Interview with Jay Manalo

Interview with Jay Manalo

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Jay Manalo was born and raised in Northern Virginia by Filipino parents. Manalo went to NC Chapel Hill for college where he majored in Computer Science and Chemistry and shares how he switched gears and ended up in a doctoral program for Counseling Psychology. Manalo currently serves as an Associate Director at Western Carolina University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). He discusses Out in the Mountains, which started as a Yahoo listerv for the LGBTQ community in western North Carolina. He talks about his experience with Safe Zone training at WCU, and when marriage equality became a national law in 2015. He shares how he came to the realization that he is gay and coming out to his family. Manalo also recalls the healing effect of his wedding and his family’s reaction.

Manalo, Jay

WCU Gender and Sexuality Oral History Project

2021-10-01

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Steiner, Sarah

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