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
Interviewee Name
Ross Ewing
Interviewer Name
Rory Barron
Interview Date
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 KentuckyInterview Rights
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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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