Difference between revisions of "AIDS: The FTM Response and the Death of Lou Sullivan"

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===The First Transman to Die of AIDS===  
 
===The First Transman to Die of AIDS===  
 
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After his death:
 
After his death:

Revision as of 11:48, 20 February 2010

"I've recently been diagnosed with AIDS and don't expect to be around long. And I want my story preserved. -Lou Sullivan (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)


Timeline

  • 1986 - Lou Sullivan is diagnosed with HIV
  • 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


FTM Advocacy


The First Transman to Die of AIDS

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After his death:


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