I interviewed Dr. Frederic Tate in Swem Library’s Burger Conference Room on a summer afternoon. Dr. Tate has lived in Williamsburg for 27 years, working during that time as a psychologist at Eastern State Hospital and, during the late '80s and '90s, an adjunct faculty member of the Psychology department. While with the Psychology department, Dr. Tate consulted with the Counseling Center on gay and lesbian issues and gave talks to various campus constituencies on safer sex and AIDS prevention. During our interview, Dr. Tate described his experience growing up in Appalachian Virginia, his largely positive memories of William & Mary as an LGBT environment in the '80s and '90s, and his hopes and doubts for Virginia's future in terms of LGBT issues. Dr. Tate's recollections of giving safe sex talks in the basement of St. Bede's Catholic Church, helping to establish and run what may have been the first hospice for adults with AIDS on the east coast, and hearing Governor Warner speak at an LGBT event, among other anecdotes, add specific and often fascinating detail to our understanding of LGBT life in Virginia and at William & Mary in the '80s and '90s. -David Pratt, July 8, 2013

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