In this Episode Dustin talks with Rainbow Story Hub founder Ron Byers in Part Two.

Topics featured in this episode are:

  • The origins of the Pride Festival in Edmonton and the impacts of the Stonewall riots.
  • What is was like to be a gay man in the 80’s when the HIV virus first came on the scene.
  • The origins of the AIDS Network of Edmonton and its transition to HIV Edmonton
  • His own struggles as a long term AIDS Survivor and the health challenges he faces.
  • How drag queens and the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose stepped up to the challenges of raising money for AIDS research and patient care at a time when government funding was non-existent.

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Dustin Scott

Dustin Scott is a Journalism student at MacEwan University and was struck by how little of this history he and the people around him knew. Dustin wanted to tell the history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and make sure that it's not forgotten but that people also know how much of it shaped what Edmonton became. James Baldwin once said, "history isn't the story of our past, but instead it is the story of our present."

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