A freelance AIDS consultant and HIV positive man interviewed by James Waites

The interviewee describes his childhood and family background; teenage sexuality and school difficulties; first contact with homosexual men; introduction to Melbourne gay culture; alcohol problem; family support; Sydney gay scene; first awareness of AIDS as a disease; becoming involved in gay politics; reaction to his own HIV positive diagnosis; involvement in AIDS services; employment at gay community venues; voluntary work; coping with sadness; AIDS hysteria; AIDS testing; problems with Australian response to AIDS epidemic; discrimination; living with an HIV positive diagnosis; natural therapies & lack of cure; gay relationships; isolation experienced by people living with HIV; changes observed in AIDS epidemic, 1980s-1990s; deterioration in his health; AIDS activism; effect of disease & deaths on gay community; lack of time for grieving process. • 1992 Nov. 24 • 1 digital audio tape (ca. 56 min.)