Oral history interview with Laurie J. Lockert
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Laurie Lockert was conducted by Lee Ann Phillips on July 26, 2007, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. The interview was conducted as part of a senior capstone class on LGBTQ history at Portland State University, with instructor Christa Orth.
In this interview, Lockert discusses her family background and early life in Portland, Oregon, including the expectations her parents had, and her experience of accepting her identity as a lesbian. She shares her experience of coming out to her parents. She talks about her involvement with the lesbian community in Portland in the 1970s, and about playing tennis with other lesbians. She speaks about her early relationships with women, then talks about her marriage to Kathleen M. Roy and about raising a child. She closes the interview by discussing how the lesbian community in Portland changed, and by talking about the increasing visibility and acceptance of gays and lesbians in American society.
Dates
- Creation: 2007 July 26
Creator
- Lockert, Laurie J. (Laurie Jo), 1952- (Interviewee, Person)
- Phillips, Lee Ann (Interviewer, Person)
- Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (Sponsor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Biographical note
Laurie Jo Lockert was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1952. She studied at Oregon State University. Around 1983, she earned a master’s degree in psychology from Portland State University, and worked as a mental health counselor. She married Kathleen M. Roy, and they later had one child.
Extent
471 Megabytes (1 audio file (WAV, 46 min., 44 sec.) + transcript (20 pages))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Laurie J. Lockert conducted by Lee Ann Phillips on July 26, 2007, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Lockert discusses her experiences as a lesbian in Portland, Oregon, from the 1970s through the 2000s.
Technical access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Christa Orth, October 2007 (Lib. Acc. 26361).
General
Forms part of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN).
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the oral history interview with Laurie J. Lockert
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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