1 25 17 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/44a0a4748a2053c3ac84a4d75b63a18d.pdf dad5b0f64a002d2cd6a1ec10990f3a21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Julia Price Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Steve Weinberg Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Available Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:17:52 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Steve Weinberg Description An account of the resource Would you like to listen to this audio? Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access Abstract A summary of the resource. Steve Weinberg was born in 1952 in Brooklyn, NY, to a very sports-oriented family. While attending the University of Buffalo in the early 70s, he began grappling with his sexuality, and decided to see a psychiatrist. However, after an unhelpful experience with psychiatry, he abandoned this initial attempt to come out. Steve subsequently moved to DC in 1974 to attend law school, and was closeted and dating women for several years. However, in 1979 Steve noticed an ad in the Washington Blade for the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard, and decided to reach out to them for guidance. Steve joined their programs and social gatherings for gay men seeking to come out, and eventually began to enjoy living as a gay man in DC. However, he still yearned to find fellow sports enthusiasts in the gay community. Steve met law school acquaintance Cal Steinmetz at drag bar the Rogue. The two became best friends––bonding over their similar upbringings, and intense love of sports––and Steve eventually joined Cal’s law practice in Dupont Circle. Meanwhile, gay sports leagues began forming in DC in the early 80s with the creation of DC Sports, and Steve and Cal enthusiastically joined various gay leagues. Steve played softball, bowling, and tennis, finding the leagues a great way to meet other gay men, make friends, and engage in friendly competition. In 1993, after learning that the 1994 Gay Games were set to be in New York, Steve––an ice hockey fanatic––decided to create DC’s very own gay ice hockey team. His team competed in both the 1994 and 1998 Gay Games, winning the gold medal in 1994. In September of 2025, Steve currently splits his time between Florida and Silver Spring, and continues to bowl and play pickleball. He notes that the gay leagues are far less popular than they once were, and wonders how growing acceptance of LGBT people has affected their existence. He is nostalgic for the time when gay sports spaces were all the rage, where one could share a space with other gay people and be fully understood. Steve critiques the current political atmosphere in 2025 of LGBT repression and hate, and wonders how this will affect all the progress of acceptance that’s been made. He also muses that in recent times, he’s been more forthcoming with telling people he’s gay. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/11/2025 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This oral history belongs to the Rainbow History Project 1970s 1980s 1990s Athletic clubs Bars and clubs Communication systems Community Dance clubs Drag performances Gay Games Gay men HIV/AIDS Marches Nightlife Sports Switchboards Washington Blade Washington D.C. https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/c5f167507bc01f59baed86b1f460b6ce.pdf 57a1339f9b7e3793c9831861adf48e29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Mark Meinke Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Nancy Tucker Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. yes Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 46:18/33:15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Nancy Tucker Description An account of the resource Would you like to listen to this audio? Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/1/2009 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This oral history belongs to the Rainbow History Project In this interview, Nancy discusses AA a few times in this interview. We have removed all mentions of AA in her public interview. Only AA members can access the uncensored version. For more information, please reach out to: <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> Abstract A summary of the resource. Nancy Tucker moved with her family to the DC metro area in the late 1950s when her father was hired at the Pentagon. In 1966, while a student at Mary Washington University, Tucker learned of The Mattachine Society of Washington from gay newspapers coming out from San Francisco. Upon turning twenty-one, Tucker applied for membership. At the time, the Mattachine Society preached concepts of civil libertarianism, in which homosexuals would receive their civil rights upon proving they were assimilated, upstanding citizens. However, the 1969 Stonewall riots (and the birth of the gay liberation movement) quickly began changing the face of gay activism in DC. During this time, The Mattachine Society of Washington asked Tucker if she would be the co-editor of a community newspaper for the DC gay community. Tucker agreed, and thus the famous Washington Blade was born. Tucker ran the Blade for several years–often as an entirely self-funded endeavor–and provided an invaluable resource to the DC gay community in the early 1970s. Although Tucker was involved in various activist groups during this time (often through her role as editor of the Blade), she found it difficult to find her place in these burgeoning movements, as she was uncomfortable with both the radical separatism of the women’s liberation movement as well as the misogyny of majority-male groups such as the Gay Liberation Front. By the mid-70s, Tucker handed off the Blade to others in the community, and left the world of gay activism. Tucker became re-involved in the DC gay community in the late 1980s via the Gay Women’s Alternative (where she eventually became president), and helped organize their programming around the wildly popular topics of “sex and shrinks.” In her later years, Tucker moved to San Francisco with her partner, and ultimately retired in Albuquerque. 1960s 1970s 1980s Academic organizations Activism Bars and clubs Blackmail Bookstores Cade Ware Community Dupont Circle Eva Freund Frank Kameny Furies Gay Activist Alliance (GAA) Gay Liberation Front Gay Women's Alternative (GWA) Jo-Anna's Johnnie's Mattachine Society Nightlife Plus One Protests Publications Stonewall Riots Virginia Washington Blade Washington D.C. https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/758daefb06cdd74a538ed69c0f2923b4.pdf aeb506d5af552bace77fd46f1f19c693 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Genny Beemyn Queer Capital Oral History Collection Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Sheila Alexander-Reid, September 11, 1998 Wanda Alston, September 11, 1998 Beverly F. Baker, September 10, 1998 Lawrence R. Banks, Jr., June 5, 1998 Joan E. Biren (JEB), June 2, 1998 Warren Blumenfeld, June 5, 1998 “Michael Borchert,” May 31, 1994 and June 15, 1998 Darren Buckner, June 13, 1998 Earline Budd, June 21, 1998 Donald Burch, III, June 22, 1999 Carlene Cheatam, June 4, 1998 Kwabena Rainey Cheeks, June 3, 1998 Lou Chibbaro, Jr., June 5, 1998 Countess Clarke, November 4, 2000 Tracey Conaty, May 27, 1998 Darryl Cooper, September 24, 1998 Ruby Corado, June 24, 2013 Mindy Daniels, May 22, 1998 Carol Anne Douglas, June 3, 1998 Larry Duckette, August 8, 1998 and October 5, 1999 Roy Eddey, September 6, 1998 Mary Farmer, August 6, 1998 Gideon Ferebee, Jr., October 9, 2000 Michael Ferri, June 20, 1998 “Haviland Ferris,” May 16, 1994 and May 21, 1998 Barney Frank, May 22, 1998 Jack Frey and Peter Morris, March 22, 1994 “Richard Galvin,” January 12, 1995 Gil Gerald, January 30, 2013 Theresa Gilchrist, June 15, 1999 Letitia Gomez, July 3, 1998 Jim Graham, May 26, 1998 Jaime Grant, June 2, 1998 Pat Hamilton, January 13, 1995 Reginald Harris, November 10, 2000 “Scott Harrison,” June 2, 1994 Diane Herz, June 27, 1998 Susan Hester, August 11, 1998 Leonard Hirsch, May 30, 1998 Meryl Hooker, June 2, 1998 Craig Howell, June 9, 1998 Chi Hughes, July 1, 1999 Louis Hughes, December 21, 2000 Loraine Hutchins, April 3, 1998 Sue Hyde, June 26, 1998 Edward James, May 25, 1994 Ralph Jarnagin, June 6, 1994 “Boots Johns,” July 14, 1997 Cary Alan Johnson, May 27, 1998 Sharen Shaw Johnson, August 7, 1998 ABilly S. Jones, June 15, 1999 Wayson Jones, June 27, 1998 “Andy Jordan,” May 29, 1998 Frank Kameny, March 20, 1994 and June 6, 1998 Kenneth Kero-Mentz, December 20, 2012 Thomas “Dusty” Keyes, May 30, 1994 and May 23, 1998 Kris Kleeberg, June 25, 1998 Deb Kolodny, May 26, 1998 Paul Kuntzler, August 5, 1998 Steve Langley, September 25, 1999 Barbara Lewis, June 12, 1998 Deacon Maccubbin, May 27, 1998 V. Papaya Mann, June 23, 1999 Lindsay McBride, August 7, 1998 Monique Meadows, September 1, 1998 Dennis Medina, July 8, 1998 Susan Messina, September 10, 1998 Deb Morris, September 25, 1998 Jack Nichols, May 20, 1995 and June 18, 1998 Diana Onley-Campbell, June 1, 1998 “Edith Parker,” June 9, 1994 and June 1, 1998 Michelle Parkerson, June 1, 1998 and June 29, 1999 Bruce Pennington, June 15, 1998 Isaiah J. Poole, May 31, 1998 Chris Prince, July 1, 1998 Ted Richards, May 24, 1995 and May 31, 1998 Robert Ricks, May 19, 1995 Colin Robinson, November 5, 2000 Rick Rosendall, August 8, 1998 Michael Sainte-Andress, June 21, 1999 Yolanda Santiago, June 9, 1998 Ron Simmons, June 3, 1998 Michael Singerman, June 1, 1998 Esther Smith, June 9, 1994 Sabrina Sojourner, June 12, 1998 Cheryl Ann Spector, May 26, 1998 James P. Theis, June 4, 1998 Thurlow Tibbs, May 24, 1994 “M. Tilden-Morgan,” May 23, 1994 and May 25, 1998 Jane Troxell, June 3, 1998 Nancy Tucker, June 19, 1998 Otto H. Ulrich, Jr., May 24, 1995 and May 23, 1998 Urvashi Vaid, December 17, 1998 Robert Michael Vanzant, May 25, 1998 Lilli Vincenz, June 6, 1998 Anne Vonhof, January 9, 2013 Ann Wachtel, May 30, 1998 “Ed Wallace,” May 25, 1994 and June 4, 1998 “Robert Wayne,” June 10, 1998 Courtney Williams, July 15, 1999 Jessica Xavier, April 2, 1998 and June 3, 1998 Michael Yarr, September 13, 1998 Bill Youngblood, June 1, 1994 and May 26, 1998 Amelie Zurn, May 28, 1998 Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews conducted while researching the 2014 publication "A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington, D.C." