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Interview no. | W-0048 |
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 | 22 January 2005 |
Interviewee | Ed. |
Interviewee occupation | Librarians |
Interviewee DOB | 1952 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Johnson, E. Patrick, 1967- |
Abstract | Ed was born in 1952 in New Orleans, La., in the Ninth Ward, which is where he has lived his whole life. He comes from a family in which education was very important, with his grandfather being one of only eight black CPAs (certified public accountants) in the country during the 1920s. Ed grew up in a housing project in the Ninth Ward but never thought of himself as poor because he always had everything he ever wanted. Ed talks about the Ninth Ward and what it means in regards to black culture in New Orleans. He grew up attending segregated schools and remembers how New Orleans remained segregated even after the Civil Rights Movement. He had a difficult experience attending the Catholic schools because of the abuse that he and other students suffered at the hands of the nuns running the school. Ed mentions how he can get along with women and even empathize with them regarding relationships with men, but he has always known he was gay because “it felt good”. He has spent time with drag queens and cross dressers and considers himself to be a transvestite. Ed is also HIV positive and has been living with the virus since 1996. 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 Ed by E. Patrick Johnson, 22 January 2005 W-0048 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. | W0048_Transcript |