Oral History Interview with Sarah Douglas: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Title
- Oral History Interview with Sarah Douglas: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- LC Subject
- Lesbianism Lesbian community
- Local Collection ID
- Coll 520
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Interviewee
- Douglas, Sarah
- Interviewer
- Long, Linda, 1956- Raiskin, Judith L.
- Description
- The Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project collection consists of interviews of 83 people for the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, conducted by Professor Judith Raiskin and Curator Linda Long at the University of Oregon starting in the summer of 2018.
- Abstract
- Sarah was born in 1944 in Asheville, North Carolina. She attended Smith College in 1962 for two years and then UC Berkeley, graduating in 1966 with a degree in philosophy. She was politically radical and became a lesbian in 1968. Sarah received a doctorate in computer science from Stanford University in 1983 and came to teach at the University of Oregon Computer & Information Science Department. She was attracted to Eugene because she knew about the lesbian separatist lands in southern Oregon and about the strong lesbian community in Eugene. Sarah was closeted at UO until she got tenure in 1989. She discusses the LGBT faculty at UO and homophobia on campus. Sarah served as co-chair with Cheyney Ryan of the UO Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Concerns, 1989-1991, which addressed inequalities experienced by LGBT faculty, staff, and students on campus. Sarah discusses when a Law School instructor, Greg Johnson, came out to his class in 1990, and the consequences of that action. She discusses the Oregon Citizen’s Alliance (OCA). Sarah lived in Veneta, Oregon, just outside Eugene, at that time. She discusses the conservative nature of the citizens of Veneta, but the liberal character of the City Council. Sarah discusses the periodical The Lavender Network, which was published in Eugene. She concludes her interview by discussing transgender issues, aging issues, and states that she does not believe in marriage.
- Subject
- Aging; AIDS (disease); Ballot Measure 8; Ballot Measure 9; Brand, Myles; Closeted gays -- United States; Coming out (sexual orientation); Drescher, Marlene; Gender nonconformity; Lesbian community; Marriage equality; Moral turpitude; Oregon University System; Racism; Same-sex marriage; Transgender people; University of Oregon – Faculty; University of Oregon – Students; University of Oregon. Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Concerns; Veneta (Or.); Vitulli, Marie; Vetri, Dominick R.
- Location
- University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 2018-07-31
- Identifier
- Coll520_do013
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Local Collection Name
- Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Type
- Moving Image
- Format
- video/mp4
- Set
- Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Institution
- University of Oregon
