1 25 7 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/a02abf4bf5ba12653e47e2e1caef7e9f.pdf 28da824d3f3d482ba3dfea4999bdef91 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. Jeff DiGregorio 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, 01:20:54 (audio .m4a, 74 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 Jeff DiGregorio, 1969- Abstract A summary of the resource. Jeff DiGregorio is a gay man from Arizona, where he resided along with his father who had taken up a career in the Air Force. In Jeff’s early 20s, he had taken up a career in architecture. He had originally been stationed in a department in Arizona but had received word of an opportunity in DC. Sadly, his carrer takes a turn when it is brough to his attention upon arrival that the department he wished to work for would not except him as the openly gay man his presented himself as. Jeff had been shocked by the way he had been treated because his gender identification had not been a problem at all back in Arizona. He grew concerned about how he would make a living. Eventually Jeff began making significant strides as far as aquainting himself with local gays and supporters of the LGBT community. While doing so he realized that it was time to stop trying to promote/help himself and start helping others who were like him. Jeff speaks to how Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) had opened his mind to many aspects of life/humanities, emphasizsing his appreciation for the transgender communtiy in particular as well. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/22/2021 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 <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <p><strong>Interested in accessing the audio file?</strong> <br />Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a></p> </div> 1990s 2000s Activism Advocacy groups Arlington VA Communication systems Discrimination Drag performances Dupont Circle Education Employment Fairfax City VA Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) Military Northern Virginia (NOVA) Obscenity laws Performing arts Politics Protests Restaurants Trans rights Transgender people Virginia West Virginia https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/7fcd9f8c01d4477103943a630cd99ac9.pdf 93e3d6322b6679da6a7474b587b8af3c https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/fb4915df09b45f10bb313e88cc3c11f0.pdf 7316e12d8ba979e8f139c69b1bccd50f https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/ac7a39174c97382bbc2135f3fc6d9c92.jpeg c17e6a88dab176ed42e8150bf31ce668 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/f4ec001364a5ede0cb9a0b0e83e33db5.jpeg 6bf3c8e8093ef044c6a25e487cdc038e https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/874a213afd8f352e7d491427ef873745.jpeg 184a519ed604cd1c83fa6db737a1c357 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/abbe36f47dd305e7b01dca6abafb8a69.jpeg 8dd5c3a74cef5f1210b175385c817b55 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. Vincent E. Slatt Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Don Miguel Crisostomo Location The location of the interview. Via Zoom; Crisostomo in Albuquerque, NM; Slatt in Washington, DC. 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, 01:29:00. (audio .m4a, 83 MB; video .mp4, 1.1GB) Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. No, not yet transcribed. 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 Don M. Crisostomo, 1952- Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/4/2023 Description An account of the resource Don Crisostomo is a native of Bethesda, MD, who came out in high school, was active in the Gay Student Alliance, Gay Men's VD Clinic, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the Couples Support Group and ENLACE. He founded the Suburban Maryland Gay and Lesbian Alliance and worked to get non-discrimination ordinance passed in Montgomery County. He also led the GAPIN-DC, the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Network. Relation A related resource In 2023, Crisostomo donated the GAPIN banner to RHP. The banner was created for the 1993 March on Washington and was used in the 1994 Stonewall 25 March in New York City, and at subsequent Pride events in DC. The banner was in Crisostomo's possession since the 1993 March until its donation to RHP. Photographs shown in interview (scans from originals held by Crisostomo): The first photo is me at DC Pride 1994 with the GAPIN banner. The next photo is me and friends from NYC at the Stonewall 25 March carrying the GAPIN banner. The third photo is the Gay Asian Support Network (GAPSN) Los Angeles banner carried in the Stonewall 25 March. The last photo is from the Rice Conference in NYC held during Stonewall 25, This national conference was sponsored by the Gay Asian Men of New York (GAPIMNY) group. 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. Abstract A summary of the resource. Don Miguel Crisostomo was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. His parents are Filipino (father) and Russian Jewish (mother); he was raised Catholic and practices some Judaism and also Buddhism. In 1970, during his senior year in high school, he gave a speech on gay rights and came out to his class and wrote “Legalize Homosexuality” on the chalkboard. He briefly studied dentistry in the Philippines (to avoid the Vietnam War draft), and returned to DC in 1972 to attend the University of Maryland College Park. He became active in the Gay Student Alliance and coordinated to bring Frank Kameny and Craig Howell, the then-president of the Gay Activists Alliance, to speak at UMD. He joined their efforts and traveled to New York for the 1976 Gay Pride March. He volunteered at the Gay Men’s VD Clinic on Wisconsin Avenue where he met Leonard Matlovich, the ex-military activist and a fellow volunteer. He was also active in Bet Mishpachah, a group for gay Jews. In 1980 he began a relationship with Robert Coggin and helped form the Suburban Maryland Gay and Lesbian Alliance. They worked together to pass the 1984 Montgomery County ordinance to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexuality; they also assisted