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Genny Beemyn, Ph.D. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use. Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Interviews are digitized; some may have transcripts. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Genny Beemyn Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Nancy Tucker Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 46:13 / 3:08 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Nancy Tucker (Queer Capital-Genny Beemyn) Subject The topic of the resource This is an Oral History interview taken by Genny Beemyn for their book "A Queer Capital: a History of Gay Life in Washington D.C." They have donated their interviews to the Rainbow History Project. Description An account of the resource Interested in listening to this audio? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> for access Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/19/1998 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This interview was donated to RHP by Genny Beemyn Abstract A summary of the resource. In 1967, Nancy Tucker was a young college student in DC interested in meeting other openly gay people. Having heard about the Mattachine Society of Washington through gay newspapers coming out of San Francisco, she contacted the group and interviewed for membership. At the time, the Mattachine Society–led by pioneering LGBT activists such as Frank Kameny, Eva Freund, and Lilli Vincenz–preached concepts of civil libertarianism, in which homosexuals would receive their civil rights upon proving they were assimilated, upstanding citizens. However, Tucker describes how the mood began to change in 1969, when the Stonewall Riots kickstarted the Gay Liberation movement. This tension between liberationist and assimilationist politics led to The Mattachine Society of Washington starting a publication, initially with the intention of communicating civil libertarianism to the gay community in Washington. Tucker was chosen as one of the editors, and thus the famous Washington Blade was born. Tucker describes how the Blade soon became an important newspaper for the gay community. Distributed at various gay spots throughout DC, it communicated not only general news about the community, but also roommate referral services, warnings of police entrapment, and eventually news about even the more previously underground LGBT communities, such as the drag and leather communities. As the liberation movements of the late 60s and 70s grew in popularity, Tucker describes how it became increasingly difficult to find her own place in them. She was uncomfortable with both the misogyny of the overwhelmingly gay male Gay Liberation Front, as well as the radical feminism of lesbian separatist groups such as The Furies Collective. Tucker left the gay activist community in the mid-1970s, passed on the publishing of The Washington Blade to others, and subsequently became more involved with AA and gay AA groups. In the late 80s, however, Tucker re-entered the community via the Gay Women’s Alternative and OWLS (Older Wiser Lesbians), and enjoyed creating lesbian spaces with lectures, potlucks, dances, and other community programming. 1960s 1970s Advertisements Advocacy groups Arlington VA Bars and clubs Bookstores Community Dances Eva Freund Frank Kameny Furies Gay Activist Alliance (GAA) Gay Liberation Front Gay Women's Alternative (GWA) Lesbians Lilli Vincenz Mattachine Society Medical conditions Newsletters Nightlife Perrin Shaffer Plus One Politics Protests Publications Sexism Stonewall Riots Virginia Washington Blade Washington D.C. Whitman-Walker Clinic https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/7207cbc3fe6f3f602142a138149bf476.pdf e70565e08fda16a0f74c6fb4eae0dd7c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Genny Beemyn Queer Capital Oral History Collection Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Sheila Alexander-Reid, September 11, 1998 Wanda Alston, September 11, 1998 Beverly F. Baker, September 10, 1998 Lawrence R. Banks, Jr., June 5, 1998 Joan E. Biren (JEB), June 2, 1998 Warren Blumenfeld, June 5, 1998 “Michael Borchert,” May 31, 1994 and June 15, 1998 Darren Buckner, June 13, 1998 Earline Budd, June 21, 1998 Donald Burch, III, June 22, 1999 Carlene Cheatam, June 4, 1998 Kwabena Rainey Cheeks, June 3, 1998 Lou Chibbaro, Jr., June 5, 1998 Countess Clarke, November 4, 2000 Tracey Conaty, May 27, 1998 Darryl Cooper, September 24, 1998 Ruby Corado, June 24, 2013 Mindy Daniels, May 22, 1998 Carol Anne Douglas, June 3, 1998 Larry Duckette, August 8, 1998 and October 5, 1999 Roy Eddey, September 6, 1998 Mary Farmer, August 6, 1998 Gideon Ferebee, Jr., October 9, 2000 Michael Ferri, June 20, 1998 “Haviland Ferris,” May 16, 1994 and May 21, 1998 Barney Frank, May 22, 1998 Jack Frey and Peter Morris, March 22, 1994 “Richard Galvin,” January 12, 1995 Gil Gerald, January 30, 2013 Theresa Gilchrist, June 15, 1999 Letitia Gomez, July 3, 1998 Jim Graham, May 26, 1998 Jaime Grant, June 2, 1998 Pat Hamilton, January 13, 1995 Reginald Harris, November 10, 2000 “Scott Harrison,” June 2, 1994 Diane Herz, June 27, 1998 Susan Hester, August 11, 1998 Leonard Hirsch, May 30, 1998 Meryl Hooker, June 2, 1998 Craig Howell, June 9, 1998 Chi Hughes, July 1, 1999 Louis Hughes, December 21, 2000 Loraine Hutchins, April 3, 1998 Sue Hyde, June 26, 1998 Edward James, May 25, 1994 Ralph Jarnagin, June 6, 1994 “Boots Johns,” July 14, 1997 Cary Alan Johnson, May 27, 1998 Sharen Shaw Johnson, August 7, 1998 ABilly S. Jones, June 15, 1999 Wayson Jones, June 27, 1998 “Andy Jordan,” May 29, 1998 Frank Kameny, March 20, 1994 and June 6, 1998 Kenneth Kero-Mentz, December 20, 2012 Thomas “Dusty” Keyes, May 30, 1994 and May 23, 1998 Kris Kleeberg, June 25, 1998 Deb Kolodny, May 26, 1998 Paul Kuntzler, August 5, 1998 Steve Langley, September 25, 1999 Barbara Lewis, June 12, 1998 Deacon Maccubbin, May 27, 1998 V. Papaya Mann, June 23, 1999 Lindsay McBride, August 7, 1998 Monique Meadows, September 1, 1998 Dennis Medina, July 8, 1998 Susan Messina, September 10, 1998 Deb Morris, September 25, 1998 Jack Nichols, May 20, 1995 and June 18, 1998 Diana Onley-Campbell, June 1, 1998 “Edith Parker,” June 9, 1994 and June 1, 1998 Michelle Parkerson, June 1, 1998 and June 29, 1999 Bruce Pennington, June 15, 1998 Isaiah J. Poole, May 31, 1998 Chris Prince, July 1, 1998 Ted Richards, May 24, 1995 and May 31, 1998 Robert Ricks, May 19, 1995 Colin Robinson, November 5, 2000 Rick Rosendall, August 8, 1998 Michael Sainte-Andress, June 21, 1999 Yolanda Santiago, June 9, 1998 Ron Simmons, June 3, 1998 Michael Singerman, June 1, 1998 Esther Smith, June 9, 1994 Sabrina Sojourner, June 12, 1998 Cheryl Ann Spector, May 26, 1998 James P. Theis, June 4, 1998 Thurlow Tibbs, May 24, 1994 “M. Tilden-Morgan,” May 23, 1994 and May 25, 1998 Jane Troxell, June 3, 1998 Nancy Tucker, June 19, 1998 Otto H. Ulrich, Jr., May 24, 1995 and May 23, 1998 Urvashi Vaid, December 17, 1998 Robert Michael Vanzant, May 25, 1998 Lilli Vincenz, June 6, 1998 Anne Vonhof, January 9, 2013 Ann Wachtel, May 30, 1998 “Ed Wallace,” May 25, 1994 and June 4, 1998 “Robert Wayne,” June 10, 1998 Courtney Williams, July 15, 1999 Jessica Xavier, April 2, 1998 and June 3, 1998 Michael Yarr, September 13, 1998 Bill Youngblood, June 1, 1994 and May 26, 1998 Amelie Zurn, May 28, 1998 Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews conducted while researching the 2014 publication "A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington, D.C." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Genny Beemyn, Ph.D. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use. Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Interviews are digitized; some may have transcripts. