Parker, Heidi

Interviewer

Tegan Bryne

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Description

Heidi Parker is a 47-year-old lesbian, who uses she/her pronouns. Heidi Parker grew up in the South and Seventh-Day Adventist. One of her favorite parts about living in the South and still one of her favorite things today is the mountains. Heidi Parker has moved to a few places around the United States; including New York, Maine, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Morrow Beach. Heidi Parker worked as a PE teacher before getting a higher degree in Sports Management. After getting her degree, she moved to New York and worked at Syracuse and then moved to Maine to work at the University of Southern Maine. Heidi Parker does not follow the Seventh-Day Adventist religion anymore because they are not welcoming to the LGBT community. Heidi Parker talks a lot about her chosen family and how important that is to her. She also talks about other relationships she has had in her life.

Please cite as: Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer+ Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, University of Southern Maine Libraries. For more information about the Querying the Past: Maine LGBTQ Oral History Project, please contact Dr. Wendy Chapkis.

Publication Date

11-11-2023

Publisher

USM Special Collections

City

Portland, ME

Keywords

Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, South, Sexuality, Mountains, Dinner, Parkway, Family time, Routine, Woods, High school, Sports, Female athlete, Basketball Volleyball, Softball, Coastal Carolina University, University of North Carolina, University of Southern Maine, Religion, Seventh-day Adventist, Sabbath, Saturday, Church, Tomboy, Undergrad, Masters, Ph.D program, Hiking, Outside, Nature, Board games, Sheltered, Language, Culture Shock, Parties, Threatened, Teacher, Work, School, Women, Dating, PE teacher, High school, Elementary School, College, K-12, Coach, Too gay, Atlanta, Columbus, Maine, Portland, Sport management, Advisor, Syracuse University, New York, LGBT community, Partner, Underemployed, Move, Boyfriend, Crushes, Girls, Morrow Beach, Long-distance, Come out, Sister, Brother, Mom, Dad, Step-dad, Younger sibling, Older sibling, Rainbow, Grandpa, Grandma, Grandparents, Values, Affair, Christmas, Traditions, Pizza Hut, Vegetarian, Old Testament, Meat, Sin, Potluck, Neighborhood, Burger King, Dresses

Disciplines

History of Gender | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Oral History | Women's Studies

Recommended Citation

Bryne, Tegan, "Parker, Heidi" (2023). Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection. 111.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/111

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