LGBTQ+ Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Cyrana Brooks Wyker
Publication Date
2-10-2015
Date
2013-10-24
Abstract
An oral history with William J. Kanouff, a gay man. Kanouff spoke about their childhood as one of ten children on a farm in upstate New York. They talked of being forced out of a Lutheran seminary in New York City due to loss of a scholarship and "quiet ostracization" after being caught with a man. They spoke of being diagnosed with HIV. Kanouff talked about their various jobs including operating restaurants in New York City, owning a leather shop, and opening a gay bookstore in Tampa, Florida. They spend a good portion of the interview on the leather community in Tampa. They also talked about caring for their partner as they died of AIDS and the resulting battle with their partner's family. Kanouff spoke on being involved in Tampa Pride and a gay and lesbian film festival.
Keywords
Gay men, HIV/AIDS, HIV tests, HIV-positive people, Leather and kink clubs, Leather community, AIDS death and dying, LGBTQ+ film festivals, LGBTQ+ bookshops
Extent
03:14:58; 100 page transcript
Subject: geographic
New York; New York (N.Y.); Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2013
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
L34-00016
Recommended Citation
Kanouff, William J., "William J. Kanouff Oral History Interview" (2015). LGBTQ+ Oral History Project. 19.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lgbtq_oh/19
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