Interview with Ken Smith, hotline coordinator for AIDS Action Committee, 1987 July 26

Interview with Ken Smith, hotline coordinator for AIDS Action Committee, 1987 July 26

1987-07-26

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.

Boston's Other Voice

Smith, Ken; HIV/AIDS; AIDS education; AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); LGBTQ people; Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexual people; Transgender people; Queer people

Stickel, Peter

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