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December 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
December 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Calendar 2017
Rich, Penny, Bianca Sturchio, Johnna Ossie
Rich, Penny, Bianca Sturchio, Johnna Ossie
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Penny Rich is a 70-year old lesbian living in Portland, Maine. She recieved a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Southern Maine. She is known for her involvement in major social events such as Portland Pride and the Women's Coffeehouse, as well as her experiences with gay bar culture throughout the 60's and 70's. She spends her time socializing, exercising, reading, and getting involved in local political and social issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community in Portland, Maine.
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Please cite as: Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer+ Collection, …
Rand, Erica, Danella Demary
Rand, Erica, Danella Demary
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Erica lived in Chicago for many years, but relocated to Maine because of her teaching position at Bates College. She is a Professor of Art and Visual Culture and of Gender and Sexuality Studies, and is acting interim chair of the Gender and Sexuality Studies department. She discussed her coming out process as well as her experiences as a budding activist in ACT UP and a branch of ACT UP, called The Pissed Off Dyke Cell. Erica talked significantly about her previous relationships and how those connections shaped her activisim as well as how her activism shaped her relationships. She …
November 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
November 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Calendar 2017
October 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
October 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Simchat Torah; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Rabbi Darah Lerner Visits; Community Notices
September 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
September 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Shabbat in the Woods; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Community Notices
August 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
August 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Kiddush Levana; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices
July 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
July 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Maine-ly Jewish Storytelling Festival; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcments; Inconvient Artifacts; Federation Report; Community Notices
June 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
June 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Shabbat Together; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices
Moser, W. Jo, Wendy Chapkis
Moser, W. Jo, Wendy Chapkis
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
W. Jo Moser is a mother, photographer, political activist, and lesbian. She has experience working in childcare and is passionate about child welfare. Moser has a unique perspective as a lesbian parent being in a romantic long-term relationship with her partner of several decades. She sheds light on what living in San Francisco was like as a queer-identifying person in the 60s, 70s, and early-80s. There were experiences of social isolation she shared. This isolation was due to the fact that she did not always feel accepted in lesbian communities, but also felt that she had to prove herself to …
May 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
May 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Café Shalom; From the Rabbi; Presidents Message; Book Group; Announcements; Bissel of Maine; Community Notices
Mckenzie, Mike, Wendy Chapkis
Mckenzie, Mike, Wendy Chapkis
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Mike McKenzie was born in 1971 and grew up in Scarborough Maine raised by his single mother. Mike knew he was gay in 1988 while still in high school where he witnessed and faced homophobia. This resulted in dropping out of school at the age of 16. At 17, Mike joined the Coast Guard and served from 1990 to 1991. As a very masculine gay man, he was generally well accepted by those he served with who knew he was gay but faced homophobia from a newcomer who outed Mike; this resulted in a discharge from the Coast Guard. Back …
April 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
April 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Community Passover Seder; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Message to the Community; Community Notices
Franco Memory Through Song: Les Troubadours Of Lewiston, Maine, Colby College Mu493
Franco Memory Through Song: Les Troubadours Of Lewiston, Maine, Colby College Mu493
Theatre Programs and Songbooks
Songbook, including lyrics in both French and English and sheet music, of the repertoire of Les Troubadours, an all-women's Franco-American choir based in Lewiston, Maine. Songs included are primarily those representative of day-to-day life, such as lullabies and children's songs. Also includes biographical sketches of three members of Les Troubadours: Aliette Couturier, Irene Mercier, and Jeannine Doucette.
Compiled in Spring 2017 by students from Professor Natalie Zelensky's MU493 class at Colby College.
Henderson, Susan, Emma Wynn Hill
Henderson, Susan, Emma Wynn Hill
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Susan Henderson is a gay woman living in Portland, Maine. She realized she was gay after attending a meeting of the Wilde Stein Club at the University of Maine in Orono. After leaving Orono, she worked at the Portland Social Security Office and stayed there for 36 yeasr. She helped to write a newsletter for the Maine Gay Task Force that turned into Mainly Gay Magazine, a magazine that reached people nationwide. On the Maine Gay Task Force she helped to put on the Gay Symposia that the group hosted for almost ten years. She came out in the 70s …
Manson, Barry, Alanna Larivee, Emma Wynn Hill
Manson, Barry, Alanna Larivee, Emma Wynn Hill
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Barry Manson was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1947. He grew up in Rumford and worked in his father’s grocery store from third grade to high school. Manson shares his story of being an out gay man since the age of 12 and the uncomfortable environment of living in a closed-minded community in Northeast Maine. He briefly attended college in Tampa, Florida then Ricker College in Houlton. While living in Connecticut, he began hitchhiking to New York City on a regular basis to enjoy the city’s theater scene and night life. He moved to New York where his love for …
March 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
March 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Purim Down with Haman; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Paul Goodman Changed my Life; Community Notices
February 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
February 2017, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center
Newsletter Archive
Contents: Musical and Mystical Tu B'Shavat; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; A 3-D View of Jewish History; Announcements; A Bissel of Maine; Community Notices