Warfield, Thomas Bailey, Evelyn

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Thomas Warfield is interviewed by Evelyn Bailey. Warfield, a Rochester native, describes how he started frequenting bars when he was around 16-17 years old in the mid-1970s. He noted bars such as Friar's, Jim's, and Tara's. Warfield, a gay man of African-American descent, distinguishes the differences between racial and sexual discrimination. Warfield also discusses how eh went to the first ACT UP meeting and became involved in the World's AIDS Day concerts. Warfield was also a member of the Community Advisory Board and formed an orphanage in China. Warfield spent a great deal of his time in New York City, and he details the differences between the responses of the gay communities to AIDS in both New York City and Rochester. Warfield ends his interview by discussing the community support and spirit that he admired in Rochester.Audio Interview, Thomas Warfield, September 18, 2012, Rochester, New York Voices of LGBT History Project, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester https://digitalcollections.lib.rochester.edu/islandora/object/ur:11285

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