Cleve Jones

Cleve Jones
Jones speaking at the National AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day, 2019
Born (1954-10-11) October 11, 1954 (age 70)
West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
EducationSan Francisco State University
OccupationLGBT rights activist
Known forNAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
Websiteclevejones.com

Cleve Jones (born October 11, 1954) is an American AIDS and LGBT rights activist.[1] He conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has become, at 54 tons, the world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2020. In 1983 at the onset of the AIDS pandemic, Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, which has grown into one of the largest and most influential advocacy organizations empowering people with AIDS in the United States.

  1. ^ Aldrich, Robert; Garry Wotherspoon (2001). Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history. Routledge. p. 218. ISBN 0-415-22974-X.