{"product_id":"body-counts-a-memoir-of-activism-sex-and-survival-9781451661965","title":"Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex, and Survival","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe founder of \u003ci\u003ePOZ\u003c\/i\u003e magazine shares \"a captivating...eyewitness account from inside the AIDS epidemic\" (\u003ci\u003eNext\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"a moving, multi-decade memoir of one gay man's life\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a politics-obsessed Georgetown freshman, Sean Strub arrived in Washington, DC, from Iowa in 1976, with a plum part-time job running a Senate elevator in the US Capitol. He also harbored a terrifying secret: his attraction to men. As Strub explored the capital's political and social circles, he discovered a parallel world where powerful men lived double lives shrouded in shame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the AIDS epidemic hit in the early 1980s, Strub was living in New York and soon found himself attending \"more funerals than birthday parties.\" Scared and angry, he turned to radical activism to combat discrimination and demand research. Strub takes you through his own diagnosis and inside ACT UP, the organization that transformed a stigmatized cause into one of the defining political movements of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the New York of Studio 54 and Andy Warhol's Factory to the intersection of politics and burgeoning LGBT and AIDS movements, Strub's story crackles with history. He recounts his role in shocking AIDS demonstrations at St. Patrick's Cathedral as well as at the home of US Sen-ator Jesse Helms. With an astonishing cast of characters, including Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal, Keith Haring, Bill Clinton, and Yoko Ono, this is a vivid portrait of a tumultuous era: \"A page-turner...[with] the suspense and horror of Paul Monette's memoir \u003ci\u003eBorrowed Time\u003c\/i\u003e and the drama of Larry Kramer's play \u003ci\u003eThe Normal Heart\u003c\/i\u003e....What a lot of action--and life--there is in this gripping book\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrub, Sean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sean Strub\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an activist, writer, and executive director of the Sero Project, which combats the criminalization of people with HIV. He founded \u003ci\u003ePOZ \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the leading publication providing information about HIV, and is a frequent speaker about HIV\/AIDS, self-empowerment, and the intersections of sex, public health, and the law. A native of Iowa City, Strub attended Georgetown and Columbia universities. He and his partner, Xavier Morales, live in New York and Milford, Pennsylvania.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466282176786,"sku":"9781451661965","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9fd168d-952d-4498-bc1a-bbbb9fd22f39.jpg?v=1730117023","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/body-counts-a-memoir-of-activism-sex-and-survival-9781451661965","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}