Kuromiya, Kiyoshi

"Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943-2000) was a committed civil rights and anti-war activist. He was also one of the founders of Gay Liberation Front - Philadelphia and served as an openly gay delegate to the Black Panther Convention that endorsed the gay liberation struggle.

"As a pioneering AIDS activist, Kiyoshi was involved in all aspects of the movement, including radical direct action with ACT UP Philadelphia and the ACT UP network, [People With AIDS (PWA) Self-Empowerment Movement] empowerment and coalition-building through We The People Living with HIV/AIDS, national and international research advocacy, and loving and compassionate mentorship and care for hundreds of people living with HIV. Kiyoshi was the editor of the ACT UP Standard of Care, the first standard of care for people living with HIV produced by PWAs.

"Kiyoshi is perhaps best known as the founder of the Critical Path Project, which brought the strategies and theories of his associate/mentor Buckminster Fuller to the struggle against AIDS. The Critical Path newsletter, one of the earliest and most comprehensive sources of HIV treatment information, was routinely mailed to thousands of people living with HIV all over the world. He also sent newsletters to hundreds of incarcerated individuals to insure their access to up-to-date treatment information."

Bibliography:

Kiyoshi Kuromiya Memorial Community. "Kiyoshi Kuromiya." Accessed June 25, 2012. http://www.critpath.org/kiyoshi/kiyoshi.php.

From the guide to the Kiyoshi Kuromiya subject files on HIV/AIDS, 1990-2000, (John J. Wilcox Jr. GLBT Archives of Philadelphia)