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Late Activist Honored for AIDS Day! 
Posted by FoM on December 22, 1998 at 16:25:29 PT

The D.C. Council passed a resolution honoring Steve Michael, the founder of the local chapter of ACT-UP, an AIDS activist group, who died in May. 
The Washington PostDavid Catania (R-At Large), who introduced the resolution, said it was fitting on World AIDS Day to honor the activist. Michael, who had AIDS, was also a leader in home rule demonstrations and launched the petition drive that succeeded in getting a medical marijuana initiative on the Nov. 3 ballot, although Congress passed a law forbidding the District to fund the provision. Wayne Turner, Michael's partner, said in remarks before the council that the "best way to honor the dead is to fight for the living," and he urged the council to support measures to slow the spread of AIDS. 
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