O-John from St. Louis, MO - Part 2 of 3
Joel speaks with O-John at an IHOP in Chesterfield, MO to discuss his life growing up as a gay man in a Catholic family and his journey living in San Francisco during the AIDS crisis and his career in corporate America. Some of the main topics discussed include:
- His father being in a sanitorium for tuberculosis treatment
- Revealing to his family and friends that he’s a homosexual
- How the gay community looked in the 1970’s and 80’s in middle America
- What it was like living in San Francisco during the AIDS epidemic
- How society has adapted to individual sexuality and what still needs to happen for acceptance
- What the world of IT was like when O-John started
- O-John’s tattoos
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