Interview with Roselyn Bruyere from the Healing Light Center Church, 1988 April 25
Bruyere, Roselyn; Healing Light Center Church; Glendale (Calif.); HIV/AIDS; AIDS education; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); LGBTQ people; Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexual people; Transgender people; Queer people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on April 25, 1988, host Peter Stickel interviews Roselyn Bruyere from the Healing Light Center Church. This is an urban healing spiritual community in Glendale, California. They do work with auras and the laying of hands. Healers at the Center bring energy to a person in order to add energy where they have deficiencies that need healing. Bruyere talks about her first encounters with AIDS patients before it was identified as a disease.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1988-04-25
Stickel, Peter
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THP-046-BOV-041_19880425
Interview with Mike Foster, Bill Martell, and Jamie MacKenzie, cast members from the gay cabaret "Disappearing Act," 1988 May 18
Foster, Mike; Martell, Bill; MacKenzie, Jamie; HIV/AIDS; LGBTQ arts; Theatre (LGBTQ); Club Cafe; Club Cabaret; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); LGBTQ people; Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexual people; Transgender people; Queer people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on May 18, 1988, host Peter Stickel speaks with the cast of gay cabaret "Disappearing Act." The interview begins with Mike Foster, the creator of the cabaret, speaking about his career and the creation of the cabaret. Fellow performers, Bill Martell and Jamie MacKenzie, speak of their roles. The cabaret, which was performed at Club Cabaret in Boston, Mass., includes 26 different musical numbers. Two of the songs address the AIDS crisis, while many others are about the humor in life and the love in LGBTQ relationships.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1988-05-18
Stickel, Peter
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THP-046-BOV-043_19880518
Interview with Paul White about gay life in Australia, 1989 January 1
White, Paul; Australia; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on January 1, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Paul White about gay life in Australia. They start the interview with a discussion about Australia in general, its size, population and attractions. White talks about the difficulties of gay life in the country, and notes that the only gay social scenes are in cities. He also describes anti-discrimination laws and other laws affecting the LGBTQ population in Australia, the separation between the lesbian and gay communities there, and the affects of AIDS on the gay liberation movement.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-01-01
Stickel, Peter
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Interview with Ken Smith, hotline coordinator for the AIDS Action Committee, 1989 March 5
Smith, Ken; AIDS (Disease)--Education; AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on March 5, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Ken Smith, hotline coordinator for the AIDS Action Committee, about HIV/AIDS. The hotline answers questions and provides support on issues related to HIV and AIDS. According to Smith, the hotline is a place where people can speak anonymously about issues surrounding AIDS and where anyone is welcome to call and get information and support. The hotline has 80 to 100 volunteers who answer the hotline for 3 or more hours a week.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-03-05
Stickel, Peter
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Interview with Martin Anderson, director of the "Living With AIDS Theatre Project," 1989 March 19
Anderson, Martin; MacKenzie, Jeremy; Abben, Susan; AIDS (Disease) and the arts; Gay theater; Club Cafe; Club Cabaret; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on March 19, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Martin Anderson, director of the "Living With AIDS Theatre Project." Susan Abben and Jeremy MacKenzie from the "Disappearing Act" crew also are interviewed. The interview revolves around the conceptualization and creation of the musical about AIDS. The project is based on stories of people in Boston and about how AIDS has touched their lives. The musical is at Club Cabaret, and the interview ends with a song from the show.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-03-19
Stickel, Peter
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Interview with Cindy Patton, former managing editor of Gay Community News and Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year, 1989 April 2
Patton, Cindy, 1956-; Gay community news; AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts; AIDS (Disease); Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on April 2, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Cindy Patton, former managing editor of Gay Community News (GCN) and Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year. Patton is also the author of several books and is a teacher, organizer, and activist. She was selected as Person of the Year because of her contributions to the LGBTQ community in Boston, Mass. Patton talks about her time at GCN, including the fire that destroyed the newspaper office at 22 Bromfield Street in Boston. She goes on to describe her involvement with the AIDS Action Committee at the very beginning when they were having their first candle light vigil at Boston Pride in 1983. The AIDS crisis was just beginning at the time, and Patton talks about the realization in the community that safe sex is a permanent recommendation and the AIDS is far from being cured. Stickel and Patton conclude the interview with their views on promiscuity in the gay male community from the 1970s until the present. Her present title is Manager of Community Education and Resource Development at the AIDS Action Committee. Patton's new book is called "Making It: A Women's Safe Sex Guide."
