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Oral history interview with Laurie J. Lockert

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11137

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

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.

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).

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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