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He was a friend of mine and he participated in a lot of activities that we did with a lesbian and gay organization called COLEGA, the Colombian Gay and Lesbian Organization.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=9.0,36.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: And how was the first time you met him? If you could walk me through it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=36.0,42.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So, I think we came to Eddie because he had certain skills. And we were trying to prepare something that would surprise people at the Gay Pride Parade. So, a friend of ours who actually wasn't a gay person, this was a straight woman who knew him, recommended him to us. He knew, stage craft. He was in a dance troupe, and she knew he had some skills in terms of building a float and stuff like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=42.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So that's how he was referred to us. And I remember that he was just a stunningly beautiful man, you know? And he had like a circle of boys around him. So, at that time, you know, Jackson Heights was heavily, there was like a heavy Colombian community in Jackson Heights. So, these were all like very young Colombian gay guys who were living their lives outside of Colombia.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=75.0,106.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: A lot of them lived here on their own and they were able to explore their sexuality. And I think he just had this aura. He had like all these people surrounding him, friends, you know. And that's how I met him. When he came in, like, the room just lit up. Everybody knew him. Everybody was saying hi. So yeah, so that's the first time I met him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=106.0,129.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: And do you know, you were mentioning that he came from Colombia. He left his family back home, I'm assuming, or like, how was that? How does he get here to the US?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=129.0,145.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: This is a long time ago, I forget some details. But yes, I knew he was living here on his own and his family was back in Colombia.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=145.0,156.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: He went back to see them like I did. You know my family is in Colombia as well. So, there was a generation of people who, who came here to improve their lives, you know, and maybe have better opportunities and, and still the whole family was back in Colombia. In my case, it was a little different because I came here with my family, then they went back.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=156.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: But in his case, I know he had some brothers and sisters who were living in the United States but his parents were living in Colombia.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=180.0,188.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: And then you actually told me on the phone the other day about this lady—So if you could explain to me a little bit more of how that dynamic worked? He used to live at her place?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=188.0,204.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: No, so, Marlene was this woman who was very, actually is very gregacious, and she seemed to know like everybody in the neighborhood. And I think, I don’t actually know how they met. I think it was through the dance company. But she was like a single woman raising a kid, and I think she found a family with like all these gay guys at the same time that, you know. And part of that was Eddie, you know, and his friends.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=204.0,243.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So she would host parties of, you know, invite people for dinner. There was like a table full, like probably got 15 gay guys and this straight woman just cooking for like all the gay guys, you know, as well as some of the women in the dance company; and some of the people around them, their friends, their family.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=243.0,264.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So,I think, uh, at one point she told me, you know, that was how she created her own family here. You know, that she for a long time she was on her own. And, and she told me, you know, some of her friends criticized her for hanging out with like gay guys, but she told them “I couldn't care less, you know, these people love me, these people, support me, these people have helped me out and I'm gonna have them as part of my family”, so she built this family of like really incredible group of like younger guys, and she loved it. I mean, and we all loved it too. I mean, you know, her food was amazing. And she became actually part of the Colombian Lesbian and Gay Association. So she was one of the members, even though she wasn't gay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=264.0,317.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: So you were, you were also part of it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=317.0,322.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: I was, well, at that time I was the director. So, that's a long story because in the 1990s there were actually really small social lesbian and gay organizations that were all Latino. And we used to have, I used to run the network which was called Mano a Mano. And part of that network had COLEGA, which is the Colombian Lesbian and Gay Association.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=322.0,349.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: But there were also Dominican groups, there were Peruvian groups, Ecuadorian groups. I think people tended to organize based on their nationality. They have a shared, well, the same food, the music, their culture. So for people who were coming here without their families, it was a way to connect to their culture and make networks and meet new people who shared your culture. So at one point there were about 12,15 of these different organizations. And I'm Colombian, so I was part of the Colombian organization.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=349.0,398.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: We were running through the pictures before, and you also told me this on the phone, about the little coffee cups and stuff? If you could again walk me through a specific moment that you remember sharing with him? I mean it doesn’t have to be this specific one, but anything that you remember that you have here in your head as like a really nice moment.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=398.0,431.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: Huh, part of the, I mean, you know, I think for all these cultural organizations, they were proud of creating these floats for the gay pride parades, you know? There was a gay pride parade in Queens, there was a gay pride parade in Manhattan that we participated in and you could see each group start, you know, try to outdo each other in terms of what they would do with their floats, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=431.0,463.