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Roan, Alex, Paige Ravenscraft

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Alex Roan is a 42 year old trans masc individual who uses he/him pronouns. He was originally from Stoughton, Massachusetts where he grew up with his family before moving to Central Maine for college and living in the Portland area through adulthood. Alex shares his experience with growing up in a Catholic family and finding himself as a trans person in college. He details what it was like to come out to his family, who was in denial at first but later in life became his biggest supporters.

Alex Roan is the founder of MaineTransNet. This interview captures the story …

Smith, T. Love, Kassey Kreer

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

T Love Smith is a 46 year old born in Lincoln, ME, who identifies as non-binary and queer. After coming out to their mom at age 19, who had also come out as gay when T was 5, they were met with an unsupportive, negative response. Going through a tough childhood filled with alcohol abuse and no community for T to confide in about their gender/sexual identity, T found themselves in toxic relationships in their early adulthood. Eventually they were able to come to terms with their identity and came out as non-binary. T discussed their time in the military …

Burdin, Johannah, Samantha Rouillard

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Johannah Burdin shares her story as a lesbian/queer woman experiencing southern Maine in the 1990s. Her story touches on topics involving coming out, relationships, a traumatic incident that left her disabled, activism, and much more. She was active in her youth in spreading awareness on the AIDS/HIV crisis, education on safe sex, and spent her evenings at popular Portland gay bars, like Sister’s Bar and Limelight/The Underground. Although she is not much into drinking, she recognized these were some of the few spots queer people could go to make community and relationships. Johannah also shares her story of becoming a …

Bilodeau, Richard, Maggie Powers

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Richard Bilodeau is 54 years old and identifies as a gay man. He grew up in Portland, attending Deering High School. He is married to his partner Scott and they went on their first date in 1988. He studied applied clinical chemistry at the University of Vermont and began his career in the Maine Medical Center lab. He earned his bachelors and master's in business from the University of Southern Maine. Currently, he works as a professor in the School of Business and Honors Program. Over the years, he also had ownership in alternative health and TV programming businesses. He …

Poulin-Burrage, Edward "Teddy", Brendan Mcbrine

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Edward “Teddy” Poulin-Burrage is a biracial queer man who has lived in the Portland area for just about his entire life. Teddy has been deeply involved in the world of activism for more than half his life at this point, including with the Southern Maine Workers Center, Sexual Assault Response Services, Portland Racial Justice Congress, Pride Portland, Equality Maine, and other groups. Teddy has mostly done behind the scenes work for these organizations, usually focusing on coalition-building and forging relationships with other organizers. On top of this, Teddy has been a regular in the local gay bar scene for quite …

Wanderer, Nancy, Mary Wallace

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Nancy Wanderer is a professor at the University of Maine School of Law and was also the first Director of the Legal Writing Program at Maine Law. She received a B.A from Wellesley College, and M.A. from George Washington University, and a J.D. from University of Maine School of Law. Nancy Wanderer has dedicated her life to women’s rights and protecting and fighting for the rights of other minorities as well. Since growing up in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Wanderer has always been drawn to education and Academia.

She was married to her ex-husband during her Junior year at Wellesley in …

Macnaughton, Daniel, Wendy Chapkis

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Dan MacNaughton was born in 1955 in Bangor, Maine, and raised in Hampden, Maine with his mother, father, and older brother. He came out as gay in high school with supportive teachers and classmates who were either supportive or indifferent. However, he had deeply internalized homophobic attitudes and believed that being gay meant he had very limited employment options. In college at the University of Maine Orono, MacNaughton became active in the newly formed Wilde Stein student group where he became the first Vice-Chair of the club, met Sturgis Haskins, and became involved in educational efforts on campus. He also …

Sandra Clements, Kelli Johnson

Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant

Kelli Johnson conducting an oral history interview with Sandra Clements.

This oral history is part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.

Ekart, Donna, Gretchen Muehle, Brooke Hall

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Donna Ekart is a 53-year-old queer, femme woman living in Portland, Maine. Ekart grew up in Manhattan, Kansas surrounded by both her immediate and extended family. Ekart moved to Portland, Maine with her wife when she was in her mid-forties. Ekart came out as queer to her friends and family when she was 40-years-old. She has been involved in LGBTQ+ organizations including Equality Maine, which is Maine’s biggest queer organization whose aim is to secure full equality for the LGBTQ+ community in Maine through political action, community organizing, education, and collaboration. Ekart’s religious identity and relationship with the Catholic Church …

Drew, Lala, Erika Chadbourne, Kate Brezak

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

LaLa Drew is a Black, queer, Georgia born, Maine native. Drew was raised in Gray, Maine with their adoptive family. Drew is a writer, poet, activist, performer, artist, teacher, and inspirational catalyst for change. Much of Drew’s community engagement focuses on raising awareness about the black identity and embodiment. They teach an after-school program in Lewiston, Maine where they help students learn about climate change, capitalism, and racism. Drew is also known for their work as a writer. Their work has been published in Ms. Magazine, The Maine Sunday Telegram, The Deepwater Column, and the Portland Phoenix. They write about …

Robedee, Matthew, Hannah Gorham, Jason White

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Matthew (Mat) Robedee is a 35-year-old gay man who lives in Portland, Maine. For seven years, he was a health and outreach worker and former prevention programs manager for the Frannie Peabody Center, in Portland. He has also worked with organizations such as Portland Pride and Equality Maine and is currently a real estate agent.

