Editing ACT UP (section)

===Women's Caucus ACT UP/LA===
The Women's Caucus (WC) of ACT UP/LA served an important collaboration between men and women who were being affected by HIV and AIDS.<ref name="oac.cdlib.org">[https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c81g0pcv/ Finding Aid for the ACT UP/Los Angeles records, 1990-1992 located in the UCLA Library Special Collections]</ref> WC within the ACT UP/LA organization was unique because in this chapter they had a significant amount of control over how they included women's issues into the organizations larger gay male actions. Men were present in the WC, but only as allies, which harvested a collaboration for effective actions, rallies, and any acts of resistance for the whole organization as a whole.<ref>Roth, Benita. “Feminist Boundaries in the Feminist-Friendly Organization: The Women's Caucus of ACT UP/LA.” Gender & Society, vol. 12, no. 2, 1998, 129-145.</ref> While the collaboration was not always perfect, at the end it created a stronger force against discrimination of HIV+ people in Los Angeles.<ref>[[Verta Taylor|Taylor, Verta]], [[Leila J. Rupp|Rupp, Leila J.]] “Women's Culture and Lesbian Feminist Activism.” Community Activism and Feminist Politics, edited by Nancy A. Naples, Routledge, 1988, 57-79.</ref>

Some of the work that the WC did was distribute statistical information about women who are HIV+, the lack of appropriate screening and health care access, information about safer sex practices (in English and Spanish), as well as acts of action to push for better. Lauren Leary was an integral in the organization because her work revolved around gathering existing research about HIV and AIDS in women and men and current treatment options. An ACT UP national collective of women came together to create the “Women's Treatment and Research Agenda” in 1991.<ref name="oac.cdlib.org"/>