“The Central Coast celebrated virtual Pride from May 16-23 and included some of the stories from Central Coast Queer Archive Project. The Central Coast Queer Archive Project collects oral and video histories of the LGBTQ community to preserve them in a historical archive.” For the full story, see: KCBX, “Central Coast Queer Archive Project transforms …
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The latest issue of the GALA Pride & Diversity Center newsletter features the work of our two student interns and their experiences so far as a part of the CCQAP. Read the full story in the newsletter here:
California Humanities has announced the recent round of Humanities For All Quick Grant awards, and The Central Coast Queer Archive Project has been chosen for its video oral history program. The Central Coast Queer Archive Project (CCQAP) is a collaborative and community-based oral history project that documents the lives of elderly LGBTQ+ residents on the …
In celebration of National Coming Out Day, the CCQAP has uploaded two interviews to its website. The first is a newly available interview conducted by members of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of San Luis Obispo in 2006 with Carroll Leslie and Barbara Strauss. The second is a CCQAP-original interview conducted on May 19, 2019 …
Celebrate National Coming Out Day and the Central Coast Queer Archive Project (CCQAP) at Sushiya Restaurant on Friday, October 11, from 7-9 PM. The CCQAP is a local community organization dedicated to researching, recovering, and writing San Luis Obispo’s queer and trans history. It will feature an online portal for collected interviews and written transcripts. …
On Sunday, May 19th, CCQAP members completed their first video oral history interview with Lisa Dean, who helped to manage (and eventually became a co-owner of) Breezes, the last gay bar to exist in San Luis Obispo. Breezes opened in 1992 and closed its doors at midnight on December 31st, 1997. Currently, CCQAP members are …