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                <text>Sheila Alexander-Reid, September 11, 1998&#13;
Wanda Alston, September 11, 1998&#13;
Beverly F. Baker, September 10, 1998&#13;
Lawrence R. Banks, Jr., June 5, 1998&#13;
Joan E. Biren (JEB), June 2, 1998&#13;
Warren Blumenfeld, June 5, 1998&#13;
“Michael Borchert,” May 31, 1994 and June 15, 1998&#13;
Darren Buckner, June 13, 1998&#13;
Earline Budd, June 21, 1998&#13;
Donald Burch, III, June 22, 1999&#13;
Carlene Cheatam, June 4, 1998&#13;
Kwabena Rainey Cheeks, June 3, 1998&#13;
Lou Chibbaro, Jr., June 5, 1998&#13;
Countess Clarke, November 4, 2000&#13;
Tracey Conaty, May 27, 1998&#13;
Darryl Cooper, September 24, 1998&#13;
Ruby Corado, June 24, 2013&#13;
Mindy Daniels, May 22, 1998&#13;
Carol Anne Douglas, June 3, 1998&#13;
Larry Duckette, August 8, 1998 and October 5, 1999&#13;
Roy Eddey, September 6, 1998&#13;
Mary Farmer, August 6, 1998&#13;
Gideon Ferebee, Jr., October 9, 2000&#13;
Michael Ferri, June 20, 1998&#13;
“Haviland Ferris,” May 16, 1994 and May 21, 1998&#13;
Barney Frank, May 22, 1998&#13;
Jack Frey and Peter Morris, March 22, 1994&#13;
“Richard Galvin,” January 12, 1995&#13;
Gil Gerald, January 30, 2013&#13;
Theresa Gilchrist, June 15, 1999&#13;
Letitia Gomez, July 3, 1998&#13;
Jim Graham, May 26, 1998&#13;
Jaime Grant, June 2, 1998&#13;
Pat Hamilton, January 13, 1995&#13;
Reginald Harris, November 10, 2000&#13;
“Scott Harrison,” June 2, 1994&#13;
Diane Herz, June 27, 1998&#13;
Susan Hester, August 11, 1998&#13;
Leonard Hirsch, May 30, 1998&#13;
Meryl Hooker, June 2, 1998&#13;
Craig Howell, June 9, 1998&#13;
Chi Hughes, July 1, 1999&#13;
Louis Hughes, December 21, 2000&#13;
Loraine Hutchins, April 3, 1998&#13;
Sue Hyde, June 26, 1998&#13;
Edward James, May 25, 1994&#13;
Ralph Jarnagin, June 6, 1994&#13;
“Boots Johns,” July 14, 1997&#13;
Cary Alan Johnson, May 27, 1998&#13;
Sharen Shaw Johnson, August 7, 1998&#13;
ABilly S. Jones, June 15, 1999&#13;
Wayson Jones, June 27, 1998&#13;
“Andy Jordan,” May 29, 1998&#13;
Frank Kameny, March 20, 1994 and June 6, 1998&#13;
Kenneth Kero-Mentz, December 20, 2012&#13;
Thomas “Dusty” Keyes, May 30, 1994 and May 23, 1998&#13;
Kris Kleeberg, June 25, 1998&#13;
Deb Kolodny, May 26, 1998&#13;
Paul Kuntzler, August 5, 1998&#13;
Steve Langley, September 25, 1999&#13;
Barbara Lewis, June 12, 1998&#13;
Deacon Maccubbin, May 27, 1998&#13;
V. Papaya Mann, June 23, 1999&#13;
Lindsay McBride, August 7, 1998&#13;
Monique Meadows, September 1, 1998&#13;
Dennis Medina, July 8, 1998&#13;
Susan Messina, September 10, 1998&#13;
Deb Morris, September 25, 1998&#13;
Jack Nichols, May 20, 1995 and June 18, 1998&#13;
Diana Onley-Campbell, June 1, 1998&#13;
“Edith Parker,” June 9, 1994 and June 1, 1998&#13;
Michelle Parkerson, June 1, 1998 and June 29, 1999&#13;
Bruce Pennington, June 15, 1998&#13;
Isaiah J. Poole, May 31, 1998&#13;
Chris Prince, July 1, 1998&#13;
Ted Richards, May 24, 1995 and May 31, 1998&#13;
Robert Ricks, May 19, 1995&#13;
Colin Robinson, November 5, 2000&#13;
Rick Rosendall, August 8, 1998&#13;
Michael Sainte-Andress, June 21, 1999&#13;
Yolanda Santiago, June 9, 1998&#13;
Ron Simmons, June 3, 1998&#13;
Michael Singerman, June 1, 1998&#13;
Esther Smith, June 9, 1994&#13;
Sabrina Sojourner, June 12, 1998&#13;
Cheryl Ann Spector, May 26, 1998&#13;
James P. Theis, June 4, 1998&#13;
Thurlow Tibbs, May 24, 1994&#13;
“M. Tilden-Morgan,” May 23, 1994 and May 25, 1998&#13;
Jane Troxell, June 3, 1998&#13;
Nancy Tucker, June 19, 1998&#13;
