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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Oral History with Tom Brobson, November 6, 2014 (Ms2015-007)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sexual+minorities">Sexual minorities</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=University+History">University History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Tom Brobson graduated from Virginia Tech in 1982. After working in Washington, D.C., for several years, he returned to work for Tech in 1989, working as a fundraiser for the Department of University Relations. A diabetic himself, Brobson went on to work for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).<br />
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In this oral history, Brobson discusses his life as an undergraduate student and work as a fundraiser at Virginia Tech. He recounts stories of discrimination and threats he felt while an out gay student, discrimination and challenges he&#039;s faced at the university, and his activism while an employee, including helping to found the LGBT Caucus and to support Lambda Horizons.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_BrobsonTom]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[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.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
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