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Genny Beemyn Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Yolanda Santiago Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Transcription available Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 37:06 Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 1 audio file (37:06) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Yolanda Santiago (Queer Capital-Genny Beemyn) Subject The topic of the resource Oral History with Yolanda Santiago by Genny Beemyn in 1998 for their book "A Queer Capital: a History of Gay Life in Washington D.C." Description An account of the resource Would you like to listen to this audio? Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/9/1998 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This interview was donated to RHP by Genny Beemyn Abstract A summary of the resource. Yolanda Santiago is a Latina lesbian activist and the former president of ENLACE, an organization dedicated to supporting LGBT+ Latinos. In this interview, she reflects on her dual identity as both Latina and lesbian, and the ways that intersection shaped her experiences within the predominantly white LGBT+ community. She explains how the struggles and priorities of Latino LGBT+ people, such as immigration status, economic survival, and culturally rooted definitions of family, often differed significantly from those of white LGBT+ individuals. In this interview, she also discusses her leadership within ENLACE, including organizing community dances as acts of political power designed to demonstrate collective strength and demand recognition from both mainstream Latino institutions and the broader LGBTQ+ community. Under her guidance, ENLACE established critical services such as a national Latino gay and lesbian hotline and HIV/AIDS outreach programs. Santiago further reflects on the Mount Pleasant riots and the community response to the murder of Anna Marie Rosario, situating these events within broader struggles for justice and visibility. 1980s 1990s Advocacy groups Communication systems Community Dances Discrimination ENLACE Gay Pride HIV/AIDS Intersectionality Latine Lesbians Police Protests Racism Washington Blade Washington D.C. https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/59b44917c46ea39f02402e911006e4f0.pdf 3017c728368f5c523ca86189eaf25b30 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Genny Beemyn Queer Capital Oral History Collection Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Sheila Alexander-Reid, September 11, 1998 Wanda Alston, September 11, 1998 Beverly F. Baker, September 10, 1998 Lawrence R. Banks, Jr., June 5, 1998 Joan E. Biren (JEB), June 2, 1998 Warren Blumenfeld, June 5, 1998 “Michael Borchert,” May 31, 1994 and June 15, 1998 Darren Buckner, June 13, 1998 Earline Budd, June 21, 1998 Donald Burch, III, June 22, 1999 Carlene Cheatam, June 4, 1998 Kwabena Rainey Cheeks, June 3, 1998 Lou Chibbaro, Jr., June 5, 1998 Countess Clarke, November 4, 2000 Tracey Conaty, May 27, 1998 Darryl Cooper, September 24, 1998 Ruby Corado, June 24, 2013 Mindy Daniels, May 22, 1998 Carol Anne Douglas, June 3, 1998 Larry Duckette, August 8, 1998 and October 5, 1999 Roy Eddey, September 6, 1998 Mary Farmer, August 6, 1998 Gideon Ferebee, Jr., October 9, 2000 Michael Ferri, June 20, 1998 “Haviland Ferris,” May 16, 1994 and May 21, 1998 Barney Frank, May 22, 1998 Jack Frey and Peter Morris, March 22, 1994 “Richard Galvin,” January 12, 1995 Gil Gerald, January 30, 2013 Theresa Gilchrist, June 15, 1999 Letitia Gomez, July 3, 1998 Jim Graham, May 26, 1998 Jaime Grant, June 2, 1998 Pat Hamilton, January 13, 1995 Reginald Harris, November 10, 2000 “Scott Harrison,” June 2, 1994 Diane Herz, June 27, 1998 Susan Hester, August 11, 1998 Leonard Hirsch, May 30, 1998 Meryl Hooker, June 2, 1998 Craig Howell, June 9, 1998 Chi Hughes, July 1, 1999 Louis Hughes, December 21, 2000 Loraine Hutchins, April 3, 1998 Sue Hyde, June 26, 1998 Edward James, May 25, 1994 Ralph Jarnagin, June 6, 1994 “Boots Johns,” July 14, 1997 Cary Alan Johnson, May 27, 1998 Sharen Shaw Johnson, August 7, 1998 ABilly S. Jones, June 15, 1999 Wayson Jones, June 27, 1998 “Andy Jordan,” May 29, 1998 Frank Kameny, March 20, 1994 and June 6, 1998 Kenneth Kero-Mentz, December 20, 2012 Thomas “Dusty” Keyes, May 30, 1994 and May 23, 1998 Kris Kleeberg, June 25, 1998 Deb Kolodny, May 26, 1998 Paul Kuntzler, August 5, 1998 Steve Langley, September 25, 1999 Barbara Lewis, June 12, 1998 Deacon Maccubbin, May 27, 1998 V. Papaya Mann, June 23, 1999 Lindsay McBride, August 7, 1998 Monique Meadows, September 1, 1998 Dennis Medina, July 8, 1998 Susan Messina, September 10, 1998 Deb Morris, September 25, 1998 Jack Nichols, May 20, 1995 and June 18, 1998 Diana Onley-Campbell, June 1, 1998 “Edith Parker,” June 9, 1994 and June 1, 1998 Michelle Parkerson, June 1, 1998 and June 29, 1999 Bruce Pennington, June 15, 1998 Isaiah J. Poole, May 31, 1998 Chris Prince, July 1, 1998 Ted Richards, May 24, 1995 and May 31, 1998 Robert Ricks, May 19, 1995 Colin Robinson, November 5, 2000 Rick Rosendall, August 8, 1998 Michael Sainte-Andress, June 21, 1999 Yolanda Santiago, June 9, 1998 Ron Simmons, June 3, 1998 Michael Singerman, June 1, 1998 Esther Smith, June 9, 1994 Sabrina Sojourner, June 12, 1998 Cheryl Ann Spector, May 26, 1998 James P. Theis, June 4, 1998 Thurlow Tibbs, May 24, 1994 “M. Tilden-Morgan,” May 23, 1994 and May 25, 1998 Jane Troxell, June 3, 1998 Nancy Tucker, June 19, 1998 Otto H. Ulrich, Jr., May 24, 1995 and May 23, 1998 Urvashi Vaid, December 17, 1998 Robert Michael Vanzant, May 25, 1998 Lilli Vincenz, June 6, 1998 Anne Vonhof, January 9, 2013 Ann Wachtel, May 30, 1998 “Ed Wallace,” May 25, 1994 and June 4, 1998 “Robert Wayne,” June 10, 1998 Courtney Williams, July 15, 1999 Jessica Xavier, April 2, 1998 and June 3, 1998 Michael Yarr, September 13, 1998 Bill Youngblood, June 1, 1994 and May 26, 1998 Amelie Zurn, May 28, 1998 Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews conducted while researching the 2014 publication "A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington, D.C." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Genny Beemyn, Ph.D. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use. Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Interviews are digitized; some may have transcripts. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Genny Beemyn Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Monique Meadows Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 24:45 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Monique Meadows (Queer Capital-Genny Beemyn) Subject The topic of the resource This is an Oral History interview taken by Genny Beemyn for their book "A Queer Capital: a History of Gay Life in Washington D.C." They have donated their interviews to the Rainbow History Project. Description An account of the resource Interested in listening to this audio? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> for access Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/1/1998 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This interview was donated to RHP by Genny Beemyn Abstract A summary of the resource. Monique Meadows moved to Washington D.C. in 1993 after graduating from college to attend Howard University working towards a masters in political science. Upon arriving in D.C., Monique began to question her sexuality and decided to connect with local LGBT organizations, like the Lesbian Resource and Counseling Center, and Howard’s black LGBT group Oshala. Through those organizations, she met many people who were living openly in their sexualities. Since 1993, Monique has been connected with the Black Lesbian Support Group (BLSG) and became vice president in 1998. Through her work with BLSG, Monique wanted to create a community where women could freely express their sexualities and be comfortable living openly. Monique also discusses the black lesbian community in D.C. and the challenges they face in organizing within their community and with other LGBT communities in DC. Specifically, within the black lesbian community there was a disconnect between older and younger generations. Older generations felt like younger people were not interested in community organizing or in taking on leadership roles, while younger people felt like they wanted to be involved but needed mentorship and support from older people to make connections and understand how to organize. Monique explores how the black lesbian community wanted to connect LGBT issues to broader human rights campaigns to focus on intersectionality, leading to difficulty engaging with other communities to support LGBT issues and concern over how any action or inaction would be perceived. Additionally, she discusses the complicated connection between black lesbian and gay communities, including lack of interaction and women's discomfort existing in gay male spaces. 