Ken

Michael & Ken

A gay man who is raising his son talks about the development of his own sexual identity, parenting, and living in a small community (where he works in mining); his male partner’s voice is mostly inaudible.
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Date of interview: 
[1994]
Interviewee: 
Michael
Ken
Interviewer: 
Michael Riordon
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Audio
Language: 
English
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Donor retains copyright / CC BY-NC 4.23
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Sex and Relationships

Topic: Sex and Relationships

Content includes significant discussion of all matters related to sex, sexuality, and relationships (other than familial relationships with parents or children), including: friendships; marriage; divorce; relationship models, etc.

Identity

Topic: Identity

Content includes significant discussion of identity/ies (including gender, sexual, racial, religious, and class) and how one self-identifies, and/or significant discussion of the process of finding or determining one’s identity/ies.

Family

Topic: Family

Content includes significant discussion of matters related to family, including: one’s relationships with their family members; having and raising children; the experience of having a non-heteronormative/non-traditional family.

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Ken

Ken discusses his life as a gay man who came out late in life, after a marriage and three children, and his time in the military, his friendships, his relationships, and his experiences with dating. He discusses his desire for a monogamous relationship based on friendship, and the loneliness he feels as an older gay man in rural Nova Scotia, and his concern that he may not find companionship.
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Collection: 
Date of interview: 
ca. 1990
Interviewee: 
Ken
Interviewer: 
Michael Riordon
Format: 
Audio
Language: 
English
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Community

Topic: Community

Content includes significant discussion of: finding and/or being part of a community; community organizing or organizations; community building; or the relationships between communities.

Identity

Topic: Identity

Content includes significant discussion of identity/ies (including gender, sexual, racial, religious, and class) and how one self-identifies, and/or significant discussion of the process of finding or determining one’s identity/ies.

Sex and Relationships

Topic: Sex and Relationships

Content includes significant discussion of all matters related to sex, sexuality, and relationships (other than familial relationships with parents or children), including: friendships; marriage; divorce; relationship models, etc.

Spaces

Topic: Spaces

Content includes significant discussion of physical (and sometimes conceptual) spaces and locales including: urban spaces and life; rural spaces and life; private/domestic spaces; the home; neighbourhoods and ghettos; and semi-private or semi-public spaces such as women’s bookshops, community spaces, and land/living collectives.

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