Lou Sullivan diary, 1965

Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide and child abuse. Lou Sullivan's diary for 1965, detailing his life as a 14-year-old student at a Catholic school, his passionate participation in music fandom (particularly the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan), his relationships with family and boyfriends, and his fiction writing (which often focused on social work, incarceration, and the world of teenage "delinquents"). Louis Graydon Sullivan (1951-1991) was a gay trans man from Milwaukee, WI who lived much of his adult life in San Francisco. A diarist, amateur historian, and administrative assistant, Sullivan is best known for the detailed and thoughtful diary he kept from childhood until his death from AIDS at age 39.

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Item Information:

Identifier: xd07gt160
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Sullivan, Lou
Date Created: 1965
Dates Covered: 1965
Genre: Diaries
Places: Wisconsin > Milwaukee County > City of Milwaukee > Milwaukee
Topic(s): Diaries
Gay men
Gay youth
Music
Trans men
Transgender youth
Resource Type: Text
Analog Format: Diary
Digital Format: PDF file, 161.5 MB
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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