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Amelie Zurn – Policy & the Inequitable Impacts of the Hardwick Decision
Amelie describes the Hardwick Decision and its effect on LGBTQ communities, especially gay men of color.
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Carl Corbin – Coming Out to Family
Carl discusses coming out to family and their reaction.
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Carl Corbin – Sexual Health Education & Sexuality
Carl talks about sexual health education and learning about sexuality on his own, as well as experimentation and catching syphilis.
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Joanne Sincero – Coming Out & Finding Community
Joanne describes fully coming out and finding community.
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Joanne Sincero – Advocacy, Activism & Coming Out
Joanne discusses how being involved in politically active groups helped her come out.
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Kermit Turner – About Always Knowing He Was Gay
Kermit discusses how growing up he always knew he was gay.
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Richshaad Ryan – His Introduction to HIV, Magic Johnson & Max Robinson
Richshaad talks about the first time he heard about HIV and how it was viewed as a gay disease. He also talked about the impact of Magic Johnson’s and Max Robinson's announced HIV diagnosises affected how Black communities perceived HIV.
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Tony Burns – Coming Out to His Mother & Her Experiences with Bisexuality
Tony discusses how his mother reacted to him coming out and her own experience with bisexuality.
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Sherri Paxon – What She Hopes for Whitman-Walker’s Future
Sherri talks about Whitman-Walker’s 41st Anniversary and what she hopes to see for the future.
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Sherri Paxon – Coming Out to Her Children
Sherri discusses telling her children that she is in a same-sex relationship.
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Sherri Paxon – Coming Out & Workplace Discrimination
Sherri talks about coming out at the health department and the discrimination she experienced.
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Sherri Paxon – Marriage & Others’ Fears of Being “Gay by Association”
Sherri discusses how when she got married people stopped talking to her because they didn’t want to be gay by association.
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Sherri Paxon – The Missing Concepts of Homosexuality & Heterosexuality in the 1960s
Sherri discusses how homosexuality and heterosexuality weren’t really thought about growing up in the 60s.
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Kymone Freeman – His Introduction to HIV & the Impact of Magic Johnson’s Announcement
Kymone discusses his introduction to HIV/AIDS and how Magic Johnson’s diagnosis made it more real.
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Joe Izzo – The Catholic Church, Celibacy and Repressing his Sexuality
Joe discusses how being in the Catholic church and practicing celibacy allowed him to repress his sexuality.
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Jessica Xavier – Becoming a Better Listener & Being Part of the Trans Political Movement of the 90s
Jessica shares her experience around becoming a better listener and an HIV counselor, the socialization of transwomen and being a part of the trans-political movement in the 1990s.
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Jessica Xavier – The Benefits of Equality for Community
Jessica talks about equality and its benefit for the world as well as businesses.
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Jessica Xavier – The Different Levels of Acceptance for LGBTQ Communities
Jessica discusses the differences in acceptance toward the many LGBTQ communities from Human Rights Campaign and the National LGBTQ Task Force, then the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in the early 1990s.
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Ellen Kahn – Whitman-Walker’s Future
Ellen talks about where she wants to see Whitman-Walker in the future and the gaps she wants to see filled.
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Ellen Kahn – Transitioning from Volunteering to Working
Ellen talks about her transition from volunteering in the queer community to working at ActionAIDS.
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Derrick “Strawberry” Cox – Activism & Fighting for People to Be Their Authentic Selves
Strawberry describes what, why and who he fights for, his activism, volunteering and being recognized for his work.
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