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1989 NYC Gay Pride Parade a

nobody@flickr.com (rosathorns) — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:46:34 -0700

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2013_05_120011 the UK in to AIDS epidemic

nobody@flickr.com (Gwydion M. Williams) — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:41:41 -0700

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actually the Ukraine, where people enjoyed new freedoms after the Orange Revolution

Painted this today for the show what would you do on ABC

nobody@flickr.com (jordan rifenberg) — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:56:05 -0700

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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father

nobody@flickr.com (WW Norton) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:21 -0700

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A beautiful, vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970s and ’80s San Francisco with an openly gay father.

After his wife dies in a car accident, bisexual writer and activist Steve Abbott moves with his two-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There they discover a city in the midst of revolution, bustling with gay men in search of liberation—few of whom are raising a child.

Steve throws himself into San Francisco’s vibrant cultural scene. He takes Alysia to raucous parties, pushes her in front of the microphone at poetry readings, and introduces her to a world of artists, thinkers, and writers. But the pair live like nomads, moving from apartment to apartment, with a revolving cast of roommates and little structure. As a child Alysia views her father as a loving playmate who can transform the ordinary into magic, but as she gets older Alysia wants more than anything to fit in. The world, she learns, is hostile to difference.

In Alysia’s teens, Steve’s friends—several of whom she has befriended—fall ill as AIDS starts its rampage through their community. While Alysia is studying in New York and then in France, her father tells her it’s time to come home; he’s sick with AIDS. Alysia must choose whether to take on the responsibility of caring for her father or continue the independent life she has worked so hard to create.

Reconstructing their life together from a remarkable cache of her father’s journals, letters, and writings, Alysia Abbott gives us an unforgettable portrait of a tumultuous, historic time in San Francisco as well as an exquisitely moving account of a father’s legacy and a daughter’s love. MORE

Book Details
352 pages, Hardcover and ebook
June 2013

www.alysiaabbott.com
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1989 Names Project Quilt at Philadelphia Arsenal (3)

nobody@flickr.com (rosathorns) — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:48 -0700

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1989 Names Project Quilt at Philadelphia Arsenal (5)

nobody@flickr.com (rosathorns) — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:50 -0700

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1989 Names Project Quilt at Philadelphia Arsenal (6)

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1989 Names Project Quilt at Philadelphia Arsenal

nobody@flickr.com (rosathorns) — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:47 -0700

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1989 Names Project Quilt at Philadelphia Arsenal (4)

nobody@flickr.com (rosathorns) — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:49 -0700

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1989 Names Project Quilt at Philadelphia Arsenal (2)

nobody@flickr.com (rosathorns) — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:48 -0700

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Spirit of Hope Awards 2013

nobody@flickr.com (kengikat40) — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:14 -0700

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