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: And I know that he was just driven in, sort of like, you know, beating everybody else because somebody gets an award at the end of the Manhattan parade. So he came up with this idea of like dressing up a Jeep in the form of a horse and, you know, coffee is, Colombia is well known for coffee.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=463.0,487.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So the whole idea is to promote, you know, what's good about Colombia. So we spent like, I think it was like three nights, just all night long, trying to cut clothes, sew different things and just dress up this Jeep to look like a horse and also making the bale bags full of coffee.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=487.0,514.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: And it just turned out to be fantastic. I mean, it was amazing. At one point we actually won the prize and I think that was like one of his proudest moments. So, I remember how happy he was, that all this work and, all these ideas that he had, were recognized in, in such a way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=514.0,534.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: And how is he as—you know, because I’m imagining him orchestrating this. 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So he would like delegate people to like, grab stuff to bring home.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=544.0,569.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: And then he would just throw himself at it as well. I mean, he would sew the clothes all that stuff. But he was definitely the leader, you know. This is his project. This is his vision. This is his idea. And it better turn out to be the way he wanted it to be. He was very specific about how it would look. And of course we went along with it. But yeah, I think part of the fact that he was a dancer also gave him that—it gave him the discipline and the drive to complete something. And I think that it just brought a lot to the organization.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=569.0,614.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: And outside the organization, did you ever share any other moments together?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=614.0,626.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: Well, I mean, we would hang out at the bar sometimes. Outside the organization, I didn't socialize with them that much. I think other people in the organization did. I was older as well, so I wasn't necessarily that generation. But yeah, I knew that he had this family of about 15, 20 people who he considered his family, and they always socialized at the bars. I did too when I was younger.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=626.0,659.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So it was that experience of being in the city and, and being able to be free and, and be able to live your life in a way that you probably wouldn't be able to live if you were back home.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=659.0,676.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: Did he ever mention anything about—tener alguna experiencia más dificil antes de que pasase esto tan triste? (having any difficult experience before something as sad as that -his death- happened?)","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=676.0,695.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: I don't, I don't think so. I always remember him to be like the happiest person on earth. So I don't remember him sort of like sharing something sad or sharing something of his past that might have been bad, you know. I do remember him talking about his family, how much, you know, he missed them. But other than that, I don't remember him talking about any negative experiences.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=695.0,726.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: It’s always hard to ask about these things, but, do you remember when it happened, when this terrible thing happened, how did you find out? ¿Cómo se desarolló todo? (How did everything developed?)","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=726.0,750.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: I remember that Marlene was the one who called me and told me what had happened. And we were just like in shock, you know? And it was actually picked up in the news as well. So everybody pretty much found out, everybody who knew him. And the awful thing was that he remained alive for a few weeks, he was in a coma at Elmhurst Hospital. So, we could not go into his room. I believe Marlene did. But, we knew which window at Elmhurst Hospital he was, his room. So we would go to Elmhurst Hospital and just stand outside and look at the light, you know, whether the room was lit or not. If there was like light inside or not. And just like, you know, hope that he would make it through. But as the days passed, I mean, it was pretty obvious that he was very injured. And that if he did live he would not be the same. He had some cranial lacerations and damage to his brain.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=750.0,828.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: And in the meantime we were dealing also with his family coming here, not knowing anybody, and dealing with meeting his friends. And that was, you know, the family I think appreciated the support a lot. And I’m not sure how open he was about being gay to his family before he passed away. I think the family had an inkling, but they were also sort of like tended to be from the conservative side of Colombian families. So if there was an inkling it wasn’t necessarily something they spoke about. And I think the dynamics of having their son in a coma while the closest people coming to the hospital were like this crowd of like young gay men was something that was—I remember at the time it struck me, you know, that there was like this clash of cultures and clash between family, being gay, and this awful, horrible circumstance.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=828.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: And I also remember that we actually started organizing a vigil before he passed away. I remember the family was very hesitant of allowing us to do that. And I think for them it was, the attention, because, you know, a lot of media attention was like, this was a gay man assaulted, possibly as a hate crime, you know? And the family couldn't understand why the focus on the news was this was a gay man instead of just, this was their son.This was a human, this was somebody else. They, they didn't like the fact that they concentrated just on the gay thing, you know? So, I remember that I had to tell them through intermediaries that I would go along with the vigil, because that's what the community wanted to do. But I would understand them if they didn't give me their blessing, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=900.0,963.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: And then the night that the vigil happened, I was just like stunned that his father came up to me and said, you know what, we will participate. And his sister and his father were there. His mother was not. And they just marched with us.