1990s Academic organizations Advocacy groups Black Coming out Community Feminism Intersectionality Lesbians Marches Washington D.C. Whitman-Walker Clinic Women Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Jeff Donahoe Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Edward "Ted" Coltman Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. No Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Audio (01:10:32) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Interview with Edward "Ted" Coltman Description An account of the resource Interested in listening to this audio? Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/6/2022 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This interview belongs to the Rainbow History Project Bisexual people Community Gay men Washington D.C. https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/64a2bb3269e013de490ca00e20bf3d52.pdf a95a4a96b7608052f147a72f1ed26571 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Marty Webb Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. T.J. Flavell Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes, transcript available Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available, 01:16:11 (audio .m4a, 69 MB) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Interview with T.J. Flavell, 1965- Abstract A summary of the resource. T.J. Flavell grew up in Northern Minnesota, where he also attended community college. He then later came out shortly after graduation. His arrival to the DC area had been a luck strike while attending American University for his Masters Degree. T.J expresses the importance of education throughout this interview, emphasizing it is the only way to do right by your people (community). Upon his discovery of the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) while in the DC area, he quickly made it his priority to contribute where and when needed. He had become a huge advocate for hosting events, saying that meeting in community spaces over a shared meal allows for special moments to occur. While volunteering with AGLA T.J mentions that the transgender community had impacted him the most because hadn't realized how under-appreciated they had been. He mentions that he is interested in starting a nonprofit organization himself, only in an attempt to support the already long-standing organizations he has grown to appreciate. Description An account of the resource Interested in listening to this audio? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> for access Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This oral history belongs to the Rainbow History Project 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Activism Advocacy groups Arlington VA Communication systems Community Northern Virginia (NOVA) Politics Restaurants Transgender people Virginia https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/9d9c1da752da90059fdc27ad9f8931fc.pdf 320c3151057fdbf5d9cfb214115e57d2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Anne Halbert Brooks Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Ryan Bos Location The location of the interview. Capital Pride Office at the DC Center Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes, transcription available Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available (audio .m4a) 26 MB, 00:55:53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Interview with Ryan Bos, 1974- Abstract A summary of the resource. Executive Director of Capital Pride Alliance, Ryan Bos discusses his experiences concerning the attendance and planning of LGBTQ pride parades. Drawing inspiration from when he was a young boy attending music festivals in Indiana or when he competed in Washington DC’s LGBTQ sports leagues, Bos shows deep appreciation for the sense of community surrounding larger pride events. Joining Capital Pride in the early 2010s, Bos works with organizations such as InterPride, NERP (Northeastern Regional Prides) and POSE (Prides of the Southeast) to orchestrate large-scale pride parades. In this discussion, Bos also tackles issues such as the No Justice No Pride protest, the necessity to promote diverse voices in the community, and the question of whether ‘Pride’ itself is still needed in the present day. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 30, 2017 Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The interview belongs to the Rainbow History Project. The RHP release form was used and all rights belong to RHP. Description An account of the resource Want access to this audio? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access Academic organizations AIDS remembrance Athletic clubs Badlands Baltimore MD Bars and clubs Black Capital Pride Capital Pride Alliance Community Community centers Dance clubs Frank Kameny Gay Games HIV/AIDS Latine Maryland Nightlife Pride Pride events Protests Sports Student groups Tracks Washington D.C. Youth advocacy https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/764fde003514c7c1fb6581f85735a46b.pdf b102f78f364db5029696e9b9d118003f PDF Text Text A discussion on the historic intersection between the LGBTQ+ community and the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, with Earline Budd, Craig Howell, Mindy Daniels, Dee Curry, Brett Parson, and Rayceen Pendarvis. �Rainbow History Project Our mission is to collect, preserve, and promote an active knowledge of the history, arts, and culture relevant to sexually diverse communities in metropolitan Washington DC. Please visit our website for more information about our organization and how to make a donation of historical items or funds to support our efforts. www.rainbowhistory.org Rainbow History Project P.O. Box 73176 Washington, DC 20056 �A NOTE ABOUT TONIGHT’S PROGRAM As we gather tonight, we come with the understanding that there might be dissonance related to a topic and panel such as this one. As we prepare to engage in conversation around LGBTQ+ people and the police, we acknowledge that this relationship has not always been a positive one - and to many, a relationship is still lacking. From the 2016 FBI hate crimes statistics, the Human Rights Campaign reported that thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country did not submit hate crimes data, and 88% simply indicated that no hate crimes had occurred in their city. Given our own lived experiences, we know this is not the case. Historically, police enforced anti-LGBTQ+ laws that banned “homosexual acts,” cops raided bars and gathering spaces for LGBTQ+ people, and LGBTQ+ people often resorted to policing themselves as a result of explicit dismissal from officers. While police forces, including the Metropolitan Police Department, have created units and divisions within their ranks, LGBTQ+ people have traditionally had little or no agency when it comes to laws impacting our communities, neighborhoods, and society at large. And despite these internal affinity groups, we know that many LGBTQ+ people still face significant discrimination as a result of police force(s) and policing. While we engage in tonight’s panel in the spirit of capturing where we have come from with regard to this topic, we do not engage in a way that minimizes or dismisses the real threat toward and against LGBTQ+ people that continues today. Thank you for being here tonight. We look forward to a thoughtful and important conversation ahead. �TONIGHT’S PROGRAM 6:30-8:30 pm Panel discussion of the history of the relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and the police Moderator Rayceen Pendarvis Panelists Earline Budd Dee Curry Mindy Daniels Craig Howell Brett Parson 8:30-9 pm Post-Panel Reception If you have questions for the panel, please submit your questions in writing on cards provided at the reception desk. If you enjoy tonight’s history panel, consider making a donation to Rainbow History Project to support future LGBTQ+ history events. �OUR PANELISTS Earline Budd Earline Budd is a 60-year-old transgender woman constantly fighting to make a difference in the lives of transgender people and other members of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGBT) community. Earline works as a Non-Medical Case Manager at Helping Individual People Survive, (HIPS) in Washington DC, serving   transgender, lesbian, gay/bisexual and other individuals. She is one of the founding members and former Executive Director of Transgender Health Empowerment, Inc. founded in 1996. Earline is the Executive Director of Empowering the Transgender Community ETC, a new grassroots 501c(3) non-profit organization which will provide an array of services for Transgender people in the DC area. ETC’s mission is striving to serve, empower, support and save lives daily. For more than 20 years, Earline has been a consultant to local and national organizations concerned with cultural sensitivity in working with transgender people. Some of the trainings have been for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMPSA), The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), the Pennsylvania Mid Atlantic Training Center, the DC Department of Health, DC Department of Corrections, DC Crime Victim Program, The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, DC shelter providers, and