Mashburn, Rick

Farrior, Ryan

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2021-03-06

1 video file (0:54:57) : digital, MP4

moving image

spoken word

eng

Rick Mashburn was a 69 year-old man at the time of interview, which took place via Zoom. He was born in Lexington, North Carolina in 1951. He was employed as a freelance writer, publisher, and editor for his own works and HIV/AIDS and Pride organizations.

Mr. Rick Mashburn discusses his experiences as a gay and disabled man in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the 1990s. Topics discussed include Mr. Mashburn's childhood coming to terms with both his sexuality and his physical disability in the American South in the 1950s and 60s; how his disability affected his coming-out and how he fit into the gay community as a result; discussion of how gay culture is very able-bodied and inaccessible to many disabled people in the LGBTQ+ community; Mr. Mashburn's involvement with organizing Winston-Salem Pride in 1995-1996 by editing and publishing pride programs and planning meetings and fundraising for the event; and his work with AIDS service organizations as a result of his involvement with pride.

MP4 access copy created on ingest from MKV. MP4 interview originally recorded on Zoom virtual platform

There are occasional text tones heard throughout the recording.

Mashburn, Rick

Pride Winston-Salem (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

Authors
Gay pride celebrations
LGBTQ+ visibility
People with disabilities
AIDS (Disease)

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Winston-Salem

Oral histories
Interviews

1950-2030

Charlotte Pride Oral History Project

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:8624