Interview with Robert Iovino by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include Providence neighborhoods, Italian-American culture, having children, Christianity, Baptist worship, the Vietnam War, the NSA, coming out, divorce, dating sites, chatrooms, cancer, spiritualism, dating apps, addiction, and the United Methodist church.
Interview with Richard Muto by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include family history, immigration, autism, sexual assault, Providence neighborhoods, college, gay students coalition, the gay community, Newport, houselessness, hauntings, civil rights, gay community and lesbian community relationships, bookstores, mafia, piano, neurosurgery, Gamma Knife, traumatic brain injuries, genetic testing, and partnerships.
Interview with Kim Deacon by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include Rhode Island suburban gay bars, Disco, generational shifts, the King and Queens bar, martial arts, drag queens, bisexuality, covert gay bars in the 1940's, manufacturing, liquor licensing, lesbian bars, and building community.
Interview with Keith Ward by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include Providence redevelopment, coming out, drag queens, Diana Ross, police brutality, gay bars, racism, restaurants, sex work, housing, San Francisco, moving, cruising, and the relationships between gay men and lesbians.
Undergraduate thesis by Joe Saperstein about LGBTQ+ oral histories from Rhode Island. Topics of discussion within thesis include coming out, gay bars, homophobia, AIDS, gay bookshops, the gay community, police brutality, lesbians, drag queens, divorce, Rhode Island cities and towns, Providence neighborhoods and redevelopment.
Interview with Joe Elliot by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include coming out, the Hudson Valley, gay bars, community newspapers, cruising, Providence neighborhoods, Providence redevelopment, city transformation, property ownership, homophobia, AIDS, Pride parades, travel, travel guides, and homeownership.
Interview with George Lewis by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include religious upbringing, gay bars and movie theaters, travel to Venezuela, first Pride Parade, AIDS, and gentrification, historic preservation, and Providence neighborhoods.
Interview with Donald Walters by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include homophobic violence, gay bars, cruising, Providence neighborhoods, AIDS, organized crime.
Interview with David Lima by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include early romantic encounters, acting in theater productions, gay bars, Rhode Island towns, Providence neighborhoods, Portuguese heritage,bullying in school, Catholicism, cruising, drag queens, Boston gay bars, WGBH, nude beaches, and guidebooks, .
Interview with Billy Mencer Ackerly by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include homophobic violence, gay bars, Metropolitan Community Church, police harassment, religious intolerance, and the Providence Gay Pride Parade.
Interview with an anonymous individual by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include bisexuality, sexual assault, coming out, brainwashing, bathhouses, divorce, gay bars, STIs, sex work, AIDS, cruising, and trans women.
Interview with an anonymous individual by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include early life in New Jersey, lesbians, lesbian bars, gay bars, Provincetown, and towns in Rhode Island.
Interview with an anonymous individual by Joe Saperstein. Topics of discussion include gay bars, lesbian bars, lesbians, life as a teacher, marriage to a straight man, travel.
