The First California AIDS Ride (1994)

February 23, 2014 9:30 am

From: David Surber

This is the inaugural California AIDS Ride, in which bicyclists rode for seven days from San Francisco to West Hollywood to raise money for AIDS services at the Gay & Lesbian Center of LA. Featuring event producer Dan Pallotta; Lori Jean from The Center; comedian Lea Delaria; Larry Graifer from sponsor Tanqueray; Joel Thurm, who raised the most money for the ride; riders Brenda Kinoshita, Megan Asher, Jim Fleck (the oldest rider, at 67); reporter Cristina Gonzales of FOX TV LA; singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge; actor Doug Savant; and others!

From Network Q Out Across America Episode 32, June 1994.

Watch the rest of this episode at youtube.com/playlist? list=PLdga93I4Jxjpmuj8IWmu7nCBNAvlqnkGi

Produced and directed by David Surber; Associate Producer Carol Morgan; camera and lighting by Louis Rodriguez; edited by Clark Morris, Gerald Brewer and Michael Turri; graphics by Kelly Lujan; post production :30 Second St., Ltd.; incidental music from the YouTube audio library.

Originally distributed via subscription on VHS tape; aired on public television in the US in 1995.