Jeff Gaudor (Kira Stone) interview

Interview with Kira Stone by Jane Freiman. Kira Stone is a drag persona performed by Jeff Gaudor since 2010. Gaudor identifies as a white; gay man. Topics in order of discussion include: growing up in Attleboro (Mass.) including a support network including his mother; a gay family friend and a gay teacher; participating in drag pageants and wining Miss Gay Massachusetts USofA and Miss Gay Rhode Island USofA; living in Los Angeles; issues of substance abuse; her drag family and the drag community in Rhode Island; changes in LGBTQ identity over time. This interview was created as part of the Queering Oral History course - an oral history course at Brown University in Spring 2020 and taught by Dr. Virginia Thomas. Students were trained in oral history practices and interviewed members of the Rhode Island LGBTQIA community.