Episode 74: 74 - David W. Jackson talks about gay bars in Tampa FL and Kansas City MO. as well as GLAMA and his book

EPISODE 74: Local historian, preservationist, archivist, activist, and author of Changing Times: Almanac and Digest of Kansas City’s LGBTQIA+ History, David W. Jackson shares how he came out to high school friends in 1986 at age 17, and came out again to his family more than a decade later in 1997 at age 28; his first kiss (with a man) and nightlife experiences in Tampa, FL; and, his longtime activism for LGBTQIA+ equality in his hometown Kansas City, Missouri, starting in the mid-1990s and including co-founding the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) on World AIDS Day in 2009. #gaybarchives #ilovegaybars #lgbthistory #pridemonth Find more segments at tv.GayBarchives.com
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