Title
Interview with Debbie Leighton
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Date
8-21-2006
Collection
Howard Solomon Collection
Collection ID
LG-MS0045
Description
Debbie Leighton moved to Portland in the early 1980s, where she was a member of Woodfords Congregational Church and joined the Feminist Spiritual Community. It was there that she met Eleanor “Elly” Humes Haney. Leighton worked with Haney and the Feminist Spiritual Community throughout the 1980s and 90s on a variety of projects, including Astarte Shell Press and the Center for Vision and Policy. Leighton discusses both her and Haney’s decision to leave the Feminist Spiritual Community, and their later work through the Neighborhood United Church of Christ in Bath. This work included the church’s move to go through the open and affirming process in the mid-90s, as well as work with the United Voice Community Land Trust.
Keywords
LGBT, Bath, ME, Portland, ME, United Church of Christ, Congregationalist, Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland, ME, The Neighborhood United Church of Christ, Bath, ME, Feminist Spiritual Community, feminism, feminist ethics, paganism, witchcraft, Eleanor Humes Haney, Astarte Shell Press, Center for Vision and Policy, United Voice Community Land Trust
Disciplines
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Solomon, Howard, "Interview with Debbie Leighton" (2006). Howard Solomon Collection Oral Histories. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/solomon_oral_histories/1
Format
Interview
Comments
Debbie Leighton moved to Portland in the early 1980s, where she was a member of Woodfords Congregational Church and joined the Feminist Spiritual Community. It was there that she met Eleanor “Elly” Humes Haney. Leighton worked with Haney and the Feminist Spiritual Community throughout the 1980s and 90s on a variety of projects, including Astarte Shell Press and the Center for Vision and Policy. Leighton discusses both her and Haney’s decision to leave the Feminist Spiritual Community, and their later work through the Neighborhood United Church of Christ in Bath. This work included the church’s move to go through the open and affirming process in the mid-90s, as well as work with the United Voice Community Land Trust.