Item Details

coverage

Winston-Salem (N.C.)

creator

Lee, Justin

Llewelly, Cameran

date

2015-10-24

2024-04-16T14:14:07Z

2024-04-16T14:14:07Z

2024-04-16 (issued)

description

Justin Lee graduated from Wake Forest in 2000 and majored in psychology. At the time of this interview, he was the executive director of the Gay Christian Network. During his time at Wake Forest, Lee along with two other gay students met with President Hearn to advocate for the marraige of Susan Parker and Wendy Scott in Wait Chapel. Lee was a member of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and help facilitate a relationship between the organization and the Gay Straight Student Alliance to ease some of the tensions between the Christian and LGBTQ communities on campus. He describes the climate as more accepting than previous eras, pointing to significant cultural figures like Ellen Degeneres and the show Will & Grace as touchstones in this acceptance. At the same time, Lee found Wake Forest was still very conservative and students were hesitant to accepting him and others, leaving him to feel very alone. After graduation he founded the Gay Christian Network to help others find a sense of community.

format

audio/mp3

51 minutes

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/103325

language

English

relation

Special Collections and Archives

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

rights

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subject

Wake Forest University--History

Expanded Wake Voices

Inclusive Student Life Collection

LGBTQ

Queer Public Histories

Rising Voices: A Wake Forest LGBTQIA Alumni Conference

Mother So Queer: A Queer History of Wake Forest University

Wake TV

Parker, Susan

Christians

Baptists

Fellowship--Religious aspects

Gay-straight alliances in schools

Hearn, Thomas K., Jr., 1937-2008

Dormitory life

Students--Social life and customs

title

Lee, Justin (audio interview and transcript)

type

Sound