View source for AIDS: The FTM Response and the Death of Lou Sullivan

''"I've recently been diagnosed with AIDS and don't expect to be around long.  And I want my story preserved.''  
-Lou Sullivan <ref name="video">Video: Female to Gay Male Transexualism: 1 Gender and Sexual Orientation, Interview by Ira B. Pauly, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1/12/1988 (see above)</ref>


'''Timeline'''
* December 1986 - Lou Sullivan is diagnosed with HIV and told he has 10 months to live.
* July 4, 1989 - Lou Sullivan's Letter to David
* June 1990 - FTM gathering addresses issues of AIDS
* March 2, 1991 - Lou Sullivan becomes the first FTM to die of AIDS
* April 1991 - Lou Sullivan is Memorialized in FTM Issue 15
* Autumn 1996 - FTM Issue 35 article: Silence=Death?


===Letter to David 7/4/1989===
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Image:7-4-89.JPG|7-4-1989
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===FTM Advocacy===
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Image:Ftm-aids-web.JPG|FTM Issue 12: June '90
Image:Silence-death-web.JPG|FTM Issue 35: Autumn '96
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===The First Transman to Die of AIDS=== 
In his own words:
<gallery> These rare clips are from: Female to Gay Male Transexualism, Interview by Ira B. Pauly, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1988 - 1990.  Lou and Dr. Pauly recorded 4 interviews over the three years before Lou died of AIDS, so that Lou's story would be preserved.
Image:Louinterview88.JPG|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGVDPhGIA7g Video: Lou stuggles with AIDS 1988]
Image:Louinterview89.JPG|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbK5Ye7aSIY Video: Lou stuggles with AIDS 1989]
Image:Louinterview90.JPG|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hpv7Q9Evc8 Video: Lou stuggles with AIDS 1990]
Image:Louinterview.jpg|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j_Zqes8Q8Q Video: Lou on Honesty and AIDS 1988-1990]
Image:LouinterviewAIDS.JPG|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggb5naOppo Video: Lou on AIDS and Sex 1988-1990]
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After his death:
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Image:Lou-obit-web.JPG|Lou Sullivan Obits in FTM
Image:Lousullivan-quilt.JPG|Lou Sullivan AIDS Quilt Square
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== References ==


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