https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/0be61ce1506732f9c13eb731f37d3e15.pdf e0a2c95b8b4266ec73f79fd42f39f68a 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=Esperanza+Pastor+Nu%C3%B1ez+de+Castro">Esperanza Pastor Nuñez de Castro</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=Susan+Silber">Susan Silber</a> Location The location of the interview. Takoma Park 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 with Susan Silber, 1948- 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=30+January+2015">30 January 2015</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.%0D%0A">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 Susan, originally from New Jersey and currently living in Takoma Park, is an active lawyer and mother of two children who has lived in the DC area since 1977. In the decade of 1980’s she was co-chair of the Gay and Lesbian Section of the D.C. Bar. Through her work she has treated Lesbian and Gay parenting issues and has experienced some shocking situations. Susan testimony is an overview of the lesbian and gay life in university, bar association and activist groups from the times of the First National March in the capital of the United States (1979). Abstract A summary of the resource. Susan Silber (1948-) discusses moving from Buffalo, NY to the D.C. area [00:29], her involvement in gay organizing through Antioch Law School, the National Lawyers' Guild, and the 1979 National March on Washington [03:22], practicing family law as a lesbian lawyer [08:52], efforts to educate D.C. judges in LGBT issues [16:40], the formation of Gay Law and efforts to establish domestic partnership in D.C. [20:54], her efforts to educate clients and groups about legal issues [26:08], the Solomon Act [27:44], her role in organizing the conference Law and the Fight for Lesbian and Gay Rights [28:53], her legal work in response to the HIV crisis [31:23], her work advocating for non-discrimination law in Maryland [34:26], her efforts to create equality as Takoma Park's city attorney [40:04], her involvement in small LGBT organizations and Bet Mishpachah [41:26], her coming out experience [43:53], raising her children [46:40], the atmosphere of the 1979 National March on Washington [48:52], the changes she has witnessed in the status of gays and lesbians [50:46], and the roles of history and collaboration in building a better world [53:38].