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Interview no. | K-0840 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | K.2.7. Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: History of Gay Men and Transgender People in the South |
Project description | Interviews, 2000-2002, conducted by Chris McGinnis, an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discussing gay life in the South with particular emphasis on North Carolina in the 1960s through the 1980s. Topics include the development of the gay community, gay bars, social events and festivals, organizations and activism, and places where gay men met and engaged in public sex. Interviewees include Chapel Hill, N.C., town council member Joseph A. Herzenberg, writer Perry Deane Young, and several transgendered individuals. |
Date | 21 September 2001 |
Interviewee | Baxter, James M. |
Interviewee occupation | Editors |
Interviewee DOB | 1953 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | McGinnis, Chris. |
Abstract | This interview offers insight into the history of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) publications in North Carolina and the role that they have played in the GLBT community. Other topics discussed include Baxter's early life, his schooling and personal activities, as well as many of his views concerning the GLBT community. Baxter does tend to inject a somewhat substantial amount of personal rhetoric in this interview. |
Subject Topical |
Gay community--North Carolina. Gay men--North Carolina. Gay press publications--North Carolina. Gay press publications--History. |
Citation | Interview with James M. Baxter by Chris McGinnis, 21 September 2001 K-0840, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | K0840_Audio_1 |