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Brushaber, Skip, Jack Barrett, Branden Pratt
Brushaber, Skip, Jack Barrett, Branden Pratt
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Skip Brushaber is a 71-year old gay man who uses he/his/him pronouns. Skip worked as a nurse and social worker during the AIDS crisis. He was born in Buffalo, New York, on January 9th, 1947. Skip studied English in college but later became a nurse and social worker. He lived in New York and Pennsylvania before moving to Portland in 1980. He helped found the AIDS Project in 1983, a group in Portland that helped support individuals dealing with AIDS, and founded and wrote for Our Paper throughout the 80s, an LGBTQ paper aimed at covering issues related to queerness …
Wood, Barb, Isabella Rieger
Wood, Barb, Isabella Rieger
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Barbra ‘Barb’ Wood is 63 years old and lives in Portland M.E with her partner Carol. Barb realized she was queer her junior year in college when an underclassman that she met at a party took her back to her apartment and kissed her. After this kiss Barb recovered her other queer crushes through her series of romantic friendships with women. After college Barb worked as an insurance inspection agent in the state of Maine and later went on to become a resident of Portland. Barb was instrumental in the creation and distribution of Maine’s first queer newspaper OUR PAPER …
Lg Ms 040 Harbor Masters Archives Finding Aid, Natalie Hill
Lg Ms 040 Harbor Masters Archives Finding Aid, Natalie Hill
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Harbor Masters of Portland, Maine, Inc. is a private nonprofit organization whose members share an interest in the leather/levi lifestyle. The organization was originally incorporated in Maine in 1984 to serve as a social club for like-minded gay males. However, members of any sex are allowed to join Harbor Masters. The club was founded with the goals of promoting fellowship among and tolerance for individuals interested in the leather lifestyle and continues to work toward those goals.
Over time, the Harbor Masters took on a more active role in New England’s LGBT community. The organization has regularly participated in charitable …
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