- Collection:
- LGBTQ Collection
- Title:
- David Garner oral history interview, 2019-08-26
- Creator:
- Garner, David Clarence, 1959-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Rink, Hillery
- Date of Original:
- 2019-08-26
- Subject:
- AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
Methamphetamine
Drug addiction
Gay men
Gay community
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Nursing
Equality
Georgia State University
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)
Meth
Ice (Drug)
Sexual minorities
Intensive care nursing
Methamphetamine abuse - People:
- Obama, Barack
Trump, Donald, 1946-
Ronald, 1991-2004 - Location:
- Kenya, 1.0, 38.0
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- David Garner, born in 1959 and raised in Florida, is an HIV survivor and critical care nurse based in Atlanta, Georgia. Garner has a degree in nursing from Georiga State University and years of expereince working at Grady Memorial Hospital.
In this interview, David Garner details his recovery from addiction and PTSD from the AIDs epidemic. Garner also discusses his decision to pursue a career in nursing, including attending Georgia State University's nursing school and working as a critical care nurse at Grady Memorial Hospital. He also reflects on the political and social changes he's witnessed over the past forty years as a gay man, and the differences between the LGBTQ community of the twenty-first century and the gay and lesbian community of the 1980s. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lgbtq/id/13157
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Q101_GarnerD_20190826, Gender and Sexuality Oral History Project, Archives for Gender and Sexuality, Special Collections and Archives. Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Container 397
Archives for Gender and Sexuality
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/245819
Gender and Sexuality Oral History Project - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
