels and 318, 901 twenty-foot-equivalent units of containers, mostly handled by the ACT.

This incoming freshmen class had an average 23. 81 ACT score, with 22 % scoring between 27-36, and 47 % between 22-26.

Freshmen entering for the fall 2010 semester had an average ACT score of 24. 1 ( well above both the state and national averages ) and a high school grade point average of 3. 60.

The middle half of the class of 2012 had test scores that ranged from 1950 – 2220 on the SAT and 30 – 33 on the ACT.

Women from ACT UP who had been having informal " dyke dinners " met with Dr. Gould in person, questioned him about several misleading facts ( that penis to vagina transmission is impossible, for example ), questionable journalistic methods ( no peer review, bibliographic information, failing to disclose that he was a psychiatrist and not a practitioner of internal medicine ), and demanded a retraction and apology.

Note: As ACT UP had no formal organizing plan, the titles of these committees are somewhat variable and some members remember them differently than others.

The Labour Party, now led by Helen Clark, had moved away from the policies of Roger Douglas-both Douglas and his strongest supporter, Richard Prebble, had left Labour to found the ACT party, and Clark's more traditional faction had taken over.

On 27 August a weekend newspaper published a series of leaked documents, including private emails, showing that members of the ACT party and of the Business Round Table had advised Brash during his bid for the leadership of the parliamentary National Party.

On 28 April 2011 the incumbent leader of the ACT Party, Rodney Hide, announced that he was stepping down as leader in favour of Brash who had joined the party that morning.

This surprised many commentators, as ACT was not generally associated with the sort of cause that Awatere Huata had previously supported.

The admitted first-year class of 2016 had standardized test scores that were well above average: the interquartile range ( 25th percentile-75th percentile ) of SAT scores was 1170-1370 ( Math plus Critical Reading subscores ), while the interquartile range of ACT scores was 28-32.

The project had a $ 27. 3 million budget, of which $ 12. 3 million was provided for by the ACT government and $ 15 million was to be sourced from the private sector.

An ACT Auditor-General's review found that the project's $ 27. 3 million cost estimate had not undergone proper assessment, review or analysis.

When Douglas established the ACT New Zealand party, dedicated to the same laissez-faire economic policies he had promoted while in power, Prebble quickly became involved.

ACT had by this time started billing itself as a natural coalition partner for National -- a sharp departure from Prebble and Douglas ' roots in Labour.

By 1959, the store network had expanded to eight stores, and by 1980 David Jones had moved into Queensland, ACT, Victoria and South Australia.

The average grade point average was a 3. 45 and the middle 50 % of matriculating students had ACT composite scores between 21-25.

For season 1984 the ' Australian ' Conference had competing teams from New South Wales and the ACT, whilst the ' National ' Conference consisted of Victorian, South Australian and Queensland clubs.

On Election Day, ACT had projected to have 45, 000 paid canvassers in the battleground states and spent over $ 10 million on Election Day.

One of their early works is “ Like a Prayer ” ( 1991 ), documenting the 1989 ACT UP protests at St. Patrick's Cathedral against New York Cardinal O ' Connor ’ s position on AIDS and contraception.

Some members of GLAAD went on to become the early members of ACT UP.

She attended the Young Conservatory of ACT ( American Conservatory Theater ) of San Francisco in her early teens.

When Prebble announced his retirement from politics in early 2004, Franks was one of the four candidates who sought to take his place as leader of ACT.

In addition, Cameron offers an honors program, early admission, advanced standing, and college-level examination programs although 58 % of entering students require remedial work with median ACT scores at the 9th percentile.

Act II was preceded in the popcorn market by ACT I, an early microwave popcorn that had to be stored in the refrigerator.

In early 1975 the then Labor Government moved to merge the Commonwealth Police with the ACT Police and Northern Territory Police ( each agency was federally funded ).

ArtSound moved to premises in the ACT Arts Centre ( formerly the Jazz Campus of the School of Music ) in early 2007.

In early 2010, however, the ACT Heritage Council rejected the application.

The private sector enterprise was the first of a number of tourism ventures to establish there over the coming years and in the early 1990s, the ACT government approved an application to rename the precinct Gold Creek Village.

This makes Oaks Estate one of only a few place names in the ACT with significant connections to early colonial times.