Remembering the 4600 The Gay History Wiki

Imagine who was lost 4600

REMEMBERING Artists; politicians; librarians, fathers; brothers; editors; geeks; best friends; sloppy drunks; disco mavens; DJs; academics; hairdressers; opera singers; bartenders; activists; uncles; homeless gay men; elite gays; fans of Rehobeth; or Fire Island; danced at the Steps; denizens of Judy Garland Park ; journalists; fashionistas; architects; real estate agents; students; hustlers; numerous people who I’m sure would have been here.

Why does it matter that we remember?

What is a model for community grief and memory?

Shoah Project

http://gayhistory.wikispaces.org

Dominic Bash Died 1/24/93 at Age 46 Dominic was a hairdresser from South Philly who transformed the Catholic Church and its reaction to AIDS

Dominic Bash

Died 1/24/93 at Age 46

Dominic was a hairdresser from South Philly who transformed the Catholic Church and its reaction to AIDS

Kiyoshi Kuromiya Died May 10, 2000 Age 57

Jim Burgess Died 1/18/1993 Age 39

Creating a history on-line Democratization of history and memory

The site also celebrates LGBT culture: Organizations Bars/Clubs Artifacts

The wiki site sorts: By age at death By year of death By organization By favorite bars

By age at death

By year of death

By organization

By favorite bars

The future Ability for individual accounts to “friend” both live and dead people on the site. Suggested “Dead people you might know…” Mapping of social networks of live and dead people Expansion of the project nationally and internationally

Ability for individual accounts to “friend” both live and dead people on the site.

Suggested “Dead people you might know…”

Mapping of social networks of live and dead people

Expansion of the project nationally and internationally

Ancestors B R B

Ancestors

What if our social networks in fact include dead people Gives us an opportunity to consider the ways that dead people continue to impact us Gives us an opportunity to consider how friends and family connect to the dead people in our lives.

Gives us an opportunity to consider the ways that dead people continue to impact us

Gives us an opportunity to consider how friends and family connect to the dead people in our lives.

What if our social networks in fact include dead people ME Dead grandmother Friend who died of cancer 27 friends who died of AIDS Brother Best friend of many years

Ways to expand your social network of ancestors @harveymilk

@harveymilk Ethel Merman Edna Hunter

Strengthen your Wisdom,Skills, and Energy by tapping into your existing social network of ancestors.