CASDLA_000037_T2_B_PRSV

Interview with Bernie Michels, part 4, 1992

 

1992-06-24

 

Interviewer: Nobiletti, Frank

(Sound file begins at around 11 seconds. Sound levels are uneven, and the sound becomes inaudible from around 04:03 to around 04:40, when it is still very hard and spotty to hear until restarted at around 05:15.) The interview is described by The California Audiovisual Preservation Project as follows: "Bernie Michels is one of The Center's founders. With Jess Jessop, he called the very first meetings of the Planning Committee in 1972, and later became Executive Director of the committee. About 1967, Bernie slowly began exploring his sexual orientation, coming out fully when he started attending early meetings of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in Los Angeles. Participating in the GLF was both exhilarating and scary especially when demonstrating against the Los Angeles Police and marching in the first Pride parade in 1970. Bernie moved to San Diego in 1971 to attend San Diego State University, where he was the first openly LGBT student in the School of Social Work. He also presented the city's first LGBT studies course in 1974 at SDSU: "Myths and Realities Concerning Gay People."

Frank Nobiletti; Bernie Michels; Oral histories

 

 

Copyright is owned by Lambda Archives of San Diego (LASD)

 

 

English

 

Audiotape

00:16:36

Yes

CASDLA_000037_T1_A_PRSV; CASDLA_000037_T1_B_PRSV; CASDLA_000037_T2_A_PRSV

This is a summary, not a transcript:
00:11 Audio picks back up from the third part of the interview.
01:00 Talks about participating in revaluation counseling.
02:47 Talks about pulling back from the leadership in the Gay Center.
03:31 Talks about the conflict between him and Jess Jessop.
04:02 Audio becomes lower and can't decipher what is being said.
04:41 Talks about his conflict with Jessop and the center.
05:18 Audio comes fully back.
06:06 Talks about how different agencies and organizations wouldn't relate or work with them.
06:31 Talks about him being on top of things and making sure things were being done.
07:03 Talks about his relationship with Tom briefly.
07:32 Talks about why he went on to get his PhD.
08:30 Talks about the gay faculty at the time at San Diego State.
09:08 Talks about applying to teach at the San Diego State School of Social Work.
10:23 Talks about his intentions of getting his PhD.
10:45 Talks about what happened in San Diego 1974 through 1976.
11:20 Talks about Fred Shole? and how he wasn't friendly with the center.
12:38 Talks about the men's self-development program at the center.
13:43 Talks about the May Company demonstrations that occurred.
14:48 Talks about the emergency meeting that was held at the Gay Center.
15:09 Talks about how his thinking is similar to Jessop's.

 

Audio

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