LGBTQIA+ Archive of Jackson County

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LGBTQIA+ Archive of Jackson County

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Kat Gray, stage name Katarina Eclipse, is interviewed by Sarah Steiner as a part of the Gender and Sexuality Oral History project. Eclipse is a transgender drag queen. She relates the experience she had coming out in high school which resulted being…

Lauren Stogner, stage name Ren Rum, is interviewed by Sarah Steiner as a part of the Gender and Sexuality Oral History project. Stogner is a pansexual female who does horror and cosplay drag as a king and has been dressing up, wearing wigs and…

Tyler Melvin, stage name Skylar Shay, is interviewed by Sarah Steiner as a part of the Gender and Sexuality Oral History project. Melvin identifies as gender fluid and performs emotional drag with a fluid persona. Growing up in a rural Southern…

Sierra Jo Kimberlin, stage name Channing Taint, is interviewed by Sarah Steiner as a part of the Gender and Sexuality Oral History project. Taint identifies as a female lesbian and uses drag as an artistic outlet, performing gender fuck drag and as a…

Lane Wagner, stage name Natasha Noir Nightly, is interviewed by Sarah Steiner as a part of the Gender and Sexuality Oral History project. Wagner, who identifies as a pansexual, cisgender male, is a bearded drag queen and part of the drag family House…

Kaleb Sisco, stage name Ginger Von Snap, is interviewed by Sarah Steiner as a part of the Gender and Sexuality Oral History project. Sisco is a gay male who performs gender neutral drag by blurring gender norms. Von Snap appears at The Odditorium,…

Drag queen Scarlet Margo Rita (1996-) is interviewed by Sarah Steiner as a part of the Gender and Sexuality Oral History project. Rita is a cisgender, gay male who does comedic drag. Rita came out to some people during high school, but didn’t start…

Kaleb Lynch moved to Cullowhee in 2005 and discusses transitioning to a man while in college at Western Carolina University and living and working in Jackson County. He talks about the organizations available to him while at Western such as BGLAD,…

Lanie Kear discusses her process that led her to understand she was pansexual, starting in middle school when she came out as a lesbian. Kear feels fortunate to have an accepting family and friends and has experienced very few negative interactions.…

Kassie Troy is from Clayton, North Carolina, and now lives in western North Carolina for college. She discusses coming out to her family in high school as a transgender female. Troy explains how much more inclusive Jackson County is compared to…
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