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| − | '''Jonathan Blake''' born 1949, worked as Assistant Stage Manager at [[Derby]] Playhouse. He was involved in Lesbians and Gay Men Support The Miners. | + | '''[[Jonathan Blake]]'''<ref> Jonathan S Goodman was his original name </ref>, born 1949, attended [[Oundle]] School, attended drama school in [[Sidcup]] and worked as Assistant Stage Manager at [[Derby]] Playhouse. He was involved in Lesbians and Gay Men Support The Miners. He later worked for English National Opera as a tailor. |
| − | In 1991 he was interviewed by Margot Farnham. The interview is available for listening on the [British Library] online oral archive <ref> https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Observing-the-1980s/021M-C0456X0104XX-0002V0 </ref>. | + | In 1991 he was interviewed by Margot Farnham. The interview is available for listening on the [[British Library]] online oral archive <ref> https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Observing-the-1980s/021M-C0456X0104XX-0002V0 </ref>. |
| − | Blake discusses his middle-class Jewish upbringing, being diagnosed as [[HIV]] positive,joining Gays for a Nuclear Free Future, [[Coming out]] to parents and many other issues and experiences. | + | [[File:Jblake.jpeg|thumb|right|Jonathan Blake]] |
| + | Blake discusses his middle-class Jewish upbringing, his schooling, having gay sex after meeting a man in a public lavatory (aka [[cottage]]) in [[Birmingham]] when he was a young teenager, being diagnosed as [[HIV]] positive in October 1982 <ref> Patient number at The Middlesex Hospital L1 (London1): very early in the HIV/AIDS pandemic </ref>, joining Gays for a Nuclear Free Future, [[Coming out]] to parents and many other issues and experiences. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:08, 27 July 2020
Jonathan Blake[1], born 1949, attended Oundle School, attended drama school in Sidcup and worked as Assistant Stage Manager at Derby Playhouse. He was involved in Lesbians and Gay Men Support The Miners. He later worked for English National Opera as a tailor. In 1991 he was interviewed by Margot Farnham. The interview is available for listening on the British Library online oral archive [2].
Blake discusses his middle-class Jewish upbringing, his schooling, having gay sex after meeting a man in a public lavatory (aka cottage) in Birmingham when he was a young teenager, being diagnosed as HIV positive in October 1982 [3], joining Gays for a Nuclear Free Future, Coming out to parents and many other issues and experiences.
References
- ↑ Jonathan S Goodman was his original name
- ↑ https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Observing-the-1980s/021M-C0456X0104XX-0002V0
- ↑ Patient number at The Middlesex Hospital L1 (London1): very early in the HIV/AIDS pandemic
