I went to Northampton today. I got some footage of the town with a few inches of snow on the ground. I realized how much good footage I could have gotten this summer if I had only had a camera on long term lease. even though the footage wasn't nearly as good as it would have been during the summer, I felt pretty good about what I got. Soon, I will edit together a preview clip with it.
While I was in town, I went to visit Bet Power, the curator of the Sexual Minorities Archives. He is doing somewhat better even though he has a serious lung/throat/larynx condition. He has tons of doctors visits coming up. I went to Florence to check the mail for the East Coast FTM group and the archives. Then we chatted for a bit. He can speak if he whispers. He seemed really appreciative of the help. I'm hoping he gets better soon.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Bet Powers is Ill
I have kept in contact with Bet Power who has helped me immensely in continuing the Transgender Oral History Project. I scheduled a fourth trip to the archives in November in order to film the physical space and scout out artifacts for the exhibit I am planning. He responded that he was sick, and could not host me. He has canceled ECFTM meetings, all Sexual minorities Archive visits, and his job search for the past two months.
On December the tenth, I found out that he has been hospitalized due to serious lung infection and complications of the larynx. He has been diagnosed with pneumonia and is undergoing several tests as he waits for a diagnosis. A close friend of his through the ECFTM has set-up a website (http://www.carepages.com/carepages/BetsFamily) in order to give mass updates on Bet’s condition and facilitate Bet receiving letters of support from the geographically dispersed ECFTM network. Members of the local trans community are using the forum to form carpools to visit Bet and bring him care packages.
****YOU CAN HELP***
If you have a laptop you are not using, he needs one in order o be able to acess the website. If you could donate it (temporarily) let me know. cperez@marlboro.edu
On December the tenth, I found out that he has been hospitalized due to serious lung infection and complications of the larynx. He has been diagnosed with pneumonia and is undergoing several tests as he waits for a diagnosis. A close friend of his through the ECFTM has set-up a website (http://www.carepages.com/carepages/BetsFamily) in order to give mass updates on Bet’s condition and facilitate Bet receiving letters of support from the geographically dispersed ECFTM network. Members of the local trans community are using the forum to form carpools to visit Bet and bring him care packages.
****YOU CAN HELP***
If you have a laptop you are not using, he needs one in order o be able to acess the website. If you could donate it (temporarily) let me know. cperez@marlboro.edu
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