Jazzmen Lee-Johnson interview

Interview with Jazzmen Lee-Johnson by Cindy Villaneuva. Jazzmen is a queer; Black artist; dancer and rapper; and parent. Topics in order of discussion include: early life in Baltimore; the impact of art and creative practice on her life; support from her mother; her discovery of queerness; being queer and Black; living in Rhode Island; her student experience at Rhode Island School of Design; her travels and study abroad. This interview was created as part of the Queer Stories Project - an oral history project developed by Dr. Virginia Thomas to train LGBTQIA young adults to conduct oral history interviews with LGBTQIA adults in Rhode Island. Queer Stories Project was funded by Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.