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Maxwell, Daralyn, Susam Cousins, Kelly Dyer
Maxwell, Daralyn, Susam Cousins, Kelly Dyer
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Daralyn Maxwell, Dal for short, is a 67 year old transgender woman. Dal lives in Freeport Maine but has moved around the northeast throughout her life. In this interview Dal covers experiences she has had throughout her life. Dal came out as a trans woman later in her life and she values her experiences that brought her to where she is today. Dal covers her experience working in bars and restaurants as a male presenting person where she helped women escape domestic violence. Dal also covers her coming out story, from being outed to her boss, to coming out to …
Reckitt, Lois Galgay, Johnna Ossie
Reckitt, Lois Galgay, Johnna Ossie
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Lois Galgay Reckitt was born and raised in Massachusetts. She attended Brandeis University and then Boston University for her graduate degree. After college, she married a man who was in the Coast Guard. They moved to South Portland to the house she still lives in today. She came out at age 33 when she was deeply entrenched in the growing women's movement. She had a rocky divorce with her self-proclaimed feminist husband who blackmailed her when he found out she was a lesbian. In 1971 she became the treasurer for the first National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter in Maine. …