Kenn Basham interviewed by James Waites in the Australian response to AIDS oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3966008
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Basham, Kenn, 1959-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies, written permission is required for public use for 10 years from the date of the interview.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 3 sound files (ca. 170 min.)
- Series:
- Australian response to AIDS oral history project.
- Summary:
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Kenn Basham, born 1959, discusses growing up in a rural environment; his sisters; schooling including the difficult times at high school; sex education; puberty; joining the Public Service in Canberra; his current 21 year relationship; his Nurse training and positions held; Gay-related immune deficiency (GRID); the birth of the Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Council; AIDS Action Council of ACT opening (1985) with government grants; his diagnosis (1985); needle exchanges; Drug Referral and Information Centre (1986); working in a non-medicated detox unit, official funding; partying and drug use in Sydney; AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) (1986-88) and its origins; the introduction of Azido-Thymidine (AZT) (1988-89); a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) protest; his involvement in ACT UP; his move from Gay activism to HIV activism; demonstrations; Bill Whittaker.
Basham discusses ACT UP in Canberra; effectiveness of TGA action; Sydney AIDS Conference action; his personal impact on conference; a highlight of life as an activist; action in Tasmania, people with the virus represented for first time; the beginning of People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), first meeting; 'Talk to me, not about me' badge; HIV + people becoming visible, positive people deciding to join forces: the emergence of PLWHA, a Canberra support group; his poster collection; campaigns; Parliament House protest; AIDS Conference in Canberra; his health these days; neurologist; (Prof) Dr Bruce Brew; new medical aspects to long term HIV illness; reviewing years of employment; mental attitude and immune well-being, reasons for living; HIV education and his role as an educator.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on April 1, 2007 at O'Connor, A.C.T.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 112 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Waites, James, 1955-2014, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian response to AIDS oral history project.
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 2007
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