Interview with Alan Kukonis, Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year, about living with AIDS, 1989 June 12
Title
Interview with Alan Kukonis, Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year, about living with AIDS, 1989 June 12
Date
1989-06-12
Description
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.
Creator
Boston's Other Voice
Subject
Kukonis, Alan; Association of People with AIDS; AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
Contributor
Stickel, Peter
Publisher
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
Rights
Copyright restrictions may apply. Email info@historyproject.org for more information.
Type
Sound
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
THP-046-BOV-070_19890612
Duration
30:57
Bit Rate/Frequency
128000
Collection
Citation
Boston's Other Voice, “Interview with Alan Kukonis, Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year, about living with AIDS, 1989 June 12,” Documented | Digital Collections of The History Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://historyproject.omeka.net/items/show/171.
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