Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Hospice at Mission Hill
Hospice at Mission Hill
Kelly Farqu Lasson
Kevin Fitzgerald
Ray Flynn
Larry Kessler
J.R. McEvoy
David Mulligan
Opening of Hospice at Mission Hill, Oct. 26, 1989. Left to Right: David Mulligan, Mass. DPH; J.R. McEvoy, PWA Coalition; Ray Flynn, Mayor; Kelly Farqu Lasson, Mission Hill community leader; Kevin Fitzgerald, State rep.; Larry Kessler, AAC.
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1989-10-26
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The audience at a Gay Business Association meeting
Gay Business Association
Diane Bellavance
Gregg Howe
Larry Kessler
Joe Martin
Nancy Reagan
Jack Rubin
The nametag-wearing audience at a Gay Business Association event in a bar with a white elephant on the wall.
Angela N. Russo
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
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Community leaders pose with model of new Fenway Community Health Center
Fenway Community Health
Harry Collings
Larry Kessler
Stewart Landers
Linette Liebling
Dale Orlando
Collings to head FCHC's Capital Campaign Efforts. Harry Collings (center), new Associate Director of the Fenway Community Health Center, discusses plans for the Center's new facility with (from left to right) Stewart Landers, chairperson for the Fuchs's Board of Directors; Lynette Libeling, AIDS ACTION Committee board chairperson; Dale Orlando, Executive Director of FCHC; and Larry Kessler, Executive Director of AAC.
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Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance Award Winners
Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance
Larry Kessler
Urvashi Vaid
David Peterson
Originally captioned: "BL/GPA honorees, from left, Larry Kessler, AIDS Action Committee; Jane Pincus and Wendy Sanford (rear) of the Boston Women's Healthbook Collective; Urvashi Vaid; David Peterson."
The Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance held its second annual Community Recognition Evening on November 18, 1983 to present awards to individuals and organizations who have contributed their efforts to the local lesbian and gay community.
This photograph is from Gay Community News, December 3, 1983, volume 11, number 20, page 3.
Susan Fleischmann
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1983-11-18
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Larry Kessler speaks with another man at AIDS Action Committee gathering
AIDS Action Committee
Larry Kessler
Larry Kessler and an unidentified man chatting at AIDS Action Committee reception.
Debbie Rich
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1986
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David Scondras and Larry Kessler and another man of the AIDS Action Committee
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
Larry Kessler
David Scondras
David Scondras, Larry Kessler and another unidentified men speak at desk with microphones.
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Larry Kessler and another member of the AIDS Action Committee
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
Larry Kessler
John Zen
Larry Kessler and an unidentified AIDS Action Committee member.
John Zen
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Henry J. Ferris, Jr. presents AIDS Action Committee Director, Larry Kessler, with a pledge check
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
Ferris, Henry J.
Kessler, Larry
Cablevision of Boston General Manager, Henry J. Ferris, Jr., presents checks totaling $1,665 to AIDS Action Committee Director, Larry Kessler (on left). The proceeds came from Bravo’s “Unfinished Stories” telethon and from the “Clash of the Legends” one-to-one basketball event featuring Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Dr. J.
Cablevision was a media sponsor of the 1992 AIDS Action Committee’s “From All Walks of Life” pledge walk on May 31 in Boston.
Bethany Versoy
The History Project, Inc.
1992-05-31
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Group of AIDS Action Committee members
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
Kessler, Larry
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. In this photograph Group of AIDS Action Committee men and women, including Larry Kessler (standing, second from right), pose around a table.
This photograph shows AIDS Action Committee staff in the organization's new offices. According to information on the back of the photograph, this photograph was taken on November 20, 1985. According to the photographer, this photograph was taken on October 22, 1985.
Shub, Ellen
The History Project, Inc.
1985-10-22
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