Oral history interview with Robert Belliveau recorded on 2002 Nov. 1
- Date:
11/1/2002
- Location: Hartford (Conn.)
- Description: Interview conducted by Patrick Cone. Robert Belliveau is a bisexual activist from the Hartford area. He was the co-founder of the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, and is a social worker involved with establishing support groups for gay and bisexual men in the Hartford area. He grew up in suburban Massachusetts, and was influenced by his family a great deal. He was in the military as a young man which he credits with helping diminish his insecurity about being around other males. Belliveau then went on to study social work. He began to work with a volunteer health services group in the Hartford area that became the Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. He describes the program and how it served the community, including the controversy over anonymous HIV testing. He has gone on to assist the community as a social worker, establishing support groups, and working as an advocate for other gay and bisexual men.
- Subject: Bisexuality -- United States -- Personal narratives; Social service -- Connecticut; AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Medical care -- Standards; Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective;
- Contributors: Cone, Patrick
- Publisher: Central Connecticut State University
- Relation:
GLBTQ
Archives
- Type:
moving
image
- Format:
video/x-ms-wmv
- Language:
eng
- OCLC number:
435488582
- Date created: 07/28/2009
- Date modified: 07/28/2009
- Reference URL:
http://cdm16627.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/GLBTQ/id/0
- CONTENTdm file name: 1.asx
- CONTENTdm file path: /GLBTQ/image/1.asx
Originally at:
http://video.ccsu.edu/library/glbtq/glbtq2002_belliveau_robert.wmv