LINCOLNTON – There was a sea of blue in the audience at the most recent meeting of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. Members of “HATS,” Helping Animals to Survive,
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DJ Beast and Candy Stevens, Ice Palace’, ca. 1980 Cherry Grove Archives Collection, Gift of Valerie Perez and Evelyn Danko
During the 1980s, the AIDS crisis devastated Cherry Grove. Gay men, women, and trans people of all races, religions, and economic status joined together to care for their male friends who were dying from this disease.