many others. Earline has over 25 years of experience in working with these special populations and those struggling with substance abuse, mental health, homelessness and HIV/AIDS. Earline has two years of college and is eager to continue her education in social work. Earline is one of the District of Columbia's first transgender women to serve as a Commissioner in the Office of Human Rights. Earline also serves as a liaison to the DC Department of Corrections on transgender issues, and is a member of the Department of Corrections Transgender Advisory Committee. Earline was selected by the District of Columbia Recovery Advisory Council (DCRAC) as their first recipient for the Purple Wave Community Service Award on September 24, 2016. Earline describes her everyday hobby as wanting to just "Help Some Body." �Dee Curry Dee Curry is a long time community member and volunteer. She is a native Washingtonian and has lived in DC for 95% of her life. She is a staunch advocate and civil rights activist. She believes that ALL LIVES MATTER. She was recently sworn in as a member of the Street Harassment Board under the current DC mayor. She has been a member of the Ryan White Planning Council and she was one of the Transgender leaders responsible for founding Transgenders Against Discrimination and Defamation (TADD). She is currently organizing and promoting a wellness initiative for Washington, DC called Solutions2Wellness/And Still I Rise. This initiative culminates in an annual wellness conference in November. She is currently a member of the Anti-Violence Project. The purpose of this project is to give victims of violence a platform that fosters recovery and healing. She has a long, storied and "complicated" history with the Metropolitan Police Department. Although that relationship has not always been the best, it is continuing to grow. They, and we, still have much work to do. Mindy Daniels Mindy is originally from New York and relocated to the DC area as a researcher with Time Life Books. She obtained her law degree from the George Washington University National Law Center and then turned her attention to LGBT issues, fighting for equal rights and protections under the law for her community. A member of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), she served as an officer for several years and in 1991 became the second woman to lead GLAA. While President, Mindy was heavily engaged in the campaigns that created domestic partnership legislation and the long awaited reform of the District’s sodomy laws. At the same time, a surge in violent homophobic incidents in the city and issues of police policy, highlighted by a police raid on a gay club and a near riot during the 1992 High Heel Drag Race, created a need for dialogue and policy making with the Metropolitan Police Department. For several years, Mindy served as a liaison between the LGBT community and local prosecutors and law enforcement. To help protect the large numbers of men being arrested and convicted for indecent exposure or engaging in same-sex public displays of their attractions, Mindy �convinced prosecutors to extend the lesser penalty of diversion and community service to first-time offenders. She convinced judges to include sexual orientation in judicial surveys regarding bias in the court system. Mindy worked with Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) to pressure police and prosecutors to stop their foot dragging in implementing the city’s BiasRelated Crimes Act of 1989. To bring greater attention to the issues involving violence against LGBT persons she initiated Walk Without Fear. On November 15th, 1991, Mindy rallied more than 600 people at Dupont Circle to remember local victims of bias-related crimes and create a public outcry for police and prosecutors to put teeth into the law by including the words “bias-related” in charging documents. Walk Without Fear became an annual event through the 1990s. Mindy herself was the victim of a bias-related crime. The tragic death of Tyra Hunter, a transgender woman who was denied treatment by the city’s EMS department in 1995, and the blatant discrimination within the Fire/EMS Department against diversity trainer Kenda Kirby based on Kirby’s sexual orientation and personal appearance, drew Mindy’s involvement. Kirby was hired in 2003 as part of a civil settlement in Hunter’s death but was harassed and blatantly discriminated against during her one-year tenure, prompting a five- yearlong lawsuit against the Department that was handled by Mindy and ultimately won. She has been the recipient of several community service awards, including Capital Pride Hero and was named a Pioneer by the Rainbow History Project in 2009. Craig Howell Craig Howell is a native Washingtonian who has lived virtually his entire life in the Metro DC area. He attended St. Anselm's Abbey High School in Northeast Washington and then graduated from Georgetown University in 1967 with a degree in economics. He was drafted into the Army in 1969 and spent most of his twoyear stint successfully preventing Viet Cong attacks in West Germany, for which service he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. He worked for many years at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, specializing in the economic interpretation of inflation data. In 1994, he accepted an offer for early retirement from the federal civil service, after helping to secure a new anti-discrimination policy from the Department of Labor that explicitly banned employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. �Craig joined what was then known as the Gay Activists Alliance of Washington (now the Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance or GLAA) in October 1973 and became GLAA's Vice President under President Cade Ware a few months later. He came out to one and all in September 1974 when he testified before the D.C. City Council denouncing homophobic policies and practices by the Metropolitan Police Department and was subsequently interviewed by several local television stations. That same year he helped to spearhead GLAA's Elections Project, as GLAA rated every candidate for Mayor and Council. The following year he and his GLAA colleagues successfully lobbied the newly-elected Council to abolish the MPD's homophobic Prostitution, Perversion & Obscenity (PPO) Squad and secured $50,000 city government funding for what was then called the Gay Men's VD Clinic. Craig appeared before the Council in July 1975 in support of legislation that would have recognized same-sex marriages in the District--which wound up as a rare legislative defeat. Craig served as GLAA President from October 1975 through September 1976. In 1977 and 1978, Craig was active in the efforts first to enact the Human Rights Act of 1977 and then to defend it against an aggressive drive to repeal it via the initiative process. Ultimately this led to the enactment of legislation in 1979 to prohibit initiative or referendum votes that would be inconsistent with our Human Rights Act. In 1978, Craig was personally asked by Mayor Barry to compile a roster of openly gay men and lesbians willing and able to serve on the District's various boards & commissions that Mayor Barry could appoint. Craig was involved with legislation establishing the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) in 1980. In the late 70s and early 80s, Craig concentrated much of his energy on the effort to persuade the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council to recognize the Nazi persecution of homosexual men as an integral part of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, then in its initial planning stages. Craig led GLAA's efforts to secure bigger budgets to reduce the massive case backlog at what is now known as the Office of Human Rights. Ultimately, this led to the establishment of OHR as an independent agency in the 1990s and the taming of its chronic backlog. After the CCRB was prematurely abolished by the Council in the mid-90s, Craig and others in GLAA worked with other civil liberties groups to create a new agency with strengthened powers, the Office of Police Complaints. Craig also serves as President of the Chrysalis Arts & Culture Group of Washington and as Woods (i.e., Hiking) Coordinator for the Adventuring LGBTQ+ Outdoors Club. In 2007 the Rainbow History Project named him a Gay Pioneer. �Brett Parson Brett Parson has been serving the Metropolitan Police Department, in Washington D.C, (MPDC) for nearly 25 years and involved in Law Enforcement for over 30 years. He is currently assigned to the Executive Office of the Chief of Police, where he oversees the department's Special Liaison Branch. He returned to this position in December 2017, after a short detail to the Metropolitan Police Department's Academy. Until April 2016, he was assigned to MPDC's Patrol Services Bureau, in the city’s Sixth District, where he supervised the evening shift. Prior to returning to patrol in September of 2009, he was assigned to the Executive Office of the Chief of Police, where he commanded the department's