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A living history of LGBTQ+ life in Wisconsin

Person

Christopher David Fons

Milwaukee

Biography

Christopher Fons was co-founder of the Milwaukee chapter of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). "I think Christopher was the conscience of the AIDS community", said Doug Nelson, Executive Director of the Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP). "Christopher created and defined AIDS activism in Milwaukee and made it work. He inspired hundreds of people to join the ranks of AIDS activism and his leadership made a real difference."

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The following are recollections of others who have been kind enough to submit their personal memories to the webmaster. You are welcome to do the same! I knew Chris personally (and his brother Dan, and his boyfriend Yuri). I was involved in ACT UP Milwaukee in 1992-1994 and Chris was an inspiration. He was fearless. I remember picking him up at the police station at midnight because he'd been arrested for pasting flyers on bus shelters. I was a teenage baby queer at that point and he and others taught me to be unashamed. / -- Kevin Isaacson Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project
Article: Coverage in In Step magazine on his death / (In Step vol. 12-04, March 1995) / / In Step