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Title: Craig Lustig Interview Part 1, April 29, 2021
Date: April 29, 2021
Creator: Craig Lustig; Audrey Barnett
Description: Craig Lustig speaks with Audrey Barnett about becoming aware and accepting of his sexuality as gay while in college during the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis. He discusses taking his first HIV test with a friend and meeting his boyfriend's friend who was HIV positive. Craig then explains how his cancer diagnosis in the early 1990s informed and catalyzed his involvement in the HIV/AIDS movement, specifically volunteering with the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; New York City; Binghampton, NY; caretaker; cancer; Gay Men's Health Crisis; sexuality; gay; HIV testing; cancer patient; brain tumor; chemotherapy; pediatric oncology; intake clinician; cancer treatment; Bellevue Hospital; volunteer
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3254
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Title: Donald Burch III Interview, June 8, 2020
Date: June 8, 2020
Creator: Donald Burch III; Kai Walther
Description: In this interview Donald Burch III discusses with Kai Walther his longtime history of volunteering, starting with church involvement in his hometown of Detroit while growing up. He then explains how he ended up in DC and the activism surrounding AIDS he has taken part in here. He also describes the mainly racially-segregated AIDS activism and gay social scene in DC and muses on why that may be. Additionally, Donald talks about his decisions to disclose his HIV status or not at work and while cruising, as well as how AIDS in DC has changed since the 1980s.
Subject: AIDS; HIV; gay; Washington, DC; Metropolitan Community Church; Faith Temple; cruising; Us Helping Us; Inner City AIDS Network; Whitman Walker; African American; segregation; US Navy; Bread for the Soul; Dupont Circle; PreP; support groups; Logan Circle
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS Activism in DC Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2345
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Title: Ly Meloccaro Interview, October 6, 2020
Date: October 6, 2020
Creator: Ly Meloccaro; Rosie Cain
Description: In this interview Rosie Cain interviews Ly Meloccaro about both their identity as non-binary and trans as well as their identity as fat. Ly discusses how they previously identified as trans-masc, a trans man and then non-binary, now agender. Ly discusses their experiences performing drag, as well as what their gender identity and body identity has meant in relation to their career as a musician and performer. Ly discusses their body identity as fat, fatphobia in the queer community and society as a whole, and the work of the Fat Liberation movement. Ly discusses their history with disordered eating and their struggle to receive gender affirming care because of their body size. They also discuss their use of social media.
Subject: gender; transgender; queer; non-binary; agender; body; fat; plus size; drag; musical theater; dysphoria; Health at Every Size; body positivity; cisgender; lesbian; gay; fat liberation; top surgery; disordered eating; fatphobia; social media; twitter; instagram; tumblr
Country: United States
Collection: Non-Binary and Fat: The Intersections of Identity
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2476
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Title: Ron Swanda Interview Part 1, April 11, 2021
Date: April 11, 2021
Creator: Ron Swanda; Audrey Barnett
Description: Ron Swanda speaks with Audrey Barnett about his experiences during the early years of AIDS in DC, getting diagnosed with HIV in 1989, and his decision to focus his HIV advocacy around personal rather than political issues. Ron also discusses his roles at and reasons for patronizing the Metropolitan Community Church, as well as other notable LGBTQ-related organizations and advocacy groups in DC and how DC LGBTQ life has changed over time.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Whitman Walker; caretaking; Air Force; Washington Blade; Ray Engebretsen; activism; Metropolitan Community Church; AZT; LGBT; DC Center for the LGBT Community; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Lisa Keen; federal airman; Medicare; Affordable Care Act; Ryan White Planning Council; Larry Uhrig; Washington Post; P Street Beach; gay pride; gay; COVID-19; intersectionality; Gerontological Society of America; DC Commission on Aging
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3243
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Title: Ron Swanda Interview Part 2, April 11, 2021
Date: April 11, 2021
Creator: Ron Swanda; Audrey Barnett
Description: Ron Swanda and Audrey Barnett continue the interview, transitioning into a conversation about caregiving, including Ron's role as a caregiver and support he needs in that capacity. Ron then discusses his definition of and experience with activism both in the present and past. Ron also emphasizes the important of identity-centered training for caregivers and healthcare providers and how his activism has changed focus as he's aged.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; caregiving; LGBT; gay; activism; Metropolitan Community Church; retirement; Air Force; Mayor's Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Affairs; Age-Friendly DC; Practice and Ethics Advisory Committee; DC Center for the LGBT Community; COVID-19; Gerontological Society of America
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3247
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

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