[Oral History Program interview with Lloyd Schaefer, 2012]

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Schaefer, Lloyd, interviewee

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Abstract: In his 2012 interview with Sarah Neddo, Lloyd Schaefer talks about his experiences in the conservative community of Green Bay, Wisconsin. He shares the story of his religious upbringing a...

Abstract: In his 2012 interview with Sarah Neddo, Lloyd Schaefer talks about his experiences in the conservative community of Green Bay, Wisconsin. He shares the story of his religious upbringing and how he ended up at Union Congregational UCC Church in Green Bay. He also talks about Positive Voice a group he has been very involved with since the 1980s. He discusses the following topics: The evolution of Positive Voice, Green Bay's Gay Bar scene, the community response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the open and affirming process of the local UCC Church in the late 90s, and the PrideAlive festival of Green Bay.

Key Words: Wisconsin; LGBT; LGBTQ; Gay; Transgender; Trans; Genderqueer; Madison; Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS); Gay Bars; Northern Womyn; UW-Green Bay; Positive Voice; UW-Madison; HIV/AIDS; Manhole; AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin; ARCW; Green Bay Police Department; PFLAG; Gay Straight Alliance; GSA; Marc Pocan; Union Congregational; United Church of Christ; UCC; Open and Affirming; Metropolitan Community Churches; MCC, Troy Perry; PrideAlive; Support Group; Fair Wisconsin; 2006 Marriage Amendment; Domestic Partnership; David Clarenbach; coming out; rural; Cricket; Press Gazette; LGBT History Tent; Andrew DeBaker.

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