Name
Rebecca Scott
Biography
Rebecca Scott was born in Wheat Ridge, CO in 1971. When she came out during the era of the AIDS epidemic, she immediately became an advocate for safe sex within the gay male community. Scott became a well-known name in Boise’s local music scene. This interview talks about the changes of the perceptions of the gay community in Boise between the early 1990s and 2011. Scott feels that the LGBT community has moved beyond the stereotypes put upon themselves and those of the media.
Keywords
AIDS, conversion therapy, abuse, Emerald City Club, music, Ani DiFranco, Pride, Matthew Shepard, Ellen DeGeneres, Jodi Foster, The “L” word, identifiers, “gayspeak, ” drag kings
Interview Date
12-1-2011
Interview Duration
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City
Boise
Rights Management
This material is copyrighted by Special Collections and Archives, Boise State University
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Gender and Sexuality | History of Gender | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Oral History | Sociology | United States History | Women's Studies