Phil Dougharty and W. Houston Dougharty
Recorded
April 14, 2023
Archived
April 14, 2023
41:12 minutes
0:00 / 0:00
Id:
mby022625
Description
Houston Dougharty (61) interviews his brother Phil Dougharty (72) about their upbringing in New Mexico, growing up in the Southern Baptist Church, and Phil's experience coming out as gay at the age of 36.Subject Log / Time Code
Phil Dougharty (PD) describes his family and the eleven-year age difference between him and Houston Dougharty (HD).
HD asks PD about his favorite memories of growing up in New Mexico.
PD reflects on the rapid change seen by the world in the late 1960s.
PD remembers wanting to sing and do music and talks about getting into church music.
PD talks about his parents' discomfort with homosexuality.
PD talks about being 36 years old when he came out as gay.
PD talks about navigating the long, difficult process of coming out while married with a daughter.
PD talks about leaving the Baptist Church and eventually becoming ordained as a priest as an openly gay man.
HD asks PD who and what have been his life's loves.
Participants
- Phil Dougharty
- W. Houston Dougharty