Drake describes the road to AIDS awareness among the gays of New York City through an outspoken gay writer named Larry Kramer. Kramer helps raise money and awareness for AIDS, and goes from complete failure to resounding success before getting kicked off-board when his mission gets going. This article describes the fear the gays have of fighting an enemy they knew nothing about. In the three-and-a-half months between these articles, the number of people with AIDS jumped from 850 to 1,350, and the number of deaths rose from 300 to over 500. By J. Wheeling