Gail Gordon, Clip 1: Aids in Queens
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Gail Gordon
Date: Time Period: 1980 - 2018; 2018-03-05; Interview recorded: March 5, 2018
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 00:05:08
Creator: Gail Gordon interviewed by Fran Kipnis
Identifier: aql:27676 gordon_gail_clip1
Description: "It wasn't so pretty," Gail Gordon said. AIDS in the 1980's was a disaster in Queens. She had gay friends, so she joined the AIDS center to help them out. Gail's friends were frightened. However as time passed, more AIDS organizations were opening up around all the boroughs to support the ones in need.
Creator :
Gail Gordon interviewed by Fran Kipnis
Date :
Time Period: 1980 - 2018; 2018-03-05; Interview recorded: March 5, 2018
Summary/Description :
"It wasn't so pretty," Gail Gordon said. AIDS in the 1980's was a disaster in Queens. She had gay friends, so she joined the AIDS center to help them out. Gail's friends were frightened. However as time passed, more AIDS organizations were opening up around all the boroughs to support the ones in need.
Subject :
AIDS (Disease); AIDS Center of Queens County
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Forest Hills, New York; Manhattan, New York Queens (New York, N.Y.) Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:05:08
Identifier :
aql:27676 gordon_gail_clip1
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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