Fag Hags, Divas and Moms

by Victoria Noe

Overview

The history of the AIDS epidemic has largely been told from the perspective of gay men: their losses, struggles, and contributions. But what about women - in particular, straight women? Not just Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Diana, but thousands whose accomplishments have never been recognized?

In 1986, the Junior League confounded expectations and created programs around the US and Mexico to advocate for treatment and research, while providing direct services to the AIDS community - some of which still are active. Trudy James set up a support program matching faith communities and people with AIDS in Arkansas in the darkest days of the epidemic. Dozens of others women pitched in, doing whatever they could to make a difference. Martha Cameron has been a savior to HIV-infected children in Zambia.

Drawing on personal interviews and archival research, Fag Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community, is the first book to share the stories of women around the world, throughout the epidemic. Victoria Noe assures their place in women's history, for their determination to educate and advocate, to end the epidemic once and for all.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161510124
Publisher:	Victoria Noe
Publication date:	03/29/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Victoria Noe is an award-winning author, speaker and activist.

In 2006, she promised a dying friend that she would write a book about people grieving their friends. That book turned into the Friend Grief series, six small nonfiction collections of stories from people whose lives changed when their friends died. With these books, she filled a gap in grief resources.

Noe's freelance work has appeared in Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Windy City Times and a variety of writing and HIV/AIDS-related websites. Her essay, "Long-Term Survivor" won the 2015 Christopher Hewitt Award for Creative Nonfiction from A&U Magazine. A sought-after speaker, she has presented at such venues as The Muse and the Marketplace, Mt. Sinai Medical Center HIV rounds and public libraries around the Midwest.

Her work in the AIDS community in Chicago began in the mid-1980s as a volunteer, then as a fundraiser for a variety of AIDS-service organizations until 1994. After a long break, she returned as a writer and advocate in 2011. Her main interests are sharing stories of women in the AIDS community and supporting the needs of long-term survivors.

Noe holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Speech and Dramatic Art from the University of Iowa, and uses her experience as a stage manager and director to help shy authors overcome their fear of public speaking.

She is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Chicago Writers Association and ACT UP/NY. A St. Louis native, she remains a loyal Cardinals fan despite living in Chicago, married to a Cubs fan.

Her website is www.victorianoe.com