Not Waiting for a Cure Oral History Project: Interview with Violetta

Titles: Not Waiting for a Cure Oral History Project: Interview with Violetta (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Violetta is a "radical faerie liberationist fag" who works with homeless youth. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The interview follows his journey of self-discovery and self-declaration, covering his "confused" sexuality, his community activism and his spirituality. Violetta came of age as a man who has sex with men in the era of AIDS, and he describes the disease as "like depression, a recognizable, consistent, almost reliable feature of my community." As a person who lives on the margins of society, Violetta provides a radical humanist perspective on the United States and his fears and hopes for the future.

Dates

• 04/07/1995 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Violetta
• interviewer: Davies, Susan

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 50
• Accession Number: AV1996.17.17

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Not Waiting for a Cure Oral History Project' <OH 50>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 25 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:50:12 running time

Subjects

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