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Title: Betty Fairchild papers
Dates: 1975-1989
Collection Number: 1998-29
Creator/Collector:
Fairchild, Betty
Extent: 1 half manuscript box
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Betty Fairchild papers consists of the unpublished typescript, "Living Through It: Personal Explorations of AIDS in People's
Lives" (alternatively entitled, "AIDS and the Family"), along with some newspaper clippings about her and her pro-gay activities
in the 1970s and 1980s. Fairchild, a long-time LGBT ally and co-founder of several P-FLAG chapters, wrote the book, "Now That
You Know: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children," which was published in 1979.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Betty Fairchild papers. Collection Number: 1998-29. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Betty Fairchild on June 11, 1998.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Betty Fairchild papers consists of the unpublished typescript, "Living Through It: Personal Explorations of AIDS in People's
Lives" (alternatively entitled, "AIDS and the Family"), along with some newspaper clippings about her and her pro-gay activities
in the 1970s and 1980s. Fairchild, a long-time LGBT ally and co-founder of several P-FLAG chapters, wrote the book, "Now That
You Know: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children," which was published in 1979. Her book was one
of the first to address the issue and helped many families through the coming out process. Fairchild moved to San Francisco
in 1981 and died at the age of 89 in 2010. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_002008
AIDS (disease)
Straight allies