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Oral history interview with Renee LaChance, by Brontë Olson and Nicole Estey [Transcript]

Transcript. This is interview of Renee LaChance was conducted by Brontë Olson and Nicole Estey for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest as part of their senior capstone at Portland State University. LaChance worked with the queer newspaper The Cascade Voice, first selling advertising and writing and later as the editor for a period of time before founding Just Out newspaper with Jay Brown in 1983. The interview covers her involvement in the Gay Pride Festival, AIDS and ACT-UP, and Ballot Measures 9 and 13, as well as her experiences with running Just Out, her decision to sell, and her feelings about the path of the paper after its purchase by Marty Davis in 1998. It finishes with words of wisdom offered by LaChance for both the gay community and the general public on life and changing the future.

LaChance, Renee

Oral history interview with Renee LaChance, by Brontë Olson and Nicole Estey [Sound Recording]

Session 1. This is interview of Renee LaChance was conducted by Brontë Olson and Nicole Estey for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest as part of their senior capstone at Portland State University. LaChance worked with the queer newspaper The Cascade Voice, first selling advertising and writing and later as the editor for a period of time before founding Just Out newspaper with Jay Brown in 1983. The interview covers her involvement in the Gay Pride Festival, AIDS and ACT-UP, and Ballot Measures 9 and 13, as well as her experiences with running Just Out, her decision to sell, and her feelings about the path of the paper after its purchase by Marty Davis in 1998. It finishes with words of wisdom offered by LaChance for both the gay community and the general public on life and changing the future.

LaChance, Renee

Oral history interview with Rupert Kinnard, by Marissa Gunning and Ellen Tobias [Transcript]

Transcript. Kinnard discusses a few different subjects that include the accident that left him a paraplegic, his experience and career in cartooning and graphic design, working for Just Out, his new venture The LifeCapsule Project, and his feelings on gay marriage.

Kinnard, Rupert, 1954-

Oral history interview with Rupert Kinnard, by Marissa Gunning and Ellen Tobias [Sound Recording]

Session 1. Kinnard discusses a few different subjects that include the accident that left him a paraplegic, his experience and career in cartooning and graphic design, working for Just Out, his new venture The LifeCapsule Project, and his feelings on gay marriage.

Kinnard, Rupert, 1954-

Oral history interview with Roy L. Watters III, by Jacqueline Marcotte [Transcript]

Transcript. Watters discusses his early life in Vancouver, Washington, life as a young gay man in Portland, Oregon in the 1970s, his experiences during the AIDS epidemic while in San Francisco, California, and feeling the need to hide his sexual orientation to protect his career.

Watters, Roy

NOW Lesbian Videotape

Program starts at (0:00:20). KPTV Channel 12 presents Columbia Crossroads' program about lesbian women. Written and produced by the Lesbian Task Force of the Portland chapter of the National Organization for Women. Minutes 0:00:50-0:05:00 are street interviews collecting public opinion about lesbian women. Followed by a short information piece about lesbian acceptance in society. The next segment highlights lesbian women throughout history, followed by discussion segment guests talk about their life experiences as gay women, public appearance, and familial and societal acceptance. Next segment discusses gay rights, and the potential for federal anti-discrimination laws and Civil Rights laws to include and protect gay individuals, and highlights how Eugene and Portland passed ordinances to ban discrimination from employment and housing. Musical segment by Littlebear playing "Special Friend," as credits roll. The end of the video continues another set of street interviews concerning public opinion of the feminist movement.

Credits: Guests, Nedra Bagley, Alice Cielo, Katherine English, Holly Hart McVey, Rose Panza, Carol Rubenstein, Sandy Smith, Susan Stauffer, Carol Thomas, Elaine Velazquez, Jeri White. Music, "Special Friend," by Little Bear; Performed by, Aspen, Littlebear, Coyote.

The Video Access Project (Public Access Television Program)

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