Burford, Joshua D., 1974-

Stamey, Anthony

Logue, Lynnsy
Wright, Christina
Warshauer, Tom

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2016-03-13

1 audio file (31:11) : digital, MP3

sound recording-nonmusical

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eng

Joshua Burford was a 41-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Alabama in 1974. He was educated at the University of Alabama and was employed as a Coordinator of Student Development Programming in the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership at the University of Alabama, and as the Assistant Director for Sexual and Gender Diversity at the Multicultural Resource Center at UNC Charlotte. He also acted as a community collaborator in collecting LGBTQ archival documents and artifacts at both the University of Alabama, and at UNC Charlotte.

Joshua Burford, Assistant Director of the Multicultural Resources Center at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, recalls his life growing up in Alabama and his passion for collecting queer history. He discusses the reasons for and process of coming out to his family, the tight community and family of LGBTQ people he had in his youth, and the experience of being queer in the South. Mr. Burford notes how growing up during a time when homophobia and "gay bashing" was at its height impacted him as a person and shaped who he is now. He also discusses his motivations, hopes and vision for his current work and projects, including the collection of history for a local LGBTQ history timeline, and continuing to collect materials for the King Henry Brockington LBGTQ+ Archive at UNC Charlotte.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on a Zoom H5 Handy Recorder with XY modular mic.

College administrators
College teachers

Burford, Joshua D., 1974-

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Archivists
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Gay activists
Gay community
Gay men
Gay liberation movement
Gay youth--Suicidal behavior
LGBTQ+ people

Alabama--Anniston
North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1990-2020

Charlotte LGBTQ+ oral histories

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Joshua D. Burford oral history interview 1, October 2, 2014, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2359); Joshua D. Burford oral history interview 3, May 26, 2016, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2330), Joshua D. Burford oral history interview 4, 2017 December 28, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2339).

Josh Burford papers concerning the Charlotte LGBTQ+ Community, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1435).

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