How David Bradford tackled the Vietnam War and AIDS
Publisher |
LiSTNR
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Personal Journals
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Sep 27, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:57:51

We speak about the HIV/AIDS epidemic a lot like it's a mythical, historical event and not something that happened verrrrry recently.

David Bradford is a retired sexual health physician who was the Director of the Melbourne Communicable Diseases Centre when the first cases of HIV appeared in Melbourne in 1983.

David's story starts in 1941 in a religious family in the Blue Mountains and spans the Vietnam War, living, working & finding community in London, falling in love in Sydney, creating a life with his partner Michael in Melbourne, and specialising in STIs and HIV/AIDS in Melbourne and Cairns.

His story is, as you'll quickly learn, essential listening.


Learn more about David's story at the 'Defending with Pride' exhibition at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne: https://www.shrine.org.au/defending-pride 

Read David's books:

https://publishing.monash.edu/product/tell-me-i-m-okay/

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-gunners-doctor-9781742747491 

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