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Ed Christopher, director of an AIDS support group based in Newmarket, spoke to participants at an AIDS Awareness Symposium last week in North Conway. Christopher suffers from AIDS.Facing the reality of AIDSBY MARJORIE WALKER Staff WriterNORTH CONWAY — For many who attended an AIDS Awareness Symposium in North Conway last week, AIDS has a face.A tired yet quick-io-smilc face with luminous brown eyes.Ed Christopher’s face.Christopher is frank and funny as lie tells of his personal tragedy. He calls himself a divorced gay parent who has been fighting AIDS for the last four years.He is the founder and president of +Positive Action*, a support group based in Newmarket. He has sent three years speaking in schools andgiving workshops throughout New England on AIDS education.Christopher’s ex-wife and 5-year-old son live in England. My son is the only person in the whole world who doesn’t know, he said.I was so overwhelmed from the moment I first knew, my life has never been the same, hesaid.He began to think about suicide until a counselor sent him to his first support group.Now Christopher and a woman-friend named Susan are the only survivors of three consecutive support groups. The other members have died ofAIDS SYMPOSIUM, page 2
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North Conway Reporter
North Conway, New Hampshire, US
Wed, Oct 09, 1991
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