Item Details

coverage

Winston-Salem (N.C.)

creator

Campagne, Lindey

Parker, Susan

date

2012-02-21

2024-03-08T16:44:35Z

2024-03-08T16:44:35Z

2024-03-08 (issued)

description

Susan Parker was born in November 1958 in Maiden, North Carolina. She describes her family as a traditional Southern Baptist farming household. Church was a big part of her life growing up, but Parker argues that her scope of understanding the world was rather narrow. At the time of this interview in February 2012, it had been about 25 years since she came out to her family. She describes this process and her family's reaction, taking care to note her brother's support. In 1998, Parker and her partner asked the Wake Forest Baptist Church if they would allow them to get married in Wait Chapel. Turmoil ensued since the Baptist Church had mixed sentiments about homosexuality. She describes the process of eventually receiving the approval in September 2000 including advocacy from student groups and University faculty.

format

audio/mp3

0.046527778

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/103085

language

English

relation

History of Wake Forest University Oral histories (RG53.1.2 )

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subject

Wake Forest University -- History

Expanded Wake Voices

Inclusive Student Life Collection

Gay Straight Student Alliance

LGBTQ Center

Wait Chapel

LGBTQ

Queer Public Histories

Women

Same-sex marriage

Sexual minorities

title

Parker, Susan (audio interview)

type

Sound