Sam considers Winston-Salem his hometown and lived in town from 1998 to 2010. He now resides and is in Macon, Georgia and is a student there.
"John" moved to Winston-Salem in 1989. He has lived in town since then and is affiliated with an academic institution.
Liam was born in Florida, but moved to Winston-Salem as a young child. Since then, he briefly lived in Ohio before returning to Winston to finish high-school. In the mid-80s, he attended an arts school in Philadelphia. He currently resides in Winston.
Rick was born in Lexington, North Carolina and moved to Winston-Salem to attend Wake Forest University in 1969, and has remained in town ever since.
Randy was born in Jefferson, North Carolina and moved out to attend college at Appalachian State in Boone. Afterwards, he worked in Lexington and Greensboro, NC before moving to Winston-Salem in 1989 to work for Wake Forest until 2000, when he moved to Mebane, NC to work for Duke University.
Mary Jamis' hometown is Ambridge, Pennsylvania, but currently resides in Mocksville, North Carolina. She lived in Winston-Salem from
"Randy" was born in Winston-Salem. Through the 70s, he lived in San Francisco until moving back to Winston in 1983. "Randy" has remained in Winston since then.
Susan Parker is from Maiden, North Carolina and moved to Winston-Salem for high-school, before leaving town. Currently, she has been living in Winston for approximately 20 years.
David Phillips was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He currently resides in Winston-Salem, where he relocated in the 1990s.
Angela was born in Winston-Salem in 1965 and has lived here through today, aside from attending school in Greensboro and working in Washington, D.C. and a few other areas for short amounts of time. She currently resides in west Winston-Salem in the home where she was raised.
*Some of our narrators, for various reasons, have chosen to remain anonymous in this project. We have endeavored here to share information from their interviews without compromising their identities. We are especially thankful to each of our narrators for their time and courage in participating in this project and helping us form a queer public history for Winston Salem.