Oral History Interview with Mary Franklin, October 18, 2013
Description:
Interview with Mary Franklin, an activist in the Dallas LGBT community from Riverhead, New York. Franklin discusses her family background, the neighborhood she grew up in in, dyslexia and struggles in school, her sexuality and coming out, the LGBT scene on Long Island, "gay" as a term, her first girlfriend, Anita Bryant, applying for a marriage license on National Coming Out Day, feminism and activism, moving to Dallas, the decriminalization of homosexuality in Texas, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, thr…
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Date:
October 18, 2013
Creator:
Castillo, Vogel Vladimir & Franklin, Mary
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UNT Oral History Program