Amanda has a conversation about the legacy of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with Dr. April and Michael Petillo, both of whom were heavily involved in activism and education around the epidemic during the 80s and 90s.
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Thank you to Mia Miranda for editing the audio for this episode.
List of books mentioned during the interview:
Gifts of the Body by Rebecca Brown
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Fear of a Queer Planet by Michael Warner
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
Body Alchemy by Lauren Cameron
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Forming Black Women’s Community with Charlene Ketchum

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