Phyllicia McGowan and Susan Kocen
Recorded
April 20, 2016
38:48 minutes
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Id:
ddb002066
Description
Phyllicia Daria McGowan (59) is interviewed by her friend, Susan Kocen (50), about her life as a queer person, who for so long did not fit into the queer community.Subject Log / Time Code
Phyllicia Daria McGowan (59) talks about how she has always been queer, but has not always been able to be a part of the queer community.
PDM describes queer culture, and explains why she had always identified with it.
PDM remembers how she got involved in radical politics.
PDM talks about how, after starting a family and entering the professional working world, she suppressed her queerness.
PDM remembers when her step-daughter, Tamanna Bennett, came out as a lesbian - and remembers how that gave her a connection to the queer community.
PDM talks about how her sense of duty and obligation to her family stopped her from committing suicide, when she was deeply depressed.
PDM remembers how her therapist supported her in her transition.
PDM talks about how she feels to belong to a queer community for the first time.
Participants
- Phyllicia McGowan
- Susan Kocen