Interview with Michael Frazier, September 14, 2018
Project: Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Michael Frazier shares the origin of his passion for equality and justice. He discusses his upbringing in Powell County, Kentucky, including what it was like growing up poor and gay. Frazier additionally discusses being a student at the University of Kentucky and some of the policy initiatives he pushed or helped to push forward.Interview Accession
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Homosexuality. Family violence. Parents of gays. Homosexuality--Law and legislation. Gay men--Family relationships--United States. Sexual minorities--Identity. Sexual minorities. Sexual minority youth Sexual orientation. Families. Childhood College students--Attitudes. College students--Conduct of life. College students--Social conditions Universities and colleges. University of Kentucky Gay community Sexual minority college students Powell County (Ky.) Education--Kentucky Gay youth Homosexuality--Social aspects.Interview Rights
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Frazier, Michael Interview by Adriana Sisko. 14 Sep. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Frazier, M. (2018, September 14). Interview by A. Sisko. Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Frazier, Michael, interview by Adriana Sisko. September 14, 2018, Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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