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+ | ''"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? | ||
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Image:7-4-89.JPG|7-4-1989 | Image:7-4-89.JPG|7-4-1989 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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===FTM Advocacy=== | ===FTM Advocacy=== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Image:Ftm-aids-web.JPG|FTM Issue 12: June '90 | ||
+ | Image:Silence-death-web.JPG|FTM Issue 35: Autumn '96 | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | ===The First Transman to Die of AIDS=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''In his own words:'''<br> | ||
+ | These rare clips<ref name="clips">From: Female to Gay Male Transexualism, Interviews by Ira B. Pauly, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1988 - 1990.</ref> chronicle conversations between Lou Sullivan and Dr. Ira Pauly. Lou and Dr. Pauly recorded 4 interviews over the three years before Lou died of AIDS. | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | 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] | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | After his death: | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Image:Lou-obit-web.JPG|Lou Sullivan Obits in FTM | ||
+ | Image:Lousullivan-quilt.JPG|Lou Sullivan AIDS Quilt Square | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == References == | ||
+ | |||
+ | <references/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:48, 25 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 [1]
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
FTM Advocacy
The First Transman to Die of AIDS
In his own words:
These rare clips[2] chronicle conversations between Lou Sullivan and Dr. Ira Pauly. Lou and Dr. Pauly recorded 4 interviews over the three years before Lou died of AIDS.
After his death:
References
Back to Man-i-fest: FTM Mentorship in San Francisco from 1976 - 2009