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Website for Fire & Ink's 2009 conference in Austin.

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Website for Fire & Ink's 2015 conference in Detroit.

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Coleman 'Sugar' Hall describes his early life, schooling, education, family and his experience as a resident of the Barry Farm Housing project and the role of being an out gay man played in his life.

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D Magrini discusses growing up in Washington, DC, her military service, her previous non-monogamous marriage, power lifting, the emergence of HIV in DC in the 1980s, and her work in Lesbian healthcare.

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D Magrini further discusses growing up in Washington, DC, her military service, her previous non-monogamous marriage, power lifting, the emergence of HIV in DC in the 1980s, and her work in Lesbian healthcare.

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Derrick "Strawberry" Cox discusses his background, how he came to use the services at Whitman-Walker, and HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC.

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Website for Fire & Ink, an organization dedicated to supporting and advocating for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender writers of African descent.

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Joanne Sincero discusses her work with the Lesbian Services Program at Whitman-Walker, her transitiion to a full time position with Whitman-Walker, the joys of a queer-friendly workplace, and HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC.

Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Nicolette Williams by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Nicolette Williams was born in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised by her aunt in Southeast D.C., because both of her parents were on drugs when she was a child. She describes returning to live with her mother at the age of 13, at which point she started getting involved in street life. She was in and out of the 14 years to life for murder. She served 16 years in prison and...