Mat grew up in Buxton, Maine. In elementary school, he revealed to a friend that he thought he was gay. His friend reprimanded him, telling him never to tell anyone about his secret. That event set the tone for years to come, and Mat hid …

Antonik, Thomas, Ethan Masselli, Kailyn Braley

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Thomas Antonik is a gay man from Maine. Thomas moved to New York City in 1979 to attend the School of Visual Arts. He was diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the epidemic and one year later was diagnosed with AIDS. He was a part of the People with AIDS Coalition. In 1989, Antonik moved back to Maine and worked part time while also attending to his health. Antonik is an artist who works in painting and photography. He is also a practicing Quaker.

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Free Winona, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Soil Broken at Community Garden;
• Building on the Bluffland;
• How to Build a Walmart;
• Tracking the WSU Footprint;
• Columns: Wild Nettle Distro, Brian Patrick Sanders Jr., Runaway Train of Thought, Really Really Free Market News

Free Winona, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• The Restoration;
• More Mussel!;
• Primary Prevention in our Community;
• Confronting Abuse with Validation;
• Libraries for All
• Coldwater Spring
• Columns: Wild Nettle Distro, Brian Patrick Sanders Jr., Runaway Train of Thought,

Free Winona, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• The Intermission;
• Magic at the Variety Show;
• Once Upon a Time ... ;
• Beans, Beans, the Magical Fuel;
• Columns: Wild Nettle Distro, Catholic Worker, Bird on a Wire Partly Cloudy, Runaway Train of Thought, Piece from the Past;
• Amusement Ride or Public Transit?

Free Winona, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• A Letter from the Editors;
• Index of 2008 issues and topics
• Long Weekend Program of Events: 3 Days of Support for Free Winona
• Columns: Catholic Worker, Brian Patrick Sanders Jr.., Partly Cloudy, Runaway Train of Thought
• Downtown Winona: Secret Paintings

Free Winona: Celebration, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Plan to Participate in the Really Really Free Markets;
• Interview with Variety Show Coordinator;
• Buying Gifts in a Failing Economy;
• Backmatter: Making Plans at the Hearth

Free Winona: Harvest, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Announcing Plans for Community Garden Plots;
• Free Food Servings Need Volunteers;
• Industrial Food Production at the Sugar Beet Harvest;
• All About Community Supported Agriculture in Winona;
• Backmatter: Holidays

Free Winona: Party Is Over, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Protest Organizers Face Prison;
• Police-State Terrors;
• Understanding Revolt;
• Guest Column: Protests at the Ground Level;
• Backmatter: Greed Might Collapse Capitalism, Let It

Free Winona: Back To School, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Corporatization of Universities;
• Beehive Collective/GrassRoutes Bike Caravan Presents at Free Market;
• 12 Things Students Can Do To Help;
• Unschooling at the Winona Farm;
• Backmatter: Resistance to the Republican National Convention

Free Winona: Conflict Resolution, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Is Voting the Same as Acting?;
• Bike Caravan to Ride Through;
• Latsch Island Part II;
• RNC 2004 Photo Essay;
• Guest Column: Expect Police Brutality in Twin Cities;
• Backmatter: Invitation to Students

Free Winona: Ancient History, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• The Jackson St. Coffeehouse;
• Before Bluff Country Co-op, Famine Foods;
• Latsch Island Part I;
• Ellery Foster & the Free Trade Exchange;
• Guest Column: Early Punk in Winona;
• Backmatter: The Struggle Is Our Inheritance

Free Winona: Prehistoric, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Displaced Precolonial People;
• Welcome to the Driftless Area;
• Professor Henry Hull Remembered;
• Thoughts on the Dakota Homecoming;
• Local Wild Edibles & Medicines;
• Backmatter: The Timeless Struggle Against Oppression

Free Winona: Spring Flood, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Really Really Free Markets Begin w/ 200+ Participants;
• Earth Day Driven Indoors;
• Resuscitating Critical Mass;
• Winona Unified Community Forum on Oppression;
• The Lock & Dam River System;
• Backmatter: Statehood Sesquicentennial Celebrates Imperialists

Free Winona: Community Economy, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Examining Local Economics;
• Riverway Grows Food for Hot Lunches;
• A Week of Anti-Recruitment Demonstrations;
• Invitation to the Really Really Free Market;
• Backmatter: What Happened to Montezuma?

Free Winona: Short Term Memory Loss, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• The story of the Everland Collective, an all-ages events project;
• Critical Mass Community Bike Rides;
• Punk Rock in Winona, Recollected;
• Green Lantern Coffeehouse & Cabaret;
• Winter Walk in Aghaming Park;
• Food Not Bombs Interview w/ Organizers;
• Backmatter: Can There Be Life After Death?

Free Winona: First Of Many, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Notes from the Long Weekend Dec 2007;
• Mutual-Aid Primer;
• International Food Market;
• Beware: Capx 2020;
• Backmatter: What Dreams May Come?