with other counties and statewide efforts. Both Crisostomo and Coggin became active in the Couples Support Group, a social and support network for gay men in committed relationships. Together they marched in the 1988 Gay Pride parade, and their photograph appeared on the front of the Washington Post’s Metro Section (June 22, 1988). He volunteered with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. He then joined ENLACE and was recording secretary. After the November 1990 murder of Ana Maria Rosales, the Walk Without Fear annual marches took place; he spoke at the peace vigil about violence against Asians as both a representative of ENLACE and the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Network (GAPIN). In conjunction with the 1993 March on Washington, he organized the first national conference for Gay Asians to coincide with the march. He coordinated many groups from across the country to participate; it included a special forum for gay Asian women. GAPIN had a banner created for the march and Crisostomo inherited the banner when the previous leader left the group. They marched in the Stonewall 25 March in New York in 1994, and used the banner at other events. There was conflict with the Asians and Friends group surrounding the Asians-only focus of GAPIN and the non-exclusive nature of AF. In 1995 he relocated to San Francisco, where he was active in gay community affairs, especially AIDS activism and Asian support networks. In 2013 he moved to Albuquerque. 1970s 1980s 1990s Academic organizations Asian Pacific Islander (API) Asians Community centers ENLACE Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) Gay men Jewish Latine Maryland Religious facilities Student groups Suburban Maryland Lesbian/Gay Alliance (SMLGA) 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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br /><strong>WATCH ONLINE</strong><br /><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. <br /><br /><strong>WATCH ONLINE</strong> <br /><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. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=2&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bryan+Schwartz">Bryan Schwartz</a> Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=3&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jessica+Xavier">Jessica Xavier</a> Location The location of the interview. Rockville, MD Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. 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 (.mp3, 93 MB) Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:49:36 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 Jessica Xavier, 1952- Description An account of the resource Jessica Xavier is a trans health activist living in Rockville, MD. She is interview by Bryan Schwartz. Abstract A summary of the resource. Jessica (who uses the pronouns: she, her, hers) picked up where she left off in her interview with the Rainbow History Project in 1998. In the first half hour of this recording, Jessica describes the employment discrimination that she faced, due to her trans identity, in the late 90s and early 2000s. She also outlines her work as a trans political activist in the 90s including, but not limited to, her work with the Lesbian Avengers and GLAAD. The bulk of this recording, particularly in the last half, is focused on Jessica’s work as a trans public health advocate in the early 2000s. Jessica was responsible for some of the first data driven reports on the trans populations in Virginia and Washington, DC. The first of these reports, the Washington, DC Transgender Needs Assessment Survey (or WTNAS), resulted in the first transgender specific HIV/AIDS prevention funding from the DC government. In the final half hour of this recording, Jessica briefly discusses her Wiccan faith and its place in her life. 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&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=29+July+2018">29 July 2018</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+interview+belongs+to+the+Rainbow+History+Project.+The+RHP+release+form+was+used+and+all+rights+belong+to+RHP.">The interview belongs to the Rainbow History Project. The RHP release form was used and all rights belong to RHP.</a> Employment Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) Healthcare HIV/AIDS Lesbian Avengers Religion Transgender people https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/76a8540c61038e2d6746a03805c72aea.pdf efd338773455f66980e18780bb940d17 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, 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 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 Lou Chibbaro 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&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=8%2F26%2F2009">8/26/2009</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;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 1971-00s Gay Activists Alliance, Stonewall National Media Collective, Washington Blade Abstract A summary of the resource. Long time journalist with Washington’s premiere LGBTQ news source, The Washington Blade, Lou Chibbaro discusses his time in D.C. and experience writing for and within the community. Coming to the District for school in the early 70’s, Chibbaro’s passion for public policy empowered him to stay. Coming out of graduate school he worked for the American Public Power Association, writing about environmental and energy issues. Shifting from this to LGBTQ issues in the 70’s and early 80’s, Chibbaro began as a freelance writer for the Blade while concurrently working with the popular Gay and Lesbian stations Friends Radio and service as an officer for the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, often taking on the pseudonym Lou Romano, in order to protect his identity. Throughout his time in Washington, Chibbaro has been and continues to be an activist and an involved journalist, still working for the Blade today. Description An account of the resource <strong>Interested in listening to this audio?