Description
Jeffrey Ward, from Northern Maine, talks about his experience interacting with the Portland LGBTQ community and his experience coming out as a gay man at the age of 47. Some subjects include: his experience with the Casco Gay Men group, Portland Pride Parade, The Front Porch, Blackstones, his involvement in the Methodist Church, his family life, and how he met his partner of 16 years.
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
11-16-2018
City
University of Southern Maine
Keywords
Family life, Portland, Maine, Caribou, Gay Bars, The Front Porch, Blackstones, Gay marriage, Portland Pride Parade, Casco Gay Men, Methodist Church, LGBTQ community, Dating, Love, Coming out
Disciplines
History of Gender | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Oral History | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Cornwall, Benjamin, "Ward, Jeffrey" (2018). Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection. 42.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/42
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
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History of Gender Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Oral History Commons, Women's Studies Commons
