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&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mark+Meinke">Mark Meinke</a> Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=3&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Barbara+Chinn">Barbara Chinn</a> Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. No, not yet transcribed. Summary available, courtesy Haley Steinhilber, 2018. 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. Must have <a href="http://www.driveplayer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Music Player for Google Drive</a> enabled. <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_rmd0YNI039dENyZnVsd0ZMRTQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here to listen to recording.</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 Barbara Chinn Description An account of the resource <div> <div> Chinn grew up in Northwest Washington, DC and became cognizant of her differing sexuality during her childhood, however she did not connect with the LGBT community until young adulthood. When she was around nineteen or twenty years old, a significant other introduced her to the club scene on Irving Street. She and her friends frequented placed like Steve’s, Kenyan’s Bar and Grill, Bob’s Inn, Louis and the Rogue, and the Otherside. She was involved in social clubs called the Best of Washington (a historically African American LGBT social club) and the 5 Point 5(around 5:30min?). Some of these organizations threw house parties as a means of safe socialization. During her house party days, Chinn lived in Congress Heights with her partner. In 1991, she used her experience of living east of the river to convince the board of the Max Robinson Center that there was need for LGBT-centered healthcare in that area. The Max Robinson Center opened soon after in Southeast DC 1992. Chinn became involved with DC’s response to the AIDS crisis when her friends were diagnosed with the disease in 1981 and 1982. At the time, Chinn was working in the field of property management where her main interaction with the LGBT community was the protection of the anonymity of gay tenants. After the losses of her friends to AIDS, Chinn was driven to redirect her skillsets into helping the community. She applied to be the housing director at Whitman-Walker clinic in 1987. As housing director for the Whitman-Walker clinics, Chinn managed five properties in northwestern DC—including Robert N. Swartz, M.D. House, and a number of other locations sponsored by the Swartz Housing Services. These properties housed the clinic’s patients. Chinn became educated about AIDS through personal experiences with friends and in the field as an employee of Whitman-Walker. She began giving educational talks about HIV with ICCAN and Impact DC. Eventually, she was promoted by Whitman-Walker to deputy executive director and director of prevention, education, and support services. In the 1990s, Chinn was on the planning committee to negotiate the location of the next clinic, to be named the Max Robinson Center. She cites the choice of location as a paradoxical issue, much debated within the gay African American community where the clinic was to be situated. The clinic needed to be visible to the community stricken with AIDS, but not so visible that the patients would be under scrutiny. When the new clinic was opened, they were met with hostility from local residents, churches, and groups worried that Whitman-Walker would “bring HIV to [their] community.” Part of the job was convincing the outlying community that Whitman-Walker was there to treat those already infected. Additionally, as an African American woman on the staff of Whitman-Walker, Chinn confronted the organization’s board about catering to their predominantly African American clients and employees. She reported that most of the client base drew from the surrounding African American community, although white clients would come for more specific services. She estimated that 40% of their clients identified as LGBTQ, however patients don’t often disclose the information. </div> </div> <div> <div> In 1995, Chinn became the director of the Max Robinson Center after personnel and leadership conflicts. As of this recording (2007), she has worked there for 12 years and hopes to open a new facility for their increasing clientele before she retires. </div> </div> 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=2007">2007</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=%22No+permissions+release+on+file.%22">"No permissions release on file."</a> References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. For more about Barbara Chinn: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/448860322234/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">POZ Magazine: Barbara Chinn says AHF is a "kick-ass, no-nonsense advocacy, care & treatment" organization</a></li> <li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xx6HeNaepcEw6xb9ZT6sCsVBFs7dW36b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">or as a PDF</a></li> </ul> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 80s-00s Native Washingtonian, African-American lesbian experience, Whitman-Walker clinic, Max Robinson Center Whitman-Walker Clinic