On January 26, 1988, journalist and author Randy Shilts delivered this lecture to the University of Vermont. The remarks came just a few months after the release of his controversial bestseller, And the Band Played On. The video below, provided by Shilts’s lecture agent George Greenfield, has never been publicly shared before. It offers a chance for people to see and hear Shilts in his own unvarnished words.

DISCLAIMER: The contents of Shilts’s lecture should not be assumed to reflect anyone’s viewpoint other than his own. Certain comments in this talk were offensive at the time he delivered it, and they are still offensive today.

Learn more about the life and legacy of Randy Shilts in the biography When the Band Played On, by Michael G. Lee, Ph.D. http://chicagoreviewpress.com/RandyShilts

For speaking inquiries, contact George Greenfield at george@creativewell.com