</strong><br />Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Adult movie theaters Advocacy groups Bars and clubs Bruce Pennington Cade Ware Conventions Follies Friends Radio Gay Activist Alliance (GAA) Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) HIV/AIDS Lost and Found Nightlife Politics Publications Restaurants Television and radio Washington Blade https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/5e768caa19bf3a852adb8f6e3b46131c.pdf 57e8539019c0418a7b960812c8628154 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. Carlene Cheatam 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 Carlene Cheatam Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/23/2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1976-00s African-American lesbian experience, DC Coalition, community building, Black Pride, Capital Pride Abstract A summary of the resource. Carlene Cheatam moved from New York to Washington, D.C. with a friend in the 1970s to try and find a job. Through that process, she began digging out a community through softball, which led to her beginning to be political active. Cheatam was first involved with organizing through the Black community. She was involved with the creation of the National Black Independence Party and involved with Operation PUSH. The D.C. Coalition of Black Gays was her entrance into queer issues in an organizing lens. She would go to the coffeehouse to hang out with other queer people and be social, talk about political issues and rights. She was a member of Saphire Sapphos, a queer women’s group. This was the first time being political in her life, and Cheatam was one of the few women politically active in queer issues at the time. This meant she easily slipped into leadership roles in these organizations. She was co-chair of both the D.C. Coalition and the Eleanor Roosevelt small Democratic Club. Despite all of these roles, Cheatam views herself as an organizer not a political person. She prefers to make things work, to do work, than to play the political game. In 1983, she coordinated the annual DC Capital Pride, working on outreach to people of color in the community. Previously, the event had been mostly white people, and she was looking to change that. After her experience there, she contributed and worked on outreach for the Black Pride Experience. Cheatam describes this job as her favorite, stating she is proud of her work and success with this job. The initial objective of the organization was to raise money to HIV/AIDS organizations that were helping the black community. She was the coordinator in 1991, and raised $11k to give to HIV/AIDS organizations. Cheatam also mentioned that she thinks the current administration of this organization does not see the value of giving back, focusing instead on throwing a party and using the money raised for that. After organizing, she worked for D.C. Mayor Williams. She worked on his campaign and worked in his administration as gay and lesbian outreach director and then in the Department of Human Services. Cheatam mentioned that she believes they were not utilizing the office in the best way, instead prioritizing politics over real outreach efforts. When asked about men and women working together, she talks about it being more difficult for women to fit into organizing and queer spaces. She talks about women having children or other responsibilities. Men, even gay men, have privilege. They take over social situations, etc. She also talked about intersectionalist and hierarchy in media. She stated that we needed an Ellen before we could have a black gay person on tv. Description An account of the resource <strong>Want to listen to this audio file?</strong><br />Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access 1970s 1980s 1990s Advocacy groups African Americans Bars and clubs Black Black and White Men Together (BWMT) Capital Pride Civil rights Coffee houses Coming out Community Pioneers Economic rights Faith Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) Gay men HIV/AIDS Lesbians Nightlife Phase One Political organizations Politics Pride Pride events Publications Rainey Cheeks Religion Sapphire Sapphos Washington D.C. Ziegfield's https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/1d28a50edeba08608f969d124f3b8d43.JPG 28af57ddbaa78d234de7042c0c59df88 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 Ourstory: Pride in the DMV Collection, 26 Description An account of the resource In May 1972, Washington, DC's GLBT community celebrated its first Pride. The previous two years, gays and lesbians had gone to New York City to celebrate the Stonewall anniversary. In the winter of 1972, the Gay Liberation Front-DC proposed a local celebration, though they scheduled it a month and half before New York's celebration so that people would not have to choose between the events. DC's initial Pride celebration was as much a protest as a celebration, following almost exactly one year after Gay Mayday and the anti-war Mayday demonstrations had closed the streets of the city. This marked the first public celebration of gay and lesbian pride in Washington DC. Organized by the Gay Liberation Front, the festival drew support from All Souls Church, the Community Bookshop, the Gay Activists Alliance, the Gay People's Alliance of George Washington University, Henry Street (one of the houses of the Awards Club, a local drag organization) and the Metropole Cinema. The principal organizers were Chuck Hall, Bruce Pennington, and Cade Ware. This collection includes materials from Gay Pride, Capital Pride, DC Black Pride, and other Pride-related festivals and events. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dardano, Robert. Photographer Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photograph : color 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 McDonald, Howell, Doughty holding Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance sign at Gay Pride Subject The topic of the resource Gay pride celebrations--Washington (D.C.)--1990 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dardano, Robert Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pride photographs of Robert Dardano Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) Gay Pride Photographs