Oral history interview with John Bonelli recorded on 2002 Oct. 31

Title: Oral history interview with John Bonelli recorded on 2002 Oct. 31.

Creator: Bonelli, John

Description: Interview conducted by Robert Massicotte.  John Bonelli was born and raised in Hartford, Ct.  He studied religion at Trinity College with the intention of becoming a Roman Catholic priest.  However, he began to find that he disagreed with the church’s’ opinions on women and homosexuality.  It was at Trinity that he became involved with community service and activism.  He became even more politically active after coming out in his senior year of college.  Bonelli was the first openly gay candidate to run for City Council in the city of Hartford (1989).  He also became active in the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Coalition and the LGBT Civil Rights Coalition.  At the date of the interview he was working for the CT Positive Action Coalition, an organization devoted to HIV/AIDS education and socialization.

Date: 10/31/2002

Location: Hartford (Conn.)

Subject: Homosexuality -- United States -- Personal narratives; Gay liberation movement -- Connecticut -- Hartford; Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective; AIDS (Disease); Civil rights -- Connecticut;

Contributors: Massicotte, Robert

Publisher: Central Connecticut State University

Relation: GLBTQ Archives;

Type: Moving Image;

Duration: 0:32:54

Format: video/x-ms-wmv;

Language: eng

OCLC number: 464628431

Date created: 9/3/2009

Date modified: 9/3/2009

Reference URL: http://cdm16627.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/GLBTQ/id/14

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