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Annotated Bibliography
In 1981, The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism published an article titled The Information and Feature Service that highlights the Homophile Community Health Service in Boston, MA. This source has a section called “Boston Program Addressed Needs of Gay Alcoholics” that gives a good overview of a service the program provides. This source is reliably published in a journal controlled by the US Department of Health and Human Services, which is tasked with publishing accurate information for the American public. The information in this source is trustworthy, however, it does not have a very large section about the Homophile Community Health Service, so other sources are needed to expand the information.

A 1980 Boston Globe article titled, Parents and Homosexual Children, interviews multiple people who worked for the Homophile Community Health Service. This article gave information of the attitudes and values help by the program and its’ employees. The Boston Globe is a credible source that probably attributes its quotes and information to the respective source and is often fact checked and held to a high standard of journalism. This article makes reference to the beliefs and goals of the program, but more information from or employees is needed to confirm these viewpoints.

The July 19, 1973 issue of the Gay Community News published a short story titled A Plea from HCHS. This newspaper article offers insight into the financial struggles of the program and its attempt to keep providing service to the gay community. This source is a publication coming directly from the Homophile Community Health Service, making it very accurate to the financial status of the program. Subsequent sources will be needed to determine the success of  the fund raising actions.

This 2013 article from the Boston Globe titled Boston: How a staid city became the 'R&D center' for American gay rights references the creation of the Homophile Community Health Service (HCHS) program. It can be used to document the development of the program and its goals from the onset. The Boston Globe is known for fact checking and high quality journalism. The reference to the HCHS is brief and will require further research and use of sources.