Otto H. Ulrich, Jr., May 24, 1995 and May 23, 1998&#13;
Urvashi Vaid, December 17, 1998&#13;
Robert Michael Vanzant, May 25, 1998&#13;
Lilli Vincenz, June 6, 1998&#13;
Anne Vonhof, January 9, 2013&#13;
Ann Wachtel, May 30, 1998&#13;
 “Ed Wallace,” May 25, 1994 and June 4, 1998&#13;
“Robert Wayne,” June 10, 1998&#13;
Courtney Williams, July 15, 1999&#13;
Jessica Xavier, April 2, 1998 and June 3, 1998&#13;
Michael Yarr, September 13, 1998&#13;
Bill Youngblood, June 1, 1994 and May 26, 1998&#13;
Amelie Zurn, May 28, 1998&#13;
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                <text>Genny Beemyn, Ph.D.</text>
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                <text>Interviews are digitized; some may have transcripts.</text>
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              <text>Oral History with Monique Meadows (Queer Capital-Genny Beemyn)</text>
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              <text>This is an Oral History interview taken by Genny Beemyn for their book "A Queer Capital: a History of Gay Life in Washington D.C." They have donated their interviews to the Rainbow History Project.</text>
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              <text>&lt;strong&gt;Interested in listening to this audio?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Email &lt;a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org"&gt;oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org&lt;/a&gt; for access</text>
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              <text>9/1/1998</text>
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              <text>Monique Meadows moved to Washington D.C. in 1993 after graduating from college to attend Howard University working towards a masters in political science. Upon arriving in D.C., Monique began to question her sexuality and decided to connect with local LGBT organizations, like the Lesbian Resource and Counseling Center, and Howard’s black LGBT group Oshala. Through those organizations, she met many people who were living openly in their sexualities. Since 1993, Monique has been connected with the Black Lesbian Support Group (BLSG) and became vice president in 1998. Through her work with BLSG, Monique wanted to create a community where women could freely express their sexualities and be comfortable living openly. &#13;
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Monique also discusses the black lesbian community in D.C. and the challenges they face in organizing within their community and with other LGBT communities in DC. Specifically, within the black lesbian community there was a disconnect between older and younger generations. Older generations felt like younger people were not interested in community organizing or in taking on leadership roles, while younger people felt like they wanted to be involved but needed mentorship and support from older people to make connections and understand how to organize. Monique explores how the black lesbian community wanted to connect LGBT issues to broader human rights campaigns to focus on intersectionality, leading to difficulty engaging with other communities to support LGBT issues and concern over how any action or inaction would be perceived. Additionally, she discusses the complicated connection between black lesbian and gay communities, including lack of interaction and women's discomfort existing in gay male spaces. </text>
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