Interview with Sara Rivera

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Sara Rivera

Subject

Bisexual college students
Bisexual women
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Drag community
LGBTQ+ college students
LGBTQ+ people

Description

Sara Rivera is a graduate student at Western Carolina University studying biology, specifically fireflies. Rivera talks about growing up in the Bible Belt and how that affected the way she viewed the world. She shares how she came to the realization she is bisexual, her experience with drag, and the story of coming out to her friends and family. Rivera discusses her feelings on spirituality, and explains the science communication organization she started, THEM in STEM.

Creator

Rivera, Sara

Source

WCU Gender and Sexuality Oral History Project

Date

2023-11-16

Contributor

Davis, Peyton
John, Jeannie

Rights

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

Format

interviews
sound recordings
transcripts

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

71242
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71242

Spatial Coverage

Jackson County (N.C.)

Extent

0:32:18(duration)
9(pages)

Is Part Of

LGBTQIA+ Archive of Jackson County

Citation

Rivera, Sara, “Interview with Sara Rivera,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/71242.