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Heather Thorp

Name of interviewee: Heather Thorp
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley and Mike Howell
Date of interview: 2010 January 15
Location of interview: Office of Kathy Staley
Topics include relocation to the mountains, lesbian parenting in the mountains, and mountain culture's effect on expression.

Heather Thorp Interview recording

Heather Thorp Interview transcript

Tony

Name of interviewee: Tony
Name of interviewer: Mike Howell
Date of interview: 2010 May 19
Location of interview: Wilkes County Public Library
Topics include growing up with traditional gender norms in Wilkes County, North Carolina, bullying, coming out and family and community reactions.

Tony Interview transcript

Melissa Truesdale

Name of interviewee: Melissa Truesdale
Name of interviewer: Mike Howell
Date of interview: 2010 April 2
Location of interview: N/A
Topics include growing up in Hickory, North Carolina and moving to multiple locations, comparisons of communities, predjudice, and reactions of family and friends.

Melissa Truesdale Interview transcript

Melissa Truesdale Interview audio 1

Melissa Truesdale Interview audio 2

Virginia

Name of interviewee: Virginia
Name of interviewer: Mike Howell
Date of interview: 2010 May 1
Location of interview: Hendersonville Public Library
Topics include living a closeted life around family and work, acceptance and avoidance, religion, gender transition, relationships, and identity.
Virginia and Beth Thompson are connected

Virginia Interview transcript

Virginia Interview audio

Daniel Joseph "Joey" Watson

Name of interviewee: Daniel Joseph "Joey" Watson
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 April 27
Location of interview: Office of Kathy Staley
Topics include growing up in Avery County, school, paganism, Appalachian Stae's gay student life, the Sexual Awareness Group of Appalachian, and the Pagan Student Association

Daniel Watson Interview transcript

Laurie Weiner

Name of interviewee: Laurie Weiner
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 February 19
Location of interview: Office of Kathy Staley
Topics include relocating to High County, the Women's Chat Group, developing a women's community, and neighbors' responses
Laurie Weiner and Carol Quintero are connected

Laurie Weiner Interview transcript

Laurie Weiner Interview audio

Betsy Willis

Name of interviewee: Betsy Willis
Name of interviewer: Mike Howell
Date of interview: 2010 April 14
Location of interview: N/A
Topics include religion and religous community, family, relationship with a cleric, and Carefree Cove.

Betsy Willis Interview recording 1

Betsy Willis Interview recording 2

Betsy Willis Interview transcript

Elizabeth Wilson

Name of interviewee:Elizabeth Wilson
Name of interviewer: Kathy Staley
Date of interview: 2010 May 4
Location of interview: Office of Kathy Staley
Topics include Morganton, North Carolina, North Carolina School of the Arts, dating, closeted life, family relationships, lesbian motherhood, Appalachian State as a student and adjunct faculty, gender variance, and fitting in

Elizabeth Wilson Interview transcript

David Zealy

Name of interviewee: David Zealy
Name of interviewer: Michael Howell
Date of interview: 2010 June 29
Location of interview: Appalachian State University
Topics include Appalachian State University's queer community, drag performances at Legends, religion, coming out to family, comparison of living openly in Boone and Hickory, North Carolina, and experiences with various communities.

David Zealy Interview transcript

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