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Viewed as pariahs, lepers because of their h.i.v. virus to stand up and say i'm not a leper. i have a virus. i deserve to live just as much as you do. >> act up's success not only defied authority, but creating revolutionary results was the fact that we didn't simply get angry and shout in the streets. we did change the way the media talked about aids. we demanded the right to be able to live and we fought like hell for action to happen to save our lives. >> coming up, a journalist puts his life in jeopardy to report from one of the most dangerous places on earth. when "caught on camera defian...

Programs. >> people are having a difficult time. >> i remember most the noise. we were so loud. >> so it's hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of people inside grabbed central. it was an incredible thing to see. >> seeing the banners hang over the train schedule and the banners floating on the ceiling gave me a sense of pride like we really did it. >> day of desperation attracts attention to the cause, but the urgency of act up's mission continues to grow.

Adairing stunt that will be seen by millions. as the media focused on the beginning of the gulf war, act up, using fake id badges, tries to sneak into a number of news organizations planning to disrupt their live broadcasts. they succeed at cbs. >> we're going to take -- we're going to break for commercial. >> we knew that the cameras were going to cut off as soon as they could, so we didn't know whether we were going to get one word out, two words out or a whole sentence. so we came up with fight aids not arabs, act up fight back, fight aids. >> not aids, not arabs. >> the next day act up's p...

The washington mall in front of all the museums. >> as thousands view the quilt, a giant memorial to those who have died, act up believes that a stronger message needs to be delivered. ♪ >> we wanted to bring the remains of our loved ones who had died of aids to the white house. we decided that we would get drums and march in a funeral procession and try to urge people to leave the quilt and join us. >> tony arena is there with his video camera. >> i just made sure when they started to march, i started to march. whatever they were doing, i was going to keep that camera on them. my job was to...

World who should understand the vulnerability of being a minority being somebody that maybe others don't understand or relate to the vulnerability about work and jobs and your own -- be able to live your life as you see fit, it's the gay community. >> exactly. >> for them to turn -- this is for, as i say to every other gay person out there, especially young people. for you to turn into what we have been fighting against for generations, my activism began with act up which was agay group dealing with aids issues in the 80s. for me to turn around in the 21st century and see that this is what we ...