Billye Talmadge Interview, 1987

Activism, Counseling, Discrimination, The Ladder, Police Harassment, Political Movements and Community Struggles, Psychology, Religion, Conferences and Events, Voting, Well of Loneliness

Billye Talmadge discusses her early experiences as she came to understand her own preferences and sexuality, and the support she received from her college dean, classmate, and mother. She describes her role in the Daughters of Bilitis and the responsibilities and liabilities of being an officer in the group. She elaborates on the social and political climate of the times, and how she endeavored to help people overcome their fear of harassment and discrimination through providing education and supportive counseling and resources.

Lesbian Herstory Archive

1987

Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.

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Photograph by Morgan Gwenwald

Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

English

Video Recording, Oral History

Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953

VHS

Transcript available upon request. Content of the transcript may differ from the content of the video.