Special Liaison Unit (SLU) and was an assistant to Chief Cathy Lanier. Under Parson's command were the department's four core liaison units (LGBT, Latino, Asian, and Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Even after leaving the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), he continued to speak publicly regarding GLBT issues, and trains law enforcement in ways to better serve the GLBTQ+ communities. Community members, law enforcement and the media have recognized him as a national leader in GLBTQ-Police relations. Brett is nationally and internationally recognized as a resource for investigations involving crimes by, and against the GLBTQ communities and he has spoken and taught in several other countries on the subject of providing diverse policing, hate/bias crime enforcement and investigations and intimate partner violence. In recognition of this unique work, the GLLU was named the winner of the 2006 Innovations in American Government Award, by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government – Ashe Institute. Brett received his B.A. (Criminal Justice/Spanish) from the University of Maryland at College Park (Go Terps!). From 1991-1993 he pursued his M.A. at the same school, studying Criminal Justice and Counseling. He is a certified POST instructor in DC and Maryland. A native Washingtonian and current resident, Brett's parents still live in the area, allowing him to unwind with family and lifelong friends. �Rayceen Pendarvis Rayceen Pendarvis is an emcee, columnist, social media personality, community advocate, former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, and lifelong Washingtonian. Rayceen is host of The Ask Rayceen Show (first Wednesdays, March through November, at HRC), a series of mixers (“Rayceen, Fix Me Up!”), monthly Reel Affirmations film screenings, and regularly hosts events in conjunction with The DC Center for the LGBT Community, DC Public Library, and DC Office on Aging. In addition to a column in SWERV magazine, Rayceen is a frequent contributor to EFNIKS.com and the magazines The Unleashed Voice and Q Virginia. Rayceen is also a co-host of The SWERV Show, which can be seen on ListenVisionLive.com every Wednesday at 10pm. Known as the Queen of the Shameless Plug, the High Priestess of Love, and the Goddess of DC, Rayceen has received numerous honors for nearly forty years of community service. Some of Rayceen’s most recent recognitions include being a Capital Pride Hero in 2016, a finalist in the Excellence in the Humanities category of the Mayor’s Arts Awards in 2017, and receiving three nominations (Best Local Influencer, Best Clergy, Best Transgender Advocate) in the Washington Blade’s Best of Gay DC Readers’ Choice Awards 2018. Earlier this year, Rayceen was named one of the Washington Blade’s Most Eligible Singles. For more information about Rayceen Pendarvis, Team Rayceen, and The Ask Rayceen Show, please visit Rayceen.com, TeamRayceen.eventbrite.com, and AskRayceen.com � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Panel Discussions and Public Recordings Description An account of the resource Since 2001, the Rainbow History Project hosts public panels and group discussions on a wide variety of historical topics. Each of these sessions is recorded and available to researchers and members of the community. Some events were filmed and are available through the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxBpdDGhR6XmUFVoEGLLeOA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RHP YouTube Channel</a>. Others are in audio-only format. All panels have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. If the recording does not stream from inside the record, please contact RHP for assistance: info@rainbowhistory.org Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per recording Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. All Rainbow History Project Public Panels are open to the public free of charge. All recordings are available to all researchers. In general, recordings capture comments of the moderator, panelists, and audience participation. Moving Image A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:37:34 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Mindy Daniels Dee Curry Brett Parson Rayceen Pendarvis Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. No, not yet transcribed Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available. WATCH ONLINE <a href="https://youtu.be/CURKHzzHqOU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RHP YouTube Channel</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Cops and Queers: The History of the Police and the LGBTQ+ Community in Washington, DC" Panel Discussion Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rainbow History Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Thursday, October 18, 2018, at the Thurgood Marshall Center. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the copyright holder. Please contact the Rainbow History Project for more information. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The recording was done by Irene Rojas of Small Wonder Media (www.smallwondermedia.com). Description An account of the resource A discussion on the historic intersection between the LGBTQ+ community and the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC with Mindy Daniels, Dee Curry, and Brett Parson, moderated by Rayceen Pendarvis. Craig Howell and Earline Budd were unable to attend. WATCH ONLINE <a href="https://youtu.be/CURKHzzHqOU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RHP YouTube Channel</a> Advocacy groups Community Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) Metropolitan Police Department Police Trans rights Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. No, not yet transcribed Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Meryl Kerley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with Maryl A. Kerley Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/25/2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Not for commercial use without my permission" Subject The topic of the resource 60s-00s Lesbian experience, lesbian social scene, Gay Women's Alternative, Gay Women's Open House Description An account of the resource LISTEN ONLINE <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_rmd0YNI039OU1PZGZSM2FfeUU/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-LanALWrJj0N8jkhij0z1Cg">1 of 2</a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_rmd0YNI039enNLeUJ0S25KZEU/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-cJ00FeDcn_PduJw9vuAPpw">2 of 2</a> Meryl Kerley shares her experience as part of the Washington, DC lesbian scene in the 1960s and beyond. Her family moved to the greater DC area in 1959, and when she graduated high school in 1966 she immediately began working in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a clerk. After reading an article in the Washington Star that gave a hotline number for a gay community center, Meryl decided to take a chance and call it. She then began going to lesbian house parties, and soon after divorced her husband. Outside of house parties, Meryl talks about going to lesbian bars like Phase 1 and Club Madame. While these places came with an increased risk of retaliation and violence, they were nonetheless an integral part of the lesbian community. Meryl was also involved in a sexuality task force and lesbian potlucks, but most of her early activism concerned the Gay Women’s Alternative (GWA). The GWA was a group that was very involved in education and networking within the lesbian community. The Washington, DC branch met every Wednesday and occasionally hosted dances or open houses. Meryl did a lot of work organizing events and keeping members informed by doing things like managing supplies, distributing fliers, and helping to manage mailing lists. Meryl also recounts her experiences as a gay woman within HUD and her part in HUD GLOBE in the 1990s. HUD GLOBE is the LGBT group at HUD, and it is still active today. Looking back on the years, Meryl recounts some of the lost spaces she misses the most, such as Lammas Books. She also recalls some of the intersectionality, or lack thereof, within the LGBT community. She talks about issues with male dominated LGBT spaces, as well as issues with trying to cultivate racial and ethnic diversity. 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Bars and clubs Community Gay Women's Alternative (GWA) Intersectionality Lesbians Nightlife Parties Phase One https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/8aca64e204d26f996d5255e5cee96c92.pdf f14a329326ca8994409f62d437578123 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Linda Berdine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with Linda Berdine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=3%2F28%2F2001">3/28/2001</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=No+restrictions+on+access%3B+no+restrictions+on+use.">No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use.