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-04-02
Stickel, Peter
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Interview with Mel Reicher and Liz Hardy Jackson of the Boston Living Center, 1989 April 16
Reicher, Mel; Jackson, Liz Hardy; Boston Living Center; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on April 16, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Mel Reicher and Liz Hardy Jackson from the Boston Living Center. Reicher and Jackson discuss their vision for a Boston Living Center where men with AIDS who are too sick to work, but not sick enough to be in the hospital, can spend their days.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-04-16
Stickel, Peter
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Interview with social worker and therapist Ray Dinoi from the New England Hemophilia Center, 1989 May 14
Dinoi, Ray; Hemophilia; New England Hemophilia Center; AIDS (Disease); Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on May 14, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Ray Dinoi, a social worker and therapist, about hemophilia and the AIDS crisis. Dinoi first explains that hemophilia is a disease that effects about 20,000 Americans who have blood deficient in certain clotting factors. Hemophiliacs are reliant upon blood transfusions to obtain these crucial clotting factors. Unfortunately, many blood donors are not aware of their AIDS status when donating, and infected blood has entered into many blood pool donations, thus infecting many hemophiliacs. People with the most severe deficiency in clotting factor are the ones with the highest levels of infection due to the large number of transfusions they must receive. Dinoi speaks about the various support groups available at the New England Hemophilia Center for people effected by hemophilia and AIDS. Dinoi speaks about the risk of AIDS for hemophiliacs, what awareness has been brought to the issue, and how hemophiliacs can live with AIDS.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-05-14
Stickel, Peter
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Interview with Alan Kukonis, Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year, about living with AIDS, 1989 June 12
Kukonis, Alan; Association of People with AIDS; AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on June 12, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year Alan Kukonis about living with AIDS. Kukonis works with the Association of People with AIDS and serves on the Pastoral Concerns Committee, the Coordinating Committee, and the Board of Directors at the AIDS Action Committee. Kukonis speaks about his diagnosis with AIDS in May of 1985, and his subsequent involvement with the AIDS Action Committee. There he decided to become empowered, ask for help and take responsibility for his life and health, instead of being a victim, carrying out a death sentence, and living without hope. Kukonis talks about the spiritual journey he has gone on since his diagnosis, learning to use his intuition, meditate, and visualize his own good health. He goes into the way he lives his life with AIDS and how others can learn and relate to him, even if they do not have AIDS. Kukonis stresses the necessity of taking responsibility for the course of your life.
Boston's Other Voice
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-06-12
Stickel, Peter
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Promotional photograph for a production by the musical "Ten Percent Revue" called "Walk on Washington"
Ten Percent Revue
Firestone, Jenifer
Hardit, Paul
Snow, Helena
Humphrey, James
Jenifer Firestone, Paul Hardit, Helena Snow, and James Humphrey pose for a production of the "Ten Percent Revue" called "Walk on Washington." The four actors hold signs reading: "Celebrate Sodomy," "Take Apartheid Apart," Foster Equality," and "$$$ For AIDS Not For War." The "Ten Percent Revue," chosen as a "Critic's Choice" by <em>Time</em>, was the long-running Off-Broadway musical hit that celebrates gay and lesbian life with humor and honesty.
