Interview with Karson Walston

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Karson Walston

Subject

Businesspeople
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Gender reassignment surgery
Gender transition
LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people -- Family relationships
Marriage
Microbreweries
Pest control industry
Representative government and representation
Transgender men
Transgender people
Walston, Karson -- Interviews
Western Carolina University -- Students

Description

Karson Walston moved to Jackson County in 2004 and discusses his experience transitioning to a man while operating his own business. He talks about his relationship with his father during his transition and getting married. He discusses the lack of diversity in local government and changes he would like to see. Walston gives advice to college students coming out to use the services available to them and lessons learned about insurance.

Creator

Walston, Karson

Source

WCU Gender and Sexuality Oral History Project

Date

2021-03-18

Contributor

Rountree, Travis

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

transcripts
video recordings (physical artifacts)
interviews

Language

eng

Type

MovingImage
Text

Identifier

63069
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/63069

Has Format

Audio transcription read-along tracking version available at https://bit.ly/3tBf2ht

Spatial Coverage

Jackson County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

00:30:57 (video recording)(duration)

Is Part Of

LGBTQIA+ Archive of Jackson County

Citation

Walston, Karson, “Interview with Karson Walston,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/63069.