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Morril, Ren, Zorica Andric

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Ren Morrill shares personal experiences of his childhood, coming out, relationships, and the influence of his chosen family. During the conversation, Ren talks about his family dynamics, struggles with gender identity, and societal expectations, offering insights into the complexities of being gay. Ren reflects on the loneliness that many gay men experience and references influential figures like Walt Whitman and Anne Rice. He emphasizes the importance of his chosen family, specifically friends from the roleplaying games community, highlighting their significant impact on his life. The interview then moves on to Ren's views on pronouns, self-discovery, and the challenges that gay …

Cadwallader, Megan, Gretchen Thiele

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Meghan Cadwallader was born in 1976 in a small, rural town in Upstate New York. She grew up with a stable family and surrounded by the Catholic religion. Cadwallader realized she was lesbian around her junior year of high school. However, her sexuality was never a huge deal, more just another part of her. She went to college at Holland’s University, and all-girls school, in which she initially came out to people resulting in mixed responses. Meghan then went to Bucknell University In Pennsylvania. She received a degree in French and English with a concentration in creative writing. She talks …

Words & Images 2012, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Editor: Caroline O'Connor Thomas

Design: Adriana Warner

Back Cover: Dichotomy: Health and Harm, Beatrice Abbott

Words & Images 2010, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Publishing Director: Jesse Leighton

Fiction Editors: Renee Decamilis, Brian Spigel, Mark Rowland

Art Director: Aubin Thomas

Poetry Editors: Tamarah Smith, Jonathan Wilson, Todd Perry

Words & Images 2009, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Managing Editor: Seth A. Bishop

Fiction Editor: Chad Chamberlain

Poetry Editor: Jeff Hodenberg

Words & Images 2008, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Ryan Gato

Assistant Publishing Director: Grace Mueller

Managing Editor: Benjamin Rybeck

Words & Images 2007, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Melissa St.Germain

Assistant Director: Ryan Gato

Advising Director: Brian Farrell

Words & Images 2006, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Keith W. Foster

Associate Publishing Directors: Brian Farrell, Neil Knowlton-Randall, Cyndle R. Plaisted

Art Directors: Jeffrey Hamm, Rebecca Stockbridge

Words & Images 2005, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Victor Wyatt

Art Director: Mark Ford

Poetry Editor: Keith Foster

Words & Images 2003, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Art Editor: Lorienne Schulze

Literary Editor: Jennifer Thomas

Production Director: Josh Cook

Words & Images 2002, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Art Editor: Jody Desjardins

Publishing Director: Sarah Gagnon

Literary Editor: Amy Cemodanovs

Words & Images 2001, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Allison Bouchard

Illustrator: Sarah Gagnon

Art Editor: Bradford Conner

Words & Images 2000, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words and Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Editor: Jeanette D'Entremont

Art Editor: Allisson Bouchard

Literary Editor: Sybil Ridge

Words & Images 1999, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Editor: Narayan Nayar

Art Editor: Aimee Gagnon

Illustrator: Steve Amoroso

Words & Images 1998, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words and Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine

Editor: Narayan Nayar

Art Editor: Lisa Solomon

Literary Editor: Megan Marshall

Words And Images 1997, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Director and Designer: Bethany Vogt

Cover photograph by Hugh Chatfield, ©1997.

Words And Images 1994, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Publishing Director: M. Griffin Kane