Keith Donahue was a Provincetown based painter and activist whose practice was rooted in the relationship between spirituality and gay sexuality. Often controversial, his compositions brought together a myriad of characters and perspectives that lay discordantly on the canvas.
Donahue served on both the Philadelphia and Provincetown Work Groups to plan the historic March on Washington. In October 1987, he marched for lesbian and gay rights in the nation's capital. He was a co-founder, charter member, and the first president of the Provincetown Positive/PWA Coalition. In August 1988, he was the focal point of a coalition "die in" demonstration at Outer Cape Health Services in Provincetown. Subsequently, he was the first PWA to receive aerosolized pentamidine to treat the type of pneumonia that occurs commonly in patients whose immune systems are not working normally, such as patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
