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OH 1817

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeLONGSTAFF, Richard (b. 1939)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1817
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Businessman and long-time Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Cambridge, England; first realization of being gay; being gay in the post-World War II Royal Air Force; immigration to the U.S. in 1956; Texas gay rights movement; Human Rights Foundation; activism in the Dallas LGBT community; rejection of citizenship application for homosexuality and subsequent legal battle; gay marriage.
Interviewer(s)Karen Wisely
Physical Description51 pp.
Terms of UseOpen