Oral history interview with Jim Bogden and Charles Taylor

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Partners Jim Bogden and Charles Taylor discuss their paths to finding each other and their communities in Washington D.C. while addressing the struggles of being a part of the LGBTQ community. Taylor addresses struggles of coming from a rural/suburban community, and his experience finding a community and dealing with the city. Bogden, coming from another urban environment, discusses less of a struggle dealing with D.C., but focuses more on interactions with his late partner George, and his introductions into the community. The home that Bogden and Taylor share today was a significant factor in their discussion. Just north of Lincoln Park, their neighborhood was once a center for gay and lesbian homeownership, people who have now slowly been pushed out. Additonally, the struggle for the ability to co-own the home is apparent in their lives, as the two face the tax struggles of being in a non-heteronormative relationship.

90s-00s

Interracial gay male couples, Black & White Men Together

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