Rogers, Grace 2018-08-01

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This interview features Grace Rogers as she discusses her activism and involvement with the LGBTQIA community. In this interview, Grace describes her family, what got her involved with the community, and her hopes for the future.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Grace Rogers

Additional Parties Recorded: n/a

Date: August 1, 2018

Location:Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Elissa Stroman and Jordan Butler

Length: 01:35:36 (1 hour, 35 minutes)


Abstract

Introduction, background, and childhood; Teaching, motherhood, education,involvement the LGBT community; Conversations with her gay sons about their sexuality and AIDS; Her son’s death, further involvement with LGBT community; Going to and being a member PFLAG; Personal influences; What PFLAG does in a world of discrimination; Programming that PFLAG does; PRIDE events; What she hopes to see in the future


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Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital audio

Recording Format Notes: CD copy available to listen in Reading Room

Transcript: located here https://hdl.handle.net/10605/358937



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