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Lawrence D. Mass | |
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| Born | June 11, 1946 Macon, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California at Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and writer |
| Known for | Co-founder of Gay Men's Health Crisis, wrote the first press reports on AIDS |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Sub-specialties | HIV, hepatitis C, STDs, gay health, psychiatry, sex research, music, opera, and culture |
| Notable works | We Must Love One Another Or Die: The Life and Legacies of Larry Kramer, Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite: Being Gay and Jewish in America, Homosexuality and Sexuality: Dialogues of The Sexual Revolution, Volume 1 |
Lawrence D. Mass (born June 11, 1946) is an American physician and writer. A co-founder of Gay Men's Health Crisis, he wrote the first press reports in the United States on an illness later became known as AIDS.[1] He is the author of numerous publications on HIV,[citation needed] hepatitis C, STDs, gay health, psychiatry and sex research, and on music, opera, and culture. He is also the author/editor of four books/collections.[citation needed] In 2009 he was in the first group of physicians to be designated as diplomates of the American Board of Addiction Medicine.[citation needed] Since 1979, he has lived and worked as a physician in New York City, where he resided with his life partner, writer and activist Arnie Kantrowitz.[2] Having written for the New York Native since the 1970s, he currently writes a column for The Huffington Post.[3] An archival collection of his papers are at the New York Public Library.[4]
- ^ Benk, Ryan; King, Noel; Advani, Reena (2021-05-23). "Skepticism Of Science In A Pandemic Isn't New. It Helped Fuel The AIDS Crisis". NPR. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ Humm, Andy (January 24, 2022). "Arnie Kantrowiz, Gay Pioneer, Author, Professor, and Lover, Dies at 81". Gay City News. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Lawrence D. Mass, M.D." The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ "Lawrence Mass Papers 1958-2008". Archives & Manuscripts, New York Public Library. New York Public Library.