Nelson, Micky Schickel

Date:
2006-01-24
Length:
60 minutes
Interviewer:
Fosl, Cate
Transcription available:
yes
Series:
Louisville's LGBTQ Movement
Series ID:
2015_076
Interview Number(s):
2015_76_1
Summary:
Interview regarding the history of Louisville's LGBTQ movement with Mickey Nelson, an early out lesbian in 1970s was in the Louisville Gay Liberation Front as teenager, resided in Gay Liberation House in Highlands, 1971, arrested when house was “busted.” Nelson later became a nurse and married her partner; she remained peripherally active in the movement.
Topic(s):
Gay rights--Kentucky--Louisville, History of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Louisville Gay Liberation Front (Ky.)