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Oral History Interview with Debora Landforce: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project

Interviewee
Interviewer
Date
  • 9/4/2019
Description
  • The Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project collection consists of interviews of 83 people for the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, conducted by Professor Judith Raiskin and Curator Linda Long at the University of Oregon starting in the summer of 2018.
Abstract
  • Debora was born in 1952 in Enterprise, Oregon and was raised primarily in Corvallis. She describes Corvallis in the 1960s, which was politically and socially conservative. She talks about the expectations of heterosexuality while growing up and as a young adult. She discusses the book The Well of Loneliness, and talks about loneliness. She came out after she moved to Eugene. She received an Interdisciplinary Master’s Degree in Counseling, Psychology and Health and a certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Oregon in 1985, and started her therapy practice in 1986. Debora describes aversion therapy that damaged individuals, and her experience with the negative Christian perspective on homosexuality. She discusses homophobia, alcoholism and suicide. She counseled hundreds of lesbians in the course of her career, about twenty percent of whom had either alcohol problems or suicidal ideation. She describes the vibrancy of the Eugene lesbian community. In 1989, she became the lesbian counselor on the University of Oregon campus, sharing the job with Kathy Sullivan. They developed a “lesbian life” outreach program, and worked with PFLAG. She talks about the Oregon Citizen Alliance and Ballot Measure 9. She discusses the topics of humanity and self-esteem. She started a program for lesbians called “Surviving the Holidays.” She finishes her interview by discussing the aging of lesbians and talking about her fourth generation family farm, where she does organic farming with her partner.
Subject
Keyword
  • Feminist bookstores
  • The Well of Loneliness (book)
  • Mother Kali’s Books
  • Women in Transition Program
  • Farming
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Identifier
  • Coll520_do068
Repository
Local Collection Name
Local Collection ID
  • Coll 520
Finding Aid
Related URL
Institution
Modified
  • 01/22/2024
Collections

APA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. (03 May 2024). Oral History Interview with Debora Landforce: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c208z

MLA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Debora Landforce: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. 03 May 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c208z

Chicago

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Debora Landforce: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-05-03. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c208z

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Landforce, Debora http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LandforceDebora
2 Raiskin, Judith L. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95069466
3 Long, Linda, 1956- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001035121
4 Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021953
5 Alcoholism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003292
6 Social isolation http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123967
7 Lesbians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076160
8 Homosexuality--Religious aspects http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061783
9 Lesbianism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076157
10 Coming out (Sexual orientation) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90005890
11 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85054629
12 Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86862870
13 Communities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029195
14 South Eugene High School (Eugene, Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002019865
15 Suicide--Prevention http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85129743
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183
17 Homophobia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88006552
18 Identity (Psychology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064151
19 Bradley, Jill http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008025856
20 Self-esteem http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119793
21 Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92005067
22 Eugene Water & Electric Board http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85184974
23 Heterosexuality http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008585
24 Barry, Kate http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018015703
25 Corvallis (Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054948
26 Counseling psychology http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005003372
27 University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5758196/
28 University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
29 Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/EugeneLesbianOralHistoryProject
30 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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