Description
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on July 26, 1987, host Peter Stickel interviews Ken Smith, hotline coordinator for the AIDS Action Committee. The hotline is a place where people can get information, referrals, and find friendship. They have 3 to 4 volunteers operating the phones at the hotline. Most of the callers are heterosexual, and are equally male and female. Callers regularly have concerns about themselves and AIDS, and also about people they know who have recently been diagnosed. They receive over 5,000 phone calls a month.