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OH 1731

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeJACK, Kathy (b. 1957)
ProfessionsProprietor of Jack’s Backyard

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1731
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionProprietor of Jack’s Backyard, a Dallas bar and restaurant. Childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; “coming-out” narrative; social life in Dallas’s gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.
Interviewer(s)Karen Wisely
Physical Description35 pp.
Terms of UseOpen