OurStory Scotland: Mapping Glasgow's HIV and AIDS History

Founded in 2002 and based in Glasgow's Mitchell Library, OurStory Scotland is a community and oral history project recording the stories of Scotland's LGBT communities from the 1920s to now. 

This open drop-in session on Tramway's cafe mezzanine invites contributions to the OurStory Scotland co-authored map and timeline of HIV and AIDS in Glasgow. Visitors can add their own memories, dates, and places to build a collective record, so that Glasgow's response to HIV and AIDS, from 1980 until the present day, does not go unrecorded.

Excerpts from OurStory Scotland's extensive oral history recordings that reflect on HIV/AIDS have been diligently compiled by OurStory Scotland volunteers and are available to book out from Tramway box office on dedicated headsets.

Part of a day of events from OurStory Scotland.

These events are part of a public programme curated by Steven Grainger to accompany the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibition at Tramway.

Audience notes
Audiences may find the content deeply moving, emotional, or distressing, as it deals with themes of illness, bereavement, social stigma, and historical marginalisation.

ACCESS
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