Steven

Steven

A gay man discusses his life in the rural village where he grew up in a close-knit family; having seasonal employment there and spending winters in cities; his struggles to reconcile his Roman Catholic roots and his gay identity; and the sense of belonging he feels in Cape Breton versus his desire to experience the “gay world,” an outside world that he sees as urban.
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Date of interview: 
1994
Interviewee: 
Steven
Interviewer: 
Michael Riordon
Format: 
Audio
Language: 
English
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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.

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.

Religion and Spirituality

Topic: Religion and Spirituality

Content includes significant discussion of aspects of religion and spirituality, including: specific religions or places of worship; the role and/or effect of religion or spirituality in one’s life; and spirituality and spiritual practices.

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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