Interview with Melissa N. Stein, May 2, 2018
Project: Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Melissa Stein talks about her journey as a white lesbian mother, detailing her life from her growing up in the Northeast (United States), to eventually living and working in Kentucky. Stein discusses how she realized her sexuality, her coming out, and her eventual interest in subjects of gender, race, and science.Interview Accession
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Philadelphia (Pa.) Childhood Coming out (Sexual orientation) Gays--Identity. Gay youth Homosexuality. Lesbian youth. Lesbianism. Lesbians--Identity. Sexual minorities--Identity. Sexual orientation. Families. Education Education, Higher Sexual minorities' families. Parents of gays. Gays--Family relationships. Gay community Gay parents. Gay couples. Lesbian couples. Sexual minority parents. Lexington (Ky.).Interview Rights
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Stein, Melissa N. Interview by Adriana Sisko. 02 May. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Stein, M.N. (2018, May 02). Interview by A.. Sisko. Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Stein, Melissa N., interview by Adriana Sisko. May 02, 2018, Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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