Kawamoto, Eric

Interviewer

Cosette Holmes
Tiana Cope-Ferland

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Description

This interview with Eric Kawamoto reveals a journey of self-discovery in Chicago, L.A., Boston, and Portland; an intersection between being Asian American and being queer; and survival of AIDS as a result of reserve. Kawamoto places these personal themes among his account of the LGBTQ+ and Asian American communities’ overarching struggles, like the fight for domestic partnership benefits, representation of Asian American gay men, and spreading awareness about Japanese American internment in California.

Citation

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

Fall 11-25-2018

Publisher

University of Southern Maine

City

Portland, ME

Keywords

LGBTQ, Asian America, Gay, Chicago, Boston, California, Portland, AIDS, George Takei, Internment, Asian stereotypes, Physics, Scientist, Teacher, Dance club, MIT, Music, Unity, Danger, Gay bulletin board, soc.motss, AIDS mourning

Disciplines

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

Recommended Citation

Holmes, Cosette and Cope-Ferland, Tiana, "Kawamoto, Eric" (2018). Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection. 37.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/37

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.