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Oral History Interview with Jennifer Bills: Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project

Interviewee
Interviewer
Date
  • 8/2/2018
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
  • Jennifer was born in Reno, Nevada and grew up in Charleston, Oregon. She discusses her growing up years on the south Oregon coast and the antisemitism she experienced in high school. She also recognized she was gay while in high school. As a student at the University of Oregon, Jennifer learned about the student organization, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA) but felt some trepidation about it. Later, she became the director of GALA. Jennifer worked in student government and was elected—as an open lesbian—president of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO). After college, she became a police officer with the City of Eugene and she discusses her experiences in the police force, including discrimination, her leadership of the SWAT team, and her work in hostage negotiation. She discusses parenting her son with her former partner, Karen Gaffney.
Subject
Keyword
  • SWAT
  • Gays – crimes against
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Identifier
  • Coll520_do007
Repository
Local Collection Name
Local Collection ID
  • Coll 520
Finding Aid
Related URL
Institution
Modified
  • 01/22/2024
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APA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Oral History Interview with Jennifer Bills: Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df73c1066

MLA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Jennifer Bills: Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df73c1066

Chicago

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Jennifer Bills: Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df73c1066

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Bills, Jennifer http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BillsJennifer
2 Raiskin, Judith L. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95069466
3 Long, Linda, 1956- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001035121
4 Lesbianism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076157
5 Judaism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070835
6 Civil service http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026387
7 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183
8 Student government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119750
9 Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021953
10 Parenting http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098009
11 Artificial insemination, Human http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008176
12 Oregon--Eugene http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084636-781
13 Hate crimes http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90002645
14 Self-insemination http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97001526
15 Lesbians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076160
16 Law enforcement http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85075302
17 Sexual minority college students http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006020084
18 Police http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104183
19 Hostage negotiations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062423
20 Lesbian mothers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076155
21 Communities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029195
22 Discrimination in criminal justice administration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038385
23 Jews http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070361
24 University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5758196/
25 University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
26 Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/EugeneLesbianOralHistoryProject
27 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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