AIDS: The FTM Response and the Death of Lou Sullivan

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

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  7-4-1989

FTM Advocacy

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  FTM Issue 12: June '90

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  FTM Issue 35: Autumn '96

The First Transman to Die of AIDS

"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)

Lou dies of AIDS on March 2, 1991.

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  Lou Sullivan Obits in FTM

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  Lou Sullivan AIDS Quilt Square

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