Paul Popham

Paul Graham Popham was an American gay rights activist who was a founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and served as its president from 1981 until 1985. He also helped found and was chairman of the AIDS Action Council, a lobbying organization in Washington, D.C. He was the basis for the character of Bruce Niles in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, which was one of the first plays to address the HIV/AIDS crisis.