LETTERS READ INCUBATOR XVIII - AIDS Hospice with Hywel Sims

From LETTERS READ by Nancy Sharon Collins

December 11, 2024 · 17 min · Season 8 · Episode 5

About this episode

The episode discusses Hywel Sims's experiences in the early days of AIDS hospice care in the 1990s.

This podcast wraps up the 2024 incubator-style programming on the early days of HIV | AIDS. This series is brought to you in support of the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana . Most productions in this series are short, mini-podcasts, five to seven minutes long. This podcast takes longer to wrap up a difficult and emotional topic. It comprises Sims's experience in Los Angeles, ca. 1990s, as director of the second AIDS hospice facility in the country. Sims talks, in a straightforward manner about AIDS, hospice, and dying. Interjecting levity, and, where appropriate, humor. The recording was created in two parts. The original interview with Sims was performed by Nancy Sharon Collins, Letters Read director. The second, narrative part is Collins again. The podcasts circles back to other Letters Read subjects Stewart Butler , Noel Twilbeck , and Mark Gonzalez . Stay tuned to Letters Read for more compelling programming in 2025.

People in this episode

Host: Nancy Sharon Collins

Guest: Hywel Sims

Topics covered

HIV
AIDS
hospice care
LGBT+ history
personal experiences
emotional topics

Keywords

AIDS
hospice
HIV
LGBT+
Los Angeles
1990s
emotional topics
interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana