Interview with Ross Ewing and Mel Lesch, July 2, 2018

Project: Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Ross Ewing and Mel Lesch, University of Kentucky alumni, share their undergraduate experience. They discuss founding the LGBTQ student group, Outsource, and talk about other student groups and LGBTQ life in Lexington during the early 2000s.

Interview Accession

2018oh332_lgbtq021

Interviewee Name

Mel Lesch

Ross Ewing

Interviewer Name

Adriana Sisko

Rory Barron

Interview Date

2018-07-02

Interview Keyword

Activism Gay clubs Homophobia Lambda (organization) Lavender (organization) LGBTQ community LGBTQ history OUTsource (organization) Queer identity September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Student organizations Undergraduate students

Interview LC Subject

College campuses. College environment College students--Attitudes. College students--Conduct of life. College students--Social conditions Coming out (Sexual orientation) Education, Higher Gay men--Identity. Homosexuality--Social aspects. Lesbian community Lesbians--Identity. Lexington (Ky.) Sexual minorities--Identity. Sexual orientation. Universities and colleges. University of Kentucky

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Lesch, Mel Interview by Adriana Sisko. 02 Jul. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Lesch, M. (2018, July 02). Interview by A. Sisko. Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Lesch, Mel, interview by Adriana Sisko. July 02, 2018, Outsouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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