Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, conference materials and other administrative and publicity materials relating to the UCSF Kaposi's Sarcoma (K-S) Clinic, the AIDS epidemic, and AIDS research as pursued by Dr. Marcus Conant. Materials from the K-S (later San Francisco AIDS) Foundation, and other organizations associated with Dr. Conant, are also included.

Abstract Chuck Frutchey is best known for his work as an AIDS Prevention Educator during the 1980s and 1990s. During his career with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Frutchey was a huge part of the Stop AIDS Project and the Coalition for Healthy Sex where he committed himself to educating the public about safe-sex practices. Frutchey even created the “Buddy Connection” safe-sex workshop that made healthy sex exciting, caring, and accessible for thousands of men during the early years of the...