Linda Lawyer oral history interview 2, 2019 January 24
Description
As a lesbian coming of age in the late 1960s and 1970s, Linda Lawyer shares her early experiences with socialization and marginalization in this second of a series of interviews. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she discusses her Catholic upbringing and how she realized her potential in computer programming. As a computer programmer, Mrs. Lawyer recounts her daily experiences with sexism and misogyny in this male-dominated work field. Mrs. Lawyer reveals that her estrangement from her parents after coming out of the closet in 1975 prompted her to move to Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition she recalls her challenges in finding gay friendship and love within the pervasive culture of heteronormativity in the 1970s.