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. Joseph Izzo Location The location of the interview. Washington, D.C. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Partial 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, 01:12:18 (audio .m4a, 112 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 Joseph Izzo, 1948- Abstract A summary of the resource. Born July 30, 1948 in New York. Wanted to be a teacher and knew he was different at age 15 so joined seminary to not think about it. Ended up having some relationships there. Made connections with other LGBT people. He was always associated with liberal causes because his mom was. He kept getting into trouble by: involvement in Dignity USA, interfaith LGBT conference, pressing for LGBT acceptance in the church. Eventually ended up in gay social work (in grad school 1982-1984). Because of this he ended up at a clinic in prevention in the 80s (name?). He worked with the most high risk populations and has been working there for 30 years. During the day he gave talks at prisons, schools, churches, and homeless shelters. During the evening he coordinated volunteers to do outreach with transgender prostitutes, injection drug users, and other people on the street. He also was a counselor at (clinics). He and his workers would also hang out outside clubs (e.g. Glory Hole) and hand out condoms and lube. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 2, 2016 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.