HIV Survivors in Sydney: Memories of the Epidemic

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Our Lives Are Going to Change; Oral History as a Source; The Interviews; The Book Ahead; Chapter 2 The Gay Capital of the Southern Hemisphere; Coming Out in the City; On the Margins; Last Man Standing; Chapter 3 The Face of HIV; Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Australia's Third National AIDS Conference, August 1988; Public Disclosure in the 1990s; Chapter 4 "The Disease of a Thousand Rehearsals"; The Tell-Tale Signs of AIDS; Disclose or Disappear; Resisting Death; It's My Party and I'll Die if I Have toChapter 5 Living by the Code of the CondomA New Era of Safe Sex; Antibody Apartheid; Abstinent and "Untouchable"; Revisiting Responsibility; Chapter 6 Patient Stories; A Fabulous AIDS Story; The "Good Patient"; Revisiting the "Patient"; Dependence on the Health System; Chapter 7 The Heroes of the Epidemic; The Fight for AZT; Becoming "Guinea Pigs"; Leaving a Legacy; Chapter 8 Coping with Death; The AIDS Candlelight Memorial; Coping with Grief; Teardrops on the Dance Floor; Funerals for "The Living"; Chapter 9 Life as Lazarus, 1996; The End of AIDS?; The Lazarus Syndrome; Living with HIVChapter 10 Bearing Witness to the EpidemicRe-gaying HIV and AIDS; Silenced Survivors; Documenting History; Chapter 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index