Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 3)
Item
Title
Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 3)
Description
The New York gay bar scene in the 1950s gave Sonny Wainwright and her peers a place to be together without the interference of straight society. She left New York in 1953 to become a college teacher at University of New Hampshire. Wainwright oscillates between ideas of identity and stories of different instances of being outed in her personal and professional life, including a story about developing a relationship with a student at the University of New Hampshire, who outed her sexualty leading to her dismissal.
Creator
Neighborhood Voices
Rights
WNYC-TV
Language
English
Episode Title
Sonny Wainwright
Series Title
Neighborhood Voices
Interviewee
Sonny Wainwright
Physical Format
U-matic
Duration
00:20:52
Collection
Citation
Neighborhood Voices, “Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 3),” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/977.