Title: Oral history interview with Regina Dyton recorded on 2002 Oct. 31

Creator: Dyton, Regina

Description: Interview conducted by Jessica Foligno.  Regina Dyton grew up with a diverse background.  She was born in a rural Kentucky town and then moved to Trenton, NJ, but was bussed to a school in a mainly suburban white neighborhood.  Because she came from this type of background, she describes her identity as not being solely based on sexual orientation, but on race, gender, and age.  She describes her coming out process as very slow, as she did not realize that she was a lesbian.  During the interview she describes what she went through as an African American and as a lesbian.  She obtained her master’s degree in Social Work from UConn in 1997 and has worked at the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Community Center as a consultant for Project 100.  She organizes events and support groups to help diversify the stereotypes of the GLBT community.

Date: 10/31/2002

Location: Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Subject: Homosexuality -- United States -- Personal narratives; Lesbian activists; African Americans -- Race identity; Social service -- Connecticut; Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective;

Contributors: Foligno, Jessica

Publisher: Central Connecticut State University

Relation: GLBTQ Archives;

Type: Moving image

Duration: 1:22:57

Format: video/x-ms-wmv

Language: eng

OCLC number: 464628434

Date created: 9/3/2009

Date modified: 9/3/2009

Reference URL: http://cdm16627.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/GLBTQ/id/16

CONTENTdm number: 16

CONTENTdm file name: 19.asx

CONTENTdm file path: /GLBTQ/image/19.asx

Originally at:  http://video.ccsu.edu/library/glbtq/GLBTQ2002_Dyton_Regina.wmv