The Stories I Carry: Life As a Lesbian Through Seven Decades
SPEAKER: Ginny Gibson
The Stories I Carry: Life As a Lesbian Through Seven Decades
SPEAKER: Ginny Gibson
Ginny Gibson was born in the mid 1940s, a time when discussions about LGBTQ+ issues were either spoken in hushed tones or ridiculed. With remarkable courage, transparency, and vulnerability, Ginny narrates her experience of enduring trauma, pain and fear while embodying tremendous courage, defiance, and resilience throughout her life as a lesbian. Despite societal pressures to conform, she managed to uphold immense personal integrity and maintain her aspirations.
Her narrative holds significant value as it resonates with the universal theme of belonging. The experience of feeling different and being unable to express or communicate those sentiments is profoundly isolating yet fundamentally human.
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About the presenter
Ginny's 33-year career in education included roles as a kindergarten teacher and later as a teacher and advocate for mothers with disabled infants in the Los Angeles area. After retiring, she moved to Corvallis and now works as a clay artist.