Khristine Hopkins
The History Project, Inc.
no date
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GCN.ORG.00459
Members of ACT UP shouting while a police officer looks on
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
Warren Blumenfeld
Patrick Santana
Ted Karavidas
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS (PWAs). ACT UP/Boston was founded in 1987 as a way to focus local efforts in support of the development of AIDS treatments, AIDS educational programs, and AIDS prevention strategies. ACT UP/Boston works to effect changes in government and health care policies as well as medical research to address the AIDS crisis. In this photograph, ACT UP members are shouting or chanting while a uniformed police officer looks. The police officer is leaning on a file cabinet. The ACT UP members from left to right are: Warren Blumenfeld, an unidentified man, Patrick Santana, and Ted Karavidas in the ACT UP shirt.
Steven Keirstead
Gay Community News
The History Project
no date
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GCN.ORG.00002
Line of women at AIDS Action Committee 1992 AIDS Walk
AIDS Action Committee
Founded in 1983, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. (AAC), is New England’s first and largest AIDS service organization. AAC’s mission is to stop the epidemic and related health inequities by eliminating new infections, maximizing healthier outcomes of those infected and at risk, and attacking the root causes of HIV/AIDS. AAC sponsors an annual fundraising walk in Boston. In this photograph a group of women holds hands in the crowd during the 1992 Boston AIDS Walk sponsored by the AIDS Action Committee.
unknown
The History Project
1992
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GCN.ORG.00036
Line of ACT UP members march arm-in-arm
ACT UP Boston (organization)
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS (PWAs). ACT UP/Boston was founded in 1987 as a way to focus local efforts in support of the development of AIDS treatments, AIDS educational programs, and AIDS prevention strategies. ACT UP/Boston works to effect changes in government and health care policies as well as medical research to address the AIDS crisis. In this photograph, a line of over 20 ACT UP members, some wearing ACT UP T-shirts, join arms and walk through a damp parking lot.
unknown
The History Project, Inc.
no date
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GCN.ORG.00015
Coll. 044: AIDS Action Committee Collection
The collection consists of publications, promotional material for events, and other documents relating to AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. The bulk of the collection consists of the publications, which include a pair of early newsletters from April and June of 1983, as well as the more official AAC Update newsletter from June of 1986 through the winter of 1992 (incomplete) and later editions from 2001 and 2003 through 2006 and 2009. There are also other miscellaneous publications from AAC, including issues of SST Express, Wellspring, Forward Living and the 2008 AAC annual report. There are also a variety of pamphlets and booklets published by AAC, some of which promote the organization itself. Many advocate safe sex and the use of condoms, oftentimes using graphic terminology.
The collection also contains material relating to the annual AIDS Walk Boston, beginning with pamphlets from the very first walk held in 1986. The material consists of pamphlets, booklets, flyers and newspaper clippings. There are also donation appeals from AAC, public service advertisements (many are photocopies) and newspaper articles about the organization.
THP-044
Coll. 057: Above and Beyond Collection
The collection consists of newspaper clippings and publications gathered during research for the Above + Beyond exhibit. Included are subject files relating to specific topics such as activism and minorities, which contain primarily newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper articles. There are two folders of miscellaneous research not focusing on a specific subject; one folder contains material donated by Rev. Joyce Crowder.
Also included are materials from organizations such as ACT-UP Boston, Gay Men’s Health Crisis and MAP for Health. There are newspaper clippings, pamphlets, booklets, flyers and other documents for each organization. The collection has a lot of materials relating to the NAMES Project (the AIDS Memorial Quilt), including its 1988 national tour and its Boston chapter. Some of this material was donated by John Kyper.
Documents relating to the Above + Beyond exhibit itself include indexes and summaries of newspaper articles, drafts of a health timeline, correspondence relating to the standing and online versions of the exhibit as well as promotional material.
The collection also contains a variety of publications – newsletters, pamphlets, booklets, health reports – including Cambridge Cares About AIDS’s Care Notes, the Boston Living Center’s Centerpeace and Lifelines, the People with AIDS Coalition’s Newsline, public health sheets from the Massachusetts Department of Health, and more.
THP-057