Ehnenn - Johnson · Appalachian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Oral History Project

Ehnenn - Johnson

Name of interviewee: Jill Ehnenn
Name of interviewer: Mike Howell
Date of interview: 2010 April 29
Location of interview: N/A
Topics include moving from New York to Boone, North Carolina, taking a position at Appalachian State University, Jewish life, gender stereotypes, coming out, cultural reproductive expectations, queer spaces, gender studies, and intergenerational social circles

Name of interviewee: Michael Farmer
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 April 29
Location of interview: Hickory Public Library
Topics include Wilkes County schools, gay men out in 1980s Wilkes County, self-medicating, leaving home and school, Hickory, gay bars, and dating.

Name of interviewee: Kelly Gentry
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 February 23
Location of interview: Office of Kathy Staley
Topics include growing up in Wilkes County, high school dating, Appalachian State University, and SAGA the Sexual Awareness Group of Appalachian

Name of interviewee: Joel Guinn
Date of interview: 2010 July 10
Location of interview: N/A
Topics include growing up with gender norms, media influences, coming out to family and friends, fostering children, religion, volunteering, queer community in Watauga County, and High Country Pride.
Joel Guinn and David are connected

Name of interviewee: Lindley Haviland
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 March 10
Location of interview: UNCA Ramsey Library's Special Colelctions
Topics include comparisons to life in Washington, DC, and rural Washington state; Shenandoah to Asheville, North Carolina; the artistic communities' effect on acceptance of LGBT people; levels of openness to friends and neighbors; and positive and negative experiences
Lindley Haviland and George Lippincott are connected

Name of interviewee: Roger Hayes
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 April 15
Location of interview: Church of Holy Spirit Fellowship, Winston Salem.
Topics include Wilkes County, Winston-Salem, religion, the African-American community, school bullying, and the coming out process

Name of interviewee: Browne Hollowell
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 March 11
Location of interview: UNCA's Ramsey Library
Topics include the attraction to Asheville, education and work as a musician and historian, recognition of lesbianism prior to her divorce, how she met her partner, Asheville's LGBT organizations, particularly dance class, Older Lesbian Energy, and CLOSER, increased division between men and lesbians, and AIDS in Asheville
Browne Hollowell, Marlene Perry, and Jerry Miller are connected

Name of interviewee: Keith Johnson
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 May 26
Location of interview: Office of Kathy Staley
Topics include Wilkes County, coming out, suicidal feelings, dating, gay club life, Appalachian State University, family response, SAGA, the Sexual Awareness Group of Appalachian, and views on marriage and religion

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