Oral History Interview with Debby Martin
- Title
- Oral History Interview with Debby Martin
- LC Subject
- Lesbianism Lesbian community
- Local Collection ID
- Coll 520
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Interviewee
- Martin, Debby
- 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
- Debby was born in 1951 in North Bend, Oregon and grew up in Corvallis. She had an idyllic childhood with loving parents. She went to the University of Oregon where she majored in theater and graduated in 1974. She came out to herself after college while she was living in London. Back in Eugene, Debby got a job as a nurse’s aide in Eugene, and began a friendship with Lynn Pinckney. At the University of Oregon, she did a one-woman play titled “Bobbie Sue Divine LSBN,” which the student group Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA) booked on campus. Debby discusses women’s music and working with the University of Oregon Cultural Forum and Student Activities from 1981 to 2004. This work made her realize the importance of coming out. In the early 1990s she worked against Ballot Measure 9, particularly through her work with WYMPROV! In 1992, she started the UO Queer Film Festival. Debby brought “Safe Zone” magnets to UO and across the country. She presented early LGBT educational sessions at professional conferences, and was involved with the national steering committee for LGBT concerns. Debby retired in 2007.
- Subject
- Amateur theater; Buddhism; Coleman, Edwin Leon, 1932- ; Feminist bookstores; Homophobia; Improvisation (Acting); Marriage equality; McMillan, Adell; Mother Kali’s Books; Queer Film Festival; Sound of Lesbians, The; Transgender people; Willamette Folk Festival; Women’s music.
- Location
- University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 2018-08-31
- Identifier
- Coll520_do030
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Local Collection Name
- Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Type
- Collection
- Format
- application/xml
- Set
- Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Primary Set
- Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Institution
- University of Oregon
