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- Title
- Mark Armstrong Interview, December 3, 2019
- Date
- December 3, 2019
- Creator
- Mark Armstrong; Sarah Canfield
- Description
- Mark Anthony Armstrong speaks about stigmas around HIV and Joseph’s House in D.C., as well as his homosexuality in his family. He also speaks about the effects of contracting HIV had on his past, current, and future relationships with romantic partners and friends. He speaks of working through such issues in weekly therapy sessions, and why he thinks his story is an important example of how people grow in unlikely circumstances.
- Subject
- Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; World AIDS Day; community; Joseph’s House; dance; depression; spirituality; Shiva Entertainment; domestic abuse; homosexuality; therapy; relationships; friendships; disability
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2199
- Rights statement
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, under the terms of Public Domain.
- Title
- Mark Armstrong Interview, October 19, 2019
- Date
- October 19, 2019
- Creator
- Mark Armstrong; Sarah Canfield
- Description
- Mark Anthony Armstrong recalls contracting HIV in the early 1990s, and the impact it has had on his life thereafter. Mark tells the story of his first partner and the traumas he experienced in the relationship. He also remembers growing up in D.C., traveling as a young man, working in a department store, working as a dancer, gymnast, and entertainer, and finding his place within various support groups in D.C.
- Subject
- Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; Joseph’s House; Whitman Walker; Homes for Hope; Kaiser Health Center; dance; ballet; depression; spirituality; Job Corps; Shiva Entertainment; Soul Train; domestic abuse; abuse; homosexuality; activism
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2203
- Rights statement
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, under the terms of Public Domain.