Larry Kramer Quotes


I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.


Citations

Kramer, Larry. Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of a Crusade. St. Martin's Press, 1989, p. 112.

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Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer
  • Born: June 25, 1935
  • Died: May 27, 2020
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Playwright

Laurence David Kramer was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London, where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the film Women in Love (1969) and received an Academy Award nomination for his work.