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David Plummer interviewed by Stewart Harris for the Australian response to AIDS oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 648600
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Plummer, David, 1957-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1992 Sept. 15-17 
9 tape reels ; 7 in. 
Series

Australian response to AIDS oral history project

Summary

Tapes 1-3. Plummer, a specialist in sexual health, comments on a series of slides illustrating the history of sexually transmitted diseases and homosexuality, from early atitudes to syphilis, through pathologicalisation of homosexuality, to contemporary AIDS posters and slogans. Tapes 4-9. Plummer discusses his first awareness of AIDS as a disease; response of medical profession; early HIV testing; Sydney/Melbourne response to the disease; Victorian AIDS Council; ANZAAS AIDS information session; Gay Men's Community Health Centre; AIDS delegation to Africa, 1986/87; non-reappointment to his research position; gay power & AIDS movement; HIV hospital discrimination; Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations; AIDS in Australia book; Venereology journal; press liaison; Sexually Speaking radio program; venereology courses; AFAO resignation; family background; gay politics; children & homosexual relationships; Australian AIDS campaign; Blewett; bureaucratisation of AIDS; Aust. influence on international AIDS approach; outing; the term 'gay'; AIDS disclosure; heterosexual involvement in gay community; and comments on the contributions of other individuals in the Australian response to AIDS.

Notes

Part of a project undertaken jointly by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and the National Library of Australia focussing on the social and political response in Australia to AIDS.

Transcript unavailable.

Preservation, working duplicate and cassette copies made.

Recorded in Sydney, N.S.W. between 15 and 17 September 1992.

Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Subjects Plummer, David, - 1957- - Interviews.  |  Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.  |  Physicians - Australia - Interviews.  |  Sexually transmitted diseases in art - History.  |  AIDS (Disease) - Australia - Prevention.  |  AIDS (Disease) - Government policy - Australia.  |  AIDS (Disease) - Political aspects.  |  HIV infections - Victoria.
Other authors/contributors Harris, Stewart, 1922-1994, Interviewer  |  National Library of Australia  |  Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations

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