Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 3)
Item
Title
Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 3)
Description
The New York gay bar scene in the 1950s gave Sonny Wainwright and her peers a place to be together without the interference of straight society. She left New York in 1953 to become a college teacher at University of New Hampshire. Wainwright oscillates between ideas of identity and stories of different instances of being outed in her personal and professional life, including a story about developing a relationship with a student at the University of New Hampshire, who outed her sexualty leading to her dismissal.
Creator
Neighborhood Voices
Language
English
Identifier
VID016
Episode Title
Sonny Wainwright
Series Title
Neighborhood Voices
Interviewee
Sonny Wainwright
Physical Format
U-matic
Duration
00:20:52
Collection
Citation
Neighborhood Voices, “Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 3),” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed December 3, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/977.