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"Oral History with Eugene Lawson and Scott Sterl, October 23, 2014 (Ms2015-007)",,"Sexual minorities","Mr. Eugene Lawson and Mr. Scott Sterl are both graduates of Virginia Tech, where they met and began their relationship that is still continuing today over 42 years later. As a couple they have been very active in the communities they have lived in, both socially and politically serving on the Circles Board for the Kennedy Center and hosting fundraising events in their home. Mr. Lawson currently practices law and Mr. Sterl is a working architect. They both have a strong passion for the arts, politics, and of course Virginia Tech.
In part 1, Mr. Lawson describes his personal history and involvement with Virginia Tech and the Gay Rights Movement.
In part 2, Mr. Sterl describes his personal history, his studies at Virginia Tech and his involvement with the Log Cabin Republicans.
In part 3, Messrs. Lawson and Sterl discuss the progression of the gay rights movement through their own eyes. This eventually leads both men to talk about their involvement with the Kennedy Center, and their experience seeing the AIDS Quilt spread across the lawn at the Washington Monument. This portion of the interview ends with Mr. Lawson talking about why he believes people are always surprised to hear about gay couples being together for long periods of time.",,,,,,2014-10-23,,,,,,,,,,"Permission to publish material from the Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Oral histories",Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_LawsonSterl,"Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection, Ms2015-007, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.",,,,,,,,,,,,"Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech",,"Carmen Bolt",,"Comfort Inn and Suites, Blacksburg, VA",,,,,01:26:58,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OHMS,"Eugene Lawson",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/3414/SterlLawson.jpg,http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/3414/Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_LawsonSterl_OralHistory.1.mp3","Oral History","The Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection (Ms2015-007)",1,0
"Oral History with Katherine Allen, October 23, 2014 (Ms2015-007)",,"Sexual minorities","Katherine Allen is a professor of Human Development at Virginia Tech. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, she completed studies at the University of Connecticut and Syracuse University before joining the Virginia Tech faculty in 1989. Allen came to Tech as one of the first ‘out’ lesbians and following her arrival, she became a vocal activist for LGBTQ rights both within the University and throughout the state of Virginia. Her research has focused on children of LGBTQ families, including the effects of relationship dissolution and legal custody rights. In the 1990s, Allen raised two children in a lesbian relationship and founded a lesbian mothers group with her partner. Her family became a ‘poster family’ for LGBTQ community, both locally and nationally, before she separated from her partner in the early 2000s. Allen continues to fight for legal protections and employee benefits for LGBTQ families at Virginia Tech and around the world.
In her oral history, Katherine Allen discusses her activism, her relationships and personal identity, her experiences as part of a ‘lesbian poster family’ and as an ‘out’ faculty member at Virginia Tech. ",,,,,,2014-10-23,,,,,,,,,,"Permission to publish material from the Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Oral histories",Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_AllenKatherine,"Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following
information: Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection, Ms2015-007,
Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.",,,,,,,,,,,,"Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech",,"Laura Keith",,"Wallace Hall, Virginia Tech",,,,,00:27:53,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OHMS,"Katherine Allen",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/3402/kallen.jpg,http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/3402/Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_AllenKatherine_OralHistory.1.mp3","Oral History","The Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection (Ms2015-007)",1,0