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Type:

Thesis

Language:

English

Location:

154/8/3

Date:

2017

Author/Creator:

Wright, Christina Anne
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Title:

'How could love be wrong?' : gay activism and AIDS in Charlotte, 1970-1992 $c / by Christina Anne Wright.

Publisher:

2017

Format:

xi, 231 leaves ; 28 cm.

Description:

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017.

Includes abstract.

Bibliography: leaves 221-231.

Discusses the development of gay activism in Charlotte, NC, which came about directly as a result of the AIDS crisis.

There was strong opposition to the use of public funding for anything that might be considered supportive of the gay lifestyle in Charlotte. The religious opposition was led by Joseph Chambers.

Joseph Chambers had been a pastor with the Church of God (Cleveland, TN). He withdrew in 1992 to become an independent, then founded the Bible Holiness Ministerial Fellowship.

Subject:

Chambers, Joseph R.
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AIDS (Disease)--North Carolina--Charlotte.
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AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
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Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
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North Carolina--Charlotte.
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Date Cataloged:

08/08/2022


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