Older Gay Men and HIV’s Early Days
posted: 01/07/2010
If you are 50 or older, a gay man and willing to talk about how HIV affected you in the early days of the epidemic, a researcher is keen to talk with you. Dana Rosefeld is a senior lecturer in Sociology at Keele University, looking into the early UK epidemic.
She wants to find out how older gay men experienced the HIV epidemic, how it affected you and your friends, and how you handled HIV, including the deaths of friends and partners. How did it affected your social life, and how did you make good your losses?
This is a chance to talk about and look back over this challenging time in the lives of many gay men. It will take about 1-2 hours - at a time and place of your choosing - and you will be paid £10 for your time. She can do some interviews at George House Trust.
Please contact Dana by email if you are interested.
You can also leave a phone message, but she may be away and not able to respond for some time - 01782 733932.
Full details - most of your questions are answered here
Making panels for the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt was one way people expressed their feelings and experiences in the early years.
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Gay Men and HIV Losses
posted: 12/05/2010
If you are 50 or older, a gay man and willing to talk about how HIV affected you in the early days of the epidemic, a researcher is keen to talk with you and is looking for another 30 older gay men to talk with.
Dana Rosefeld is a senior lecturer in Sociology at Keele Univerity, who is doing PhD research into the early UK epidemic.
Her study is called: ‘The Lost Generation’: The Social Worlds of Older Gay Male Survivors of the AIDS Epidemic.’
She wants to find out how older gay men experienced the AIDS epidemic, how it affected them and their friends, and how they handled the illness and deaths of friends and partners. She wants to know how the early epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s affected the men's social networks, and how the men rebuilt those social networks. And how did the HIV epidemic affected the men’s personal lives?
It will take about 1-2 hours - at a time and place of your chosing - and you will be paid £10 for your time. She may do some interviews at George House Trust.
Please contact Dana by email if you are interested.
Please avoid leaving a phone message - she may be away and not able to respond - 01782 733932.
Full details - most of your questions will be answered here
Making panels for the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt was one way for people to express their experiences of HIV in the early years.
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