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    It started with ACT UP.

    actup.org is an evolving web site that is based primarily upon a vision described in Larry Kramer's "We Are Not Crumbs; We Must Not Accept Crumbs" speech and extends the reach of his vision to include readers and speakers of many different languages.

    Larry Kramer: “I wish to quote my friend, Eric Sawyer's, optimistic view that in the age of the internet we can do much of what we did in ACT UP meetings and on the streets, on the world wide web. The information technology available today could help end the need for those endless meetings. Creating a blog could, in fact, incorporate even more voices and varieties of opinions and ideas than any meeting ever could. Where ACT UP once had chapters in many cities, we could now involve thousands more via simple list-serves and blogs. We can draw in students and schools and colleges all over the world. It is the young we have to get to once again. Creating a blog would allow for expression and refinement of ideas and policies, like a Queer Justice League for denouncing our enemies. A well organized website could function as an electronic clearing house for sharing information, for posting problems, for demanding solutions, for developing and communicating action plans. List-serves and a website could coordinate grassroots organizing and mobilize phone, e-mail and physical zaps or actions. They could also be used to spotlight homophobic actions, articles, movies and tv, and laws."

    Equal Rights.

    Global Voices.

    actup.org may appear to be a simple web site. However the entire web site, both in user interface and in content, is translated automatically into 52 languages simultaneously. This is unlike most web sites that only provide translation upon demand. The language you are reading now is the same language set in your browser. If you would like to see this site in a different language simply click on a flag at the top of this page and actup.org will show how it is displayed to those that read the site in the selected language. People around the world can use search engines like Google, using their own language, and be linked to actup.org in its completely translated form.

    actup.org provides a world-accessible space to support a global conversation, among individuals of many different backgrounds, on issues about achieving equality in rights and health regardless of sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions, borders or languages, in an effort to unleash power on a global scale.

    How does it work?

    Registered guests of actup.org have access to creating new posts or comments, blog postings with blogger tools, affinity group creation and other features. As actup.org grows, it is anticipated that registered members will take a larger role in determining the content that appears on the home page of actup.org. Separately, throughout the day and night, actup.org searches news sites, blogs, Twitter and other sources of information around the world for relevant items and displays the results in a special actup.org forum. The additional stories may be viewed by all users and registered users are encouraged to comment on entries or even create a personal blog posting based on an entry.

    When traffic to forums warrant additional oversight, volunteer moderator roles will be sought and nominated. Moderators will have the ability within their own forum to promote individual postings to appear on actup.org's front page as well as ensure the integrity of the forum.

    Registered users can rate postings and influence the online actup.org reputation of another user. Registered users may also create their own personal actup.org blog. Blog postings, like forum postings, are translated automatically into all supported languages and made available to all major search engines to help provide actup.org bloggers with translated and search engine optimized content with no additional effort by the blogger.

    What is next?

    This question will be answered by registered users over time. If you would like to have a voice, please consider becoming a registered user of actup.org.

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