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Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project

Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project

By Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project

We are a community-based history initiative committed to researching and telling the stories of LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations in our region
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Ep. 4: Black Queer Life

Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History ProjectDec 02, 2022

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Ep. 6: Queer Housing & Homelessness

Ep. 6: Queer Housing & Homelessness

Housing is an LGBTQ issue with an interesting history.


From the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project, we proudly present Episode 6 on the history of queer housing and homelessness in Southwest Virginia.


All of the archival audio interviews in this episode are drawn from oral histories in the LGBTQ History Collection at the Virginia Room, Roanoke Public Libraries, located in Roanoke, Virginia. The oral history narrators featured in today’s program include:  

- Theodore Cassel

- Barbara Maberry

- Myer S. Reed

- Nathaniel Preston

- Price 

- Gail Burruss 

- Joe Cobb 

- Anonymous 

- Michelle Bennett 

- Peter Thornhill 

- Gerry Jennings


Thank you to Phoenix, Harper, Bean, Joe Cobb, Matt Crookshank, and Alison Jorgensen; also Bee, Hannah, and Rachel Anne from Kinship House; and Jamie, Chris, and Lee from Mosaic House; for all of your contributions to this podcast.

Additional archival audio courtesy of the WSLS-TV News Film Collection at the University of Virginia and WFXR-TV

The music in today’s episode comes from: Blue Dot Sessions, Purple Planet Music, Josh Leake, Louis Adrien, Jamie Rutherford, and ANBR.

Please subscribe and share. You can find more information about the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ History Project, and this podcast, at swvalgbtqhistory.org. We are also on Facebook at Southwest Virginia LGBTQ History Project, and follow us on Instagram at swvalgbtqhistory.

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Ep. 5: A Look at Gender
Dec 05, 202226:12
Ep. 4: Black Queer Life
Dec 02, 202220:22
Ep. 3: The Lavender Menace
Jun 01, 202118:58
Ep. 2: LGBTQ People and the Police
May 07, 202132:42
Ep. 1: The HIV/AIDS Crisis

Ep. 1: The HIV/AIDS Crisis

In the 1980s and 1990s, the HIV/AIDS crisis had a major impact on LGBTQ communities in Southwest Virginia.

From the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project, we proudly present this podcast on the history of HIV and AIDS in Southwest Virginia.

All of the audio interviews in this podcast are drawn from oral histories in the LGBTQ History Collection at the Virginia Room, Roanoke Public Libraries, located in Roanoke, Virginia. The oral history narrators featured in today’s program include:

- Anonymous

- Larry Bly

- Gail Burruss

- Larry Forrest

- Gerry Jennings

- Miss Grace Kelly

- Nancy Kelly

- Barbara Maberry

- Don Muse

- Myer S. Reed

- Rissa

- Rodger Saunders

- Peter Thornhill

- Edna Whittier

Thank you to Roanoke College student research assistants Megan Reynolds and Beth Janes for their contributions to the research in this podcast.

All of the music in today’s podcast is courtesy of Purple Planet Music, under Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0. For more information, see www.purple-planet.com.

Please subscribe and share. You can find more information about the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project, and this podcast, at www.lgbthistory.pages.roanoke.edu. We are also on Facebook at Southwest Virginia LGBTQ History Project, and follow us on Instagram at swvalgbtqhistory.

Apr 24, 202032:09