Callahan, Patricia A.

Patricia Callahan was an AIDS activist and leader in the LGBT community in Orange County, California during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She contributed to a number of organizations, committees, and conferences that supported gay and lesbian rights and AIDS awareness and education including: the Election Committee of the County of Orange (ECCO), Laguna Outreach, The Human Rights Campaign Fund, and The Federation. Through her work with ECCO, Callahan lobbied and campaigned on issues directly affecting the LGBT community and people with HIV/AIDS. As of 2009, Callahan was living in Laguna Beach, California. Don Hagan and Drew Barras, also leaders in the Orange County LGBT community, worked with Patricia Callahan on a number of projects and campaigns. The two men, a physician and veterinarian, were committed to gay and lesbian rights and AIDS awareness and education. On April 1, 1989 the doctors were honored by San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos for their activist work on behalf of people with AIDS. Don Hagan died in 1992 from an AIDS related illness.

From the description of Patricia Callahan files on Orange County lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activism, 1965-2005, bulk 1985-1993 1985 - 1993. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 646076233

Historical Background

Patricia Callahan was an AIDS activist and leader in the LGBT community in Orange County, California during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She contributed to a number of organizations, committees, and conferences that supported gay and lesbian rights and AIDS awareness and education including: the Election Committee of the County of Orange (ECCO), Laguna Outreach, The Human Rights Campaign Fund, and The Federation. Through her work with ECCO, Callahan lobbied and campaigned on issues directly affecting the LGBT community and people with HIV/AIDS. As of 2009, Callahan was living in Laguna Beach, California.

Don Hagan and Drew Barras, also leaders in the Orange County LGBT community, worked with Patricia Callahan on a number of projects and campaigns. The two men, a physician and veterinarian, were committed to gay and lesbian rights and AIDS awareness and education. On April 1, 1989 the doctors were honored by San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos for their activist work on behalf of people with AIDS. Don Hagan died in 1992 from an AIDS related illness.

From the guide to the Patricia Callahan files on Orange County lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activism, 1965-2005, bulk 1985-1993, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)