Lawrence D. Mass
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. He is the author of numerous publications on HIV, 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. In 2009 he was in the first group of physicians to be designated as diplomates of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. 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. Having written for the New York Native since the 1970s, he currently writes a column for The Huffington Post. An archival collection of his papers are at the New York Public Library.
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 |