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=963.0,990.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: The other thing that I just remember was that they came from Colombia so their vision of what a rally was like a riot, you know, so they thought people were going to throw stones, break windows, all that stuff. They thought it was going to be a violent rally to demand justice, and it turned out to be like this very mournful walk through the streets of Jackson Heights.I think once they saw where we were, where we were coming from, they started to reach out to us. And then we, over the years, we helped their family, because it took a while for, for the authors of the crime to be caught. So we stayed in touch with the family.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=990.0,1044.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: Oh, so yeah. Sorry. [coughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1044.0,1046.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: Me too. [coughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1046.0,1048.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: I do want to know more about otros momentos que tú pasases con él, recuerdos bonitos. (other nice moments).","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1048.0,1071.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: I mean, the bars, Jackson Heights had at that point in time, it had I believe close to like 10 or 15 gay Latino bars, you know, and that was home away from home. I mean, my experience in Jackson Heights, because I lived in Jackson Heights close to 15 years. When I came to Jackson Heights, it was because there was such a heavy Colombian community. My cousin lived there, so when I came to New York, I lived with my cousin. And nobody knew in my family that I was gay. And walking through Roosevelt Avenue, I went by a bar and they were playing like Donna Summer, you know, and I'm going like, what? This is like a Latino neighborhood. This is Donna Summer music coming out of this bar.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1071.0,1116.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So I just went in and I was like, just shocked, you know, it was mostly gay Colombian guys, some of them kissing, and I was just like stunned. I was just like, there's no way this exists here. And, that became my home. You know, I started going to the bars, meeting people at the bars, and it wasn't necessarily to hook up. It was just community. It was family. It was like finding friends, you know. So when it comes to Eddie, I think he had the same relationship with the bars. And I remember, you know, hanging out with him at the bars dancing. I mean, at that point in time, dancing was prohibited at bars, but, after midnight, everybody would like start dancing. If the police came in, they would give the bar a summons. But those were like, just like sweaty, nice, sort of like fun nights, you know, it was just like people having fun and I think that's in some ways a forgotten part of gay history in New York City. How these bars in Jackson Heights sort of like connected the Latino gay community. And myself at one point, you know, use the bars to make friends, to find work, to do all that stuff. And I think Eddie did the same. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1116.0,1210.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: If you had to describe him in, we're going to say, three words?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1210.0,1218.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: Electric, driven, beautiful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1218.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: Then the aftermath of it—this decision of, you know, naming a place after, how does that happen?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1230.0,1247.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: So, Danny Dromm was the council member at that point in time in Jackson Heights. And Danny actually helped his family a lot. He really took them under his wing and just was amazing with them. I think that out of that, out of the fact that Danny is a gay man as well. He made history as one of the first openly gay high school teachers in the city. So this crime happens and I think it just affected him deeply as well. I do know that part of being a council member, that's what he can do, honor somebody's life in that way, name a street for Eddie. And the same thing happened with Julio Rivera, who was killed years earlier. I think Julio Rivera actually died like a block or two blocks away from where Eddie died. And Julio Rivera was the launch of gay pride in Queens, you know, the great Gay Pride March, et cetera.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1247.0,1332.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: I have lost touch with the family, so I really don't know if they're in the United States or not. But I know that Danny was a strong supporter of the family in the investigation and catching who did it over the years. And that's the reason that street was named. [coughs] I’m gonna take some water.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1332.0,1359.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: The way the perpetrators were caught was in part because some, I don't remember his name, he passed away. There was a gay detective who kept the case open, or in his mind, so years later when people didn't think anybody was going to get caught, he was instrumental in sort of, I guess they were following somebody all along, and I believe they caught him in Ireland and they had to fly him to the United States. But I don't remember the name of the police officer, I might be able to find it. Or the actual perpetrator, I don't remember, or if he's still in jail.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1359.0,1418.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: ¿Alguna vez has imaginado cómo él habría crecido? ¿Con cuántos años murió? How old was he?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1418.0,1430.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrés Duque: I don't remember his exact age. I believe he wasn't 30 yet. But I don't remember his age at that time. I do think that it's incredibly sad, you know, how much potential he had and what is lost, you know. Even now, I mean, I'm still connected to Marlene, I'm still connected to some of the people who were around him. Maybe not as close, but we’re aware of like where we are. So he was like the sun at the center of a social scene and there were those planets around him. He was truly that center, so he was taken away from the center and I think it left like those rings, you know. And it's really sad. I mean, even now. I believe he would have had an amazing life, you know? And it is truly sad that happened.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1430.0,1505.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619/transcript/43789/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mariado Martinez Perez: I just love that. Thank you very much. Wait, let's stop here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/92607/file/188619#t=1505.0,1515.216"}]}]}]}