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. Sak Pollert Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Not yet transcribed Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 2:11:09 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 Sak Pollert (LCCA) Subject The topic of the resource This interview is a part of a 2022 collaboration with LCCA, the Washington Blade and the Rainbow History Project to collect oral histories of LGBTQ-identified people who have lived, played and recreated in Logan Circle for ten or more years. Description An account of the resource <strong>Would you like to listen to this audio?</strong> <br />You can access this audio by following this <a href="https://www.logancircle.org/lgbtq-oral-histories">link</a><br />Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> if you have any questions. Abstract A summary of the resource. Sak Pollert, owner of Rice, is a 31-year resident of DC having emigrated from Thailand in 1991 and connected to the gay community through Asian and Friends. <em>“Having the niche with a place to connect to meet people, that made me feel safe. And that’s what that group was about.”</em> He lived in Dupont Circle and considered 16th Street to be the boundary between safe and unsafe streets. Introduced to Studio Theater by a friend, he realized the potential of Logan Circle but nonetheless started his first business “Simply Home” on 18th Street, NW, a store often confused with “Home Rule” on 14th Street, NW. Sak got to know the close community of merchants on 14th Street – Home Rule, Go Mama Go, Vastu, Muleh, Pulp and others. He opened Rice in 2003. <br /><br />Sak’s interview focuses on the evolution of businesses and restaurants on 14th Street, mourning the loss of the business that opened in the 1990’s. Sak observed, <em>“The word ‘gay neighborhood’ got lost into this modern time… because of technology and apps…. In the past, we felt more of a neighborhood, a gay place, a gay bar, and gay life is because the fabric of society is different than now.”</em> He added,<em> “So that’s how I still feel, ‘Okay, this is still a gay neighborhood, but is there any specific gay business or this or that like in the past? No.’ “</em> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/6/2022 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This interview belongs to LCCA, the Washington Blade, and Rainbow History Project.