Dublin Core
Title
Daniel Dearmin Oral History
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Date Created
2018
Subject
Oral History
Description
Daniel Dearmin’s oral history traces his life across North Carolina, Hawaii, Vermont, and Colorado, shaped by family instability, music, poverty, racism, sexuality, and survival. He discusses his Hawaiian mother, Southern Appalachian childhood, bluegrass culture, divorce, sibling separation, domestic violence, early sexual experiences, and the lasting influence of Aunt Rosalie. Dearmin reflects on bisexuality, HIV, caregiving, chosen family, migration, and the complicated overlap of love, harm, beauty, and trauma. His story highlights resilience, cultural mixture, queer sexuality, memory, and the lifelong work of understanding how childhood, family, and survival shaped his identity.
Type
Sound
Is Part Of
Colorado LGBTQ History Project
Format
audio/mp3