</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1974-00s 1970s lesbian social scene, business experiences, Gay Women's Open House, Phase One Subject The topic of the resource Linda Berdine discusses the Washington D.C. bar scene, same sex couples having children, and the Gay and Lesbian chorus Description An account of the resource Would you like access to this file? Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org" title="oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> Language A language of the resource English 1970s 1980s 1990s Advocacy groups Arlington VA Bachelor's Mill Bars and clubs Chorus groups Community Dance clubs Discrimination Employment Grand Central Lesbian bars and clubs Lesbians Lilli Vincenz Lost and Found Music Nightlife Parenthood Parties Phase One Restaurants Virginia West Virginia https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/603e7577dd92418f60a038c78359799b.pdf 72a0031eff3a3cbddc0a6ed1b5176751 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Mark Meinke Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Jim Harvey Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with James "Jim" Harvey Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=8%2F19%2F2004">8/19/2004</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=No+restrictions+on+access%3B+no+restrictions+on+use.">No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use.</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 70s-00s African-American gay experience, political campaigns, Council campaign, AIDS organizations Description An account of the resource Interested in listening to this audio? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> for access 1960s 1970s 1980s Advocacy groups African Americans Bars and clubs Brass Rail Civil rights ClubHouse Community Dance clubs Discrimination Dupont Circle Education Gay men Healthcare HIV/AIDS La Zambra Local government Lost and Found Medical facilities Music Nightlife Nob Hill Police Restaurants Washington D.C. https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/41e6826c5d493abd69ae9997b5a5a999.pdf c6ade6de08d4274aed14033ca3bc8b6d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, 2 recordings available, (1:01:37; 00:09:56 ), 621.9 MB; 100.3 MB Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Jeff Donahoe Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Dr. Richard DiGioia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with Dr. Richard DiGioia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%22No+permissions+release+on+file.%22">"No permissions release on file."</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 70s-00s Gay male experience, gay health services, medical response to AIDS Abstract A summary of the resource. Dr. Richard DiGioia moved to Washington, DC in 1974 during a two-year medical military commitment. DiGioia, who had extensive experience treating sexually transmitted infections from his prior military service in Korea, first heard about the Gay Men’s Venereal Disease Clinic while listening to the Friends radio program in 1975. DiGioia began volunteering at the clinic, and soon became the clinic’s doctor. DiGioia also opened up his own internal practice in 1977, and advertised his services in the Washington Blade–becoming one of the first openly gay physicians in DC. By the early 1980s, DiGioia began seeing some of DC’s first cases of HIV/AIDS. DiGioia was heavily involved in treating, studying, and spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS in both the gay community and medical community in Washington. For example, DiGioia wrote a regular medical column in the Blade sharing updated information about the disease; served as chairman of the District’s AIDS Advisory Committee; gave regular talks to federal and medical groups about HIV/AIDS; was on the panel of DC’s first HIV/AIDS public forum at Lisner Auditorium in 1983 (both John Willig and Ray Engebretsen being his patients); and even took Mother Teresa on a tour around GWU Hospital to visit AIDS patients. DiGioia shares how being a gay doctor during the AIDS epidemic made him a better doctor in general, for he learned how to truly empathize with his patients, and offer them more holistic care. Towards the end of the interview, DiGioia raises concerns regarding the current situation of HIV/AIDS healthcare in 2007. He highlights the need for improved community education and empowerment in the gay community, as well as a major overhaul of the increasingly bureaucratized, unaffordable, and impersonal United States healthcare system making HIV/AIDS treatment inaccessible for so many Americans. This is a conversation between Dr. Richard DiGioia and an interviewer, discussing Dr. DiGioia's involvement in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington DC. Dr. DiGioia shares his experiences as a doctor at the Gay Men's VD clinic and later as a primary care physician treating HIV patients. He talks about the challenges faced by the gay community during the epidemic, including the lack of medical insurance and the need for education and awareness. Dr. DiGioia also discusses the changing landscape of HIV/AIDS care, including advancements in medications and the importance of access to healthcare for all individuals. The conversation highlights the impact of HIV/AIDS on the gay community and the efforts made by healthcare professionals and activists to address the epidemic. It also emphasizes the ongoing need for education, access to healthcare, and support for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 7, 2007 Description An account of the resource Would you like to listen to this audio? Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access 1970s 1980s 1990s Academic organizations Advocacy groups Bars and clubs Community Education Friends Radio Gay men Georgetown Grill Healthcare HIV/AIDS Medical conditions Medical facilities Military Nightlife Religion Religious facilities Television and radio Washington Blade Washington D.C. Whitman-Walker Clinic https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/e884acf6e20b7ab379107a3b582d703b.pdf e2b8c84792cabfe6a2d883d8dd885cb2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes, transcription available Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with Dr. Kwabena Rainey Cheeks Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%22Not+for+commercial+use+without+my+permission%22">"Not for commercial use without my permission"</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 70s-00s Native Washingtonian, African-American gay experience, the Clubhouse, AIDS support, faith communities Abstract A summary of the resource. Native Washingtonian Kwabena Rainey Cheeks, active in his community since childhood, tells the story of his life in activism, from helping those in his neighborhood as a child, to becoming a Minister and giving back well into adulthood. Cheeks grew up in martial arts, growing to be ranked top ten nationally. As one of the original founders of the Clubhouse, one of Washington’s most prominent Gay dance clubs in the 80’s, Cheeks interacted with many members of the community from famous ballet dancer Rudolf Nurevev to singer Patti LaBelle. Cheeks founded Us Helping Us, a nonprofit organization focused on helping those in the community affected with AIDS. Later in life he became a minister and founded the church Inner Light Unity Fellowship Church, which works to be an accepting community organization. Through the Church, Cheeks still to this day leads his community through mentorship, retreats, and activism, while continuing to create what he describes as heaven on Earth in the form of enjoying life. Description An account of the resource Want to listen to this audio? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Activism African Americans Assassination of MLK Bars and clubs ClubHouse Coffee houses Community Community Pioneers Dance clubs Dances Faith Gay men HIV/AIDS Medical facilities Military Native washingtonian Nightlife Rainey Cheeks Religion Religious facilities Virginia https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/33c8dbd1329537d24eed3dbd7d72c01a.pdf 0369d10befd99954995eb372292c527f https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/19809c9632c92b3ee78a73d399eb1a91.pdf edce2e5a7a7ea0bb12c4d9479436a90b https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/a2ee5ea4b3fa4fed29995f0cb46e4576.pdf f4f409a45e35a9daa8395df83ea07dfb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. No, not yet transcribed Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available. Click to listen to interview: <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_rmd0YNI039QWtWbUNIcy1ITDA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Part 1 of 3</a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_rmd0YNI039NUVIbmlLUTIzN3c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Part 2 of 3</a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_rmd0YNI039N2RrMHhEXzk3VHM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Part 3 of 3</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with Chuck Goldfarb Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/21/2004 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Not to be used for commercial gain or financial profit without my written permission" Subject The topic of the resource 70s-00s Gay experience, SMYAL, interracial relationships Description An account of the resource Interested in listening to this audio? