Edwards, Florence

Interviewer

Roukia Houssein
Annie Karim

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Description

The interview was conducted in a USM classroom Roukia and Annie. Florence is a 40 years old dentist who also served in the military. In this interview, Florence shared their journey in being a queer black woman in the military. Florence was asked about their identity and their story on coming out as their preferred sexuality. In the interview, Florence also talks about being a dentist in the military and also outside of the military. In the interview, Florence puts important people in their life in specific stories. They also touched on their education and difference in living in NY, Maine, Chicago, and DC and how did that impact their life. Florence also shared the different bars she went to during her time in DC and also bars in Maine.

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

11-28-2021

Publisher

USM Special Collections

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Coming out, Military, Army, Queer, Black. Bars

Disciplines

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

Recommended Citation

Houssein, Roukia and Karim, Annie, "Edwards, Florence" (2021). Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection. 76.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/76

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