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Interview log: Wez Saunders

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Interview: Wez Saunders, Community Support Network Hunter.

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Wez Saunders memories of volunteering in and managing Community Support Network Hunter since the late 1980s. The interviewer was John Witte.

SummaryBorn Mary Ann Saunders in Orange and raised in Peakhurst a suburb of Sydney, Wez insisted to his family that he wanted to be known as Michael. Puberty was traumatic when he was forced to adopt a female gender identity. He met Rosemary Bristow when he moved to Newcastle and together they became active in the Hunter response to HIV/AIDS, primarily with Community Support Network Hunter. Wez began consulting a psychiatrist in 1991 and in 2010 he began the process of transitioning.SubjectSaunders, WezAIDS ActivistsHIV/AIDSAIDS organisationsLGBTI movementLGBTI communitySaunders, Mary AnnACON HunterCommunity Support Network HunterBristow, RosemaryPersonSaunders, WezInterview logInterview log: Wez SaundersCreatorWitte, JohnCollectionHunter Rainbow History GroupPlaceNewcastle, NSWCopyright Notice

Date Created14 November 2018Identifier181114_Saunders_Wez

181114_Saunders_Wez.mp3

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Early life and school. 559 secs
Negotiating gender identity. 550 secs
Working on the goat farm. 230 secs
Meeting Rosemary Bristow and volunteering wit... 490 secs
Setting up ACON Hunter and CSN Hunter. The ne... 730 secs
The different agencies for the care and treat... 350 secs
The different agencies for the care and treat... 360 secs
The role of ACON, the Beat Project, prisons. 165 secs
Celebrations. The AIDS Memorial Quilt Project. 235 secs
The work and the issues confronting managers,... 550 secs
Resistance and support from the funeral indus... 480 secs
MacKillop House’s role. 1020 secs
Wider community support. 420 secs
HIV+ education, speakers. 135 secs
The MacKillop Centre and getting clients back... 345 secs
Wez’s process to transition. What transgend... 635 secs

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