| Abstract |
Through audio-visual recordings, we are collecting LGBTQ+ oral history from LGBTQ+ Kent State University alumni, faculty, and staff, with a focus on 1) LGBTQ+ activism and 2) being LGBTQ+ at Kent State University. Methodology consists of open-ended interviews conducted in the style of the Oral History Association’s “OHA Principles and Best Practices”, making the interviews less of a questionnaire and more of a guided conversation. Planned topics of discussion include a) biographical information, b) LGBTQ+ activism, c) life at Kent State, d) love and relationships, and e) coming out as LGBTQ+. Subjects were gathered via snowball sampling, with an approximate sample size of 30. The results will be presented as video excerpts and oral presentations that contribute to the growing body of LGBTQ+ oral history research. A video compilation was shown at the KSU theatrical and art event Stonewall +50: The Uprising Continues on March 21-22 2019, and another will be shown at the 50th anniversary of Kent State’s LGBTQ Studies program in 2022. Beyond public viewing all material will be submitted to the LGBTQ archives at the Kent State University Library, documenting and preserving LGBTQ+ experiences for future generations.
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| Modified Abstract |
Through audio-visual recordings, we are collecting LGBTQ+ oral history from LGBTQ+ Kent State University alumni, faculty, and staff, with a focus on 1) LGBTQ+ activism and 2) being LGBTQ+ at Kent State University. Methodology consists of open-ended interviews conducted in the style of the Oral History Association’s “OHA Principles and Best Practices”, making the interviews less of a questionnaire and more of a guided conversation. Topics of discussion include a) biographical information, b) LGBTQ+ activism, c) life at Kent State, d) love and relationships, and e) coming out as LGBTQ+. Subjects were gathered via snowball sampling, with a sample size of 25. The results will be presented as video excerpts and oral presentations that contribute to the growing body of LGBTQ+ oral history research.
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