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Interview no. | W-0041 |
Restrictions | In-library use only. Access through the Southern Historical Collection. |
Project | W.2. LGBTQ Life in the South: Sweet Tea Interviews by E. Patrick Johnson |
Project description | Interviews, 2003-2006, conducted by E. Patrick Johnson with black gay men from the South including men from many Southern states regarding their experience of growing up gay in the South with particular focus on such topics as the influence of the church in upbringing, coming out experiences, gay vernacular, college and career in the South, gay life in small towns, segregation, gay social life, and whether the South is hospitable to gays. These interviews form the basis for Johnson's book, “Sweet Tea: Black Gay men of the South,” published in 2008 by University of North Carolina Press. |
Date | 9 November 2004 |
Interviewee | Charles. |
Interviewee occupation | Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1980 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Johnson, E. Patrick, 1967- |
Abstract | Charles was born in 1980 and at the time of the interview attended Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga. He states that Georgia State affords him the opportunity to be politicized around his sexuality. Growing up, Charles attended mainly black schools, not because they were officially segregated, but because that was the school his neighborhood was zoned to. Later in his education, he chose to attend a magnet school in Atlanta which afforded him a better educational opportunity. His parents provided him with a very stable home but Charles mentions that his parents did not necessarily trust white people. Church was never very important to his life and his parents were not very religious; church was just something you were expected to do on Sunday. Charles identifies as queer and in fact still dates women; he does not like to categorize himself or anyone else based on their sexuality. Instead, he believes that the body is an instrument of pleasure. A portion of the interview is spent discussing the black gay community in Atlanta and how it compares to the other black gay scenes around the country. There is also a long discussion on the different terms used in the black gay community, with particular attention paid to the difference between trade and DL. This interview is part of the E. Patrick Johnson collection and was conducted for Johnson's book, “Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South.” |
Citation | Interview with Charles by E. Patrick Johnson, 9 November 2004 W-0041, 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. | W0041_Transcript |