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Title: Brad Keistler oral history interview 1, 2017 October 25
Creator: Keistler, Brad
Subjects--Topical: Gay men, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Homophobia, Communal living, Gay liberation movement
Description: In this first of two interviews, Brad Keistler, the co-founder of the Charlotte chapter of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in the early 70s, describes his childhood in Mecklenburg County, his college experience at UNC Charlotte and UNC Chapel Hill,...

Title: Floyd Simmons oral history interview 3, 2004 April 7
Creator: Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
Date Created: 2004-04-07
Subjects--Topical: War, Veterans, Universities and colleges, College sports, College students, College-student veterans, Decathlon, Decathlon--Training, Athletes, Olympics, Olympic athletes, Motion pictures, Acting, Photography
Description: In this last of three interviews, Floyd "Chunk" Simmons discusses his activities after serving in World War II, including his time in the Olympics and in Hollywood as an actor. After the war, Mr. Simmons attended the University of North Carolina a...

Title: James Green oral history interview 1, 2015 September 29
Creator: Green, James M., 1952-
Date Created: 2015-09-29
Subjects--Topical: Christian gay men, Jesuits, Faith, Gay activists, Pastoral counseling, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Counseling of, Indians of North America
Description: In this first of two interviews, psychotherapist James Green, who settled in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1988, discusses his life, his work, and his activities with various LGBT organizations in Charlotte. As a boy, Mr. Green was one of seven chi...

Title: Jose Gamez oral history interview 2021, September 15
Creator: Gamez, José Luis, 1966-
Date Created: 2021-09-15
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Immigrant children, College teachers, College students
Description: Dr. Jose Gamez is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs for the College of Arts + Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His father is from Spain, and his mother ...

Title: Sandra G. Bailey oral history interview 2, 2018 January 22
Creator: Bailey, Sandra, 1940-
Date Created: 2018-01-22
Subjects--Topical: LGBTQ+ people, Women's rights, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ culture
Description: In this second of three interviews, Sandra Bailey discusses her childhood and college years in Jackson Mississippi and Memphis Tennessee, her adjustment to her sexual orientation during her adolescence, her experiences living as a lesbian in Las V...