Noriyasu Akase
An AIDS activist from Japan
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Peter Allen
Australian entertainer and song writer
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Arthur Ashe
Tennis player from the United States of America
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Howard Ashman
A composer from the United States of America whos work includes Beauty and the Beast and Alladin
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Nigel Barraud
An AIDS activist from New Zealand, he was a co-founder of Body Positive and founder of the 12x12 groups in New Zealand
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Michael Bennett
Choreographer from the United States of America who wrote A Chorus Line
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Marc Bensemann
A New Zealand Journalist who co-founded Body Positive
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Kimberly Bergalis
An advocate for HIV testing in the United States of America after becoming infected from her dentist
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Arthur Bressan Jnr
A film maker from the United States of America
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Bruce Burnett
An early AIDS activist from New Zealand. The New Zealand AIDS Foundation's Auckland clinic is named in his memory.
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Michael Callen
A singer and AIDS Activist from the United States of America
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Graham Chapman
A doctor from England, he is best remembered as a member of the comedy group Monty Python
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Ian Charleson
A Scottish actor who played, among other roles, one of the leading roles in the movie Chariots of Fire.
Sadly, someone left out the letter R in his name on The Quilt.
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Tony Chase
Fashion designer from the United States of America who designed clothing for Dolly Parton among others
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Bruce Chatwin
An award winning author from the United Kingdom (not the U.S.A. as printed on The Quilt in error), he won a number of prizes for his travel books
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Tina Chow
A model for Shiseido and designer from the United States of America
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Roy Cohn
An Attorney from the Unite States of America
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Patrick Cowley
A musician and composer specialising in Disco from the United States of America
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Brad Davis
Actor from the United States of America, best known for his role in the movie Midnight Express
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Miles Davis
Jazz trumpeter from the United States of America
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Denholm Elliott
An actor from the United Kingdom, well known for his part in the film A Room With A View.
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Perry Ellis
Fashion designer from the United States of America
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Wayland Flowers
A comedian from the United States of America who made the puppet Madam famous.
Sadly, the wrong first name is given for him on The Quilt.
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Michael Foulcault
A French philosopher
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Alison Gertz
An AIDS activist from the United States of America
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Elizabeth Glaser
An activist and advocate (especially for young children and infants) from the United States of America
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Alistar Hall
An AIDS activist from New Zealand
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Halston
A fashion designer from the United States of America
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Keith Harring
An artist from the United States of America
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Michael Hay
A New Zealand AIDS activist and co-founder of Collective Thinking, the periodical for and by people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Darren Horn
An AIDS activist from New Zealand
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Roderick Horn
A New Zealand actor
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Rock Hudson
A well known movie actor from the United States of America
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Derek Jarman
English film director of films such as Edward II
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Liberace
An entertainer and pianist from the United States of America, well known for his jackets, and the large rings he wore on his fingers
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Robert Maplethorpe
Photographer from the United States of America, best known for his gay erotic photographs.
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Tom Mclean
Author from New Zealand
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Freddy Mercury
The lead singer from the English group Queen
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Rudolph Nureyev
Russian ballet dancer
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Tom O’Donoghue
New Zealand activist who was a co-founder of Collective Thinking
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Anthony Perkins
An actor from the United States of America who became famous for his part in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
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Lew Pryme
New Zealand Entertainer and Rugby administrator
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Robert Reed
An actor from the United States of America who played the part of the father in the TV series The Brady Bunch
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Tony Richardson
British film director who won two Oscars (Best film and Best Director) for his 1964 film Tom Jones
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Vito Russo
An author and activist from the United States of America, probably best known for The Celluloid Closet (1981) on gay people in the movie industry
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Dick Sargent
Actor from the United States of America who played the part of Darren in the TV series Bewitched
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Ray Sharkey
An actor from the United States of America, best known for his role in the TV series Wiseguy
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Willie Smith
A fashion designer from the United States of America
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Sylvester
A singer from the United States of America best known for his disco music.
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Ian Thompson
An AIDS activist from New Zealand
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Eve Van Grafhorst
Also known as "Angel Eve", she was born in Australia, where she couldn't enrol at a preschool because she had HIV, came to New Zealand (where she was readily accepted) with her New Zealand born mother and spent the rest of her life promoting AIDS awareness
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Dr. Tom Waddell
A doctor for the United States of America army, he was an Olympic athlete (finished 6th in the 1968 Decathlon), and founded what is today known as the Gay Games
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Ryan White
A child activist from the United States of America
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Ricky Wilson
Guitarist for the group The B52s, from the United States of America
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