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Stifled [Queer] Voices, Eric D. Teman J.D., Ph.D.
Stifled [Queer] Voices, Eric D. Teman J.D., Ph.D.
Eric D Teman, J.D., Ph.D.
Issues of bullying, suicide, self-expression, self-acceptance, self-harm, among others, within the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, ally, and others (GLBTQQA+) culture are explored through ethnodrama. I show the suffering, the silenced voices, and the pain endured by GLBTQQA+ college students in rural Wyoming. I act as a story-reteller, where I creatively and strategically edit the interview transcripts to maintain the narrative. The result is an ethnodrama.
Laramie 2.0: Journey Of A Queer Professor, Eric D. Teman J.D., Ph.D.
Laramie 2.0: Journey Of A Queer Professor, Eric D. Teman J.D., Ph.D.
Eric D Teman, J.D., Ph.D.
Through autoethnographic poetry, I take the reader on a journey through my experience of moving to Laramie, Wyoming, to become faculty at the University of Wyoming. As a gay male who is still haunted by the 1998 brutal murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, I engage in storytelling: relaying my personal experiences of living in modern-day Laramie, showing the reader my fears, obstacles, and revelations through prose.