Sandy

Sandy & Cory

Having experienced considerable homophobia as a former wife of a logger and a former teacher in rural communities, a woman who is a lesbian and a parent living on an island prefers to be in the closet; her female partner speaks of going back into the closet out of respect for her partner’s wishes. [Note: Parts of the interview are inaudible.]

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Out Our Way

Date of interview:

[early 1990s]

Interviewee:

Sandy

Cory

Interviewer:

Michael Riordon

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Audio

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English

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Donor retains copyright / CC BY-NC 4.3

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Sex and Relationships

Topic: Sex and Relationships

Content includes significant discussion of all matters related to sex, sexuality, and relationships (other than familial relationships with parents or children), including: friendships; marriage; divorce; relationship models, etc.

Coming Out

Topic: Coming Out

Content includes significant discussion of, or matters related to, coming out.

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Oral history

Sandy

Sandy discusses her childhood and growing up in Iowa and Colorado with her supportive minister father and mother who tried to make her strictly conform to female gender roles. She talks about the impact of her father’s death and discovering her sexuality in relationships. Sandy also discusses her career as a folk musician and her involvement in the entertainment business, her work as a DJ, and developing relationships.

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Collection:

Katie Gilmartin

Date of interview:

1993

Interviewee:

Sandy

Interviewer:

Katie Gilmartin

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Audio

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English

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Arts and Culture

Topic: Arts and Culture

Content includes discussion of making, consuming, and interacting with art and culture, including: art; literature; theatre; reading; movies and film; pop culture, etc.

Family

Topic: Family

Content includes significant discussion of matters related to family, including: one’s relationships with their family members; having and raising children; the experience of having a non-heteronormative/non-traditional family.

Identity

Topic: Identity

Content includes significant discussion of identity/ies (including gender, sexual, racial, religious, and class) and how one self-identifies, and/or significant discussion of the process of finding or determining one’s identity/ies.

Sex and Relationships

Topic: Sex and Relationships

Social Life

Topic: Social Life

Content includes significant discussion of all aspects of both public or private social life, leisure, and recreation, such as: social gatherings; events; nightlife; partying; clubs; sports; and bars/bar culture.

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