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> for access Abstract A summary of the resource. In part one, Chuck Goldfarb discusses his experiences as an openly gay federal worker in the 1970s and 1980s when there were regulations against homosexuals working in the government. Chuck also talks about the first gay pride and his experiences with the Gay Switchboard, Black and White Men Together, SMYAL, Asians and Friends, and the SHARE Project. Chuck was extremely involved in various community organizations. For the Gay Switchboard, he was a facilitator for several years. Chuck discusses a split within the Gay Switchboard group over the need for more formal training for the volunteers and the challenges with intersectionality at the Gay Switchboard. In the 1980s, Chuck became involved in Black and White Men Together (BWMT) around the same time when the discrimination response system had been put in place. Chuck discusses the people who were working at BWMT that he got to work with, such as Chris Bates, Jim Mercer, and Bruce Pennington. He briefly touches upon the tension that existed between the local and national association of BWMT in terms of how politically radical they were. Chuck describes the major changes happening to the gay community at the beginnings of the AIDS Epidemic and the resources available in the Washington D.C. area, such as Whitman Walker Clinic. He goes on to discuss how the Whitman Walker Clinic was pushed to be more open to Black people, since it was primarily serving white men. Chuck was also heavily involved with AIDS related research, specifically the SHARE Project out of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore MD which conducted essential AIDS epidemiological study with over a thousand participants. He discusses both his participation in the SHARE Project as well as his role on the Community Advisory Board reviewing and approving questionnaires. Overall, Chuck discusses building his career in Washington D.C. and getting involved in the gay community, including being involved with and serving in leadership positions at several local organizations. In part two, Chuck continues to discuss his work with local organizations, primarily focusing on SMYAL and Asians and Friends. He got involved with SMYAL through the founders Stefan Wade and Robert Hartman. SMYAL was formed to support sexual minority youth in response to criminalization and hospitalization of gender non-conforming youth. Chuck discusses the challenges with working with a youth advocacy organization, including concern over adults volunteering and homophobia. He discusses how from the beginning of SMYAL, leadership was cognizant of the need to have strict rules in place to protect the volunteers, the organization, and youth from abuse allegations. Chuck describes the demographics of the youth that SMYAL served and the various ways they tried to publicize SMYAL through school newspapers. He acknowledges that SMYAL, while successful in having a racially diverse youth audience, struggled with serving youth across social classes. Chuck emphasizes that the struggle of serving youth across social classes was not an issue limited to SMYAL, but an issue inherent in American society. In the 1990s, Chuck became involved with Asians and Friends. Unlike with other organizations, Chuck decided to only be involved with Asians and Friends as a member not as a leader within the organization. That was mainly due to the core function of Asians and Friends being social not political. When discussing Asians and Friends, Chuck draws connections between them and Black and White Men Together. Additionally, he describes a tension between interracial organizations and all Black or all Asian organizations. While some organizations wanted to work with all Black or all Asian organizations, there was also tension and some organizations did not want to work with them. In addition to discussing the organizations Chuck was involved with, he also describes an annual Halloween party he held for several years starting in the 1980s. He discusses doing drag for the first time, at the urging of his friend Phillip Wright, and costumes people would wear to his parties. While discussing drag and dressing up, he notes that it is a liberating experience and that his parties created spaces where people could express themselves. In part three, Chuck discusses his friendship with Simon Nkoli, an anti-apartheid and gay rights activist in South Africa. Chuck became friends with Simon through a tour he did with the National Association of Black and White Men Together. In the 1990s Chuck traveled to South Africa for the first time, where he was able to reconnect with Simon and attend the first AIDS awareness event in South Africa. Chuck discusses Simon’s activism in South Africa and when he came to the US. Throughout the years, Chuck and Simon maintained their friendship and visited each other in South Africa and the US. Chuck describes how Simon was always interested in coming to SMYAL when visiting DC and talking with youth. Finally, Chuck discusses his passion for working with local organizations because of the importance of community. 1970s 1980s 1990s Activism Advocacy groups Asians Badlands Baltimore MD Black Black and White Men Together (BWMT) Bruce Pennington Community Community centers D.C. Coalition Discrimination Drag performances Employment Friends Radio Gay Community Center Gay Liberation Front Gay men Gay Pride Georgetown Grill Halloween HIV/AIDS Homophile Organizations Homophobia Local government March on Washington Marches Maryland Medical facilities Mr. P’s Parties Political organizations Politics Pride Pride events Racism Reagan Administration Religious facilities Social justice Switchboards Trans rights Virginia Washington D.C. Whitman-Walker Clinic Youth advocacy https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/532a5026d9bb56f5be3aeac6e0f132ca.pdf e00e2533ca296ce8ff93d757fd2fe21a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes, transcription available Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with Barrett Brick Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1%2F31%2F2001">1/31/2001</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=No+restrictions+on+access%3B+no+restrictions+on+use.">No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use.</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1985-00s Gay political activities/lobbying, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, Bet Mishpachah, gay immigration issues Abstract A summary of the resource. As an active member in the Jewish Gay and Lesbian community, Barret Brick made strides to establish and active and useful community in Washington D.C. Through the Washington Jewish Community Center, Brick helped establish many programs that became accessible for the Jewish Gay and Lesbian community, especially through recuiting Rabbis and other congregation leaders. Brick discusses the specifics of navigating the Washington Jewish community, whether through religion or politics, and his specific contributions to the greater Washington LGBTQ environment. Description An account of the resource Want access to this audio? Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access Activism Arlington VA Bars and clubs Community Community centers Dance clubs Drag performances Jewish Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Nightlife Northern Virginia (NOVA) Politics Religion Religious facilities Washington D.C. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gay Businesses and Venues Collection Description An account of the resource An artificial collection of advertisements, photographs, business cards, matchbooks, and flyers from gay businesses, religious organizations, and other spaces that created a safe haven for gay men, Lesbians, transgender people, and the drag community in Washington, D.C. from the 1950's to the 1980's. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Meinke, Mark Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newsprint Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gay Men's Counseling Collective advertisement Subject The topic of the resource Gay men--Mental health--Washington (D.C.) Gays--Social life and customs--Washington (D.C.) Peer counseling--Washington (D.C.) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reproduction+and+use+of+this+material+requires+permission+from+the+copyright+holder.+Please+contact+the+Rainbow+History+Project+for+more+information.">Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the copyright holder. Please contact the Rainbow History Project for more information.</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington (D.C.) Advertisements Community Gay men