Raging Stallion Militia Jun 2026

As AIDS ravaged the community, one of the most vile forms of bigotry came from pharmacists who refused to fill AZT prescriptions, claiming "religious exemption." The Militia, utilizing a member who worked in medical supply, leaked the home addresses and private financial records of three such pharmacists in Los Angeles to the press. When that failed to change their behavior, the Militia switched tactics: they stole the pharmacists' delivery trucks and dumped the entire inventory of medications—including life-saving insulin for other patients—into the Los Angeles River. Public opinion turned against the pharmacists, who were viewed as endangering all patients, not just gay ones. They closed their doors within a month.

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Conversely, survivors of the era speak differently. Harvey Milk’s former aide, Cleve Jones, while not endorsing violence, admitted in a late-life interview: “I won't condemn them. Every single person who was being beaten on Castro Street in the 70s wished the Militia was there five minutes sooner. The police weren't coming to save us. The Raging Stallion Militia did what the state refused to do: protect queer lives.” As AIDS ravaged the community, one of the