Jennie Gates
Born 1927
Passage from page 29 of Jennie's transcript:
I've called myself a gay woman. That lesbian word was a dirty word. Well, not dirty, but people just didn't use that word as I was growing up. And I've never gotten used to it. I still… I think of myself as gay. I don't think of gay as a noun. I am gay.
I've called myself a gay woman. That lesbian word was a dirty word. Well, not dirty, but people just didn't use that word as I was growing up. And I've never gotten used to it. I still… I think of myself as gay. I don't think of gay as a noun. I am gay.