Katie Wicks Oral History Interview, 2015

Partial Transcript: Katie, can you tell me a little bit about yourself?

Segment Synopsis: Katie describes her history at OSU and identities that are important to her.

Keywords: WGSS; queer; women gender and sexuality studies

Subjects: Cisgender people; Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Student participation in administration; Transgender college students; college students

Partial Transcript: Can you talk about your involvement in the LGBTQ community at OSU, and in Corvallis--for example, groups you were involved with, leadership roles or projects that you did?

Segment Synopsis: Katie describes the past roles she has taken on at OSU, and also discusses a research project she was involved with that examined how inclusive 14 land grant institutions were for trans students in their policies.

Keywords: OSU Pride Center; OSU Pride Week; Rainbow Continuum; accessibility; ally; allyship; land grant institutions; policy; student involvement; trans inclusion; transgender issues

Subjects: Gender minorities; Higher education and state; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Student participation in administration; Transgender college students; college students

Partial Transcript: Why are--organizations and institutions doing things like trans inclusion surveys or kind of looking more broadly at the status of U.S. institutions like, why is that so important?

Segment Synopsis: Katie describes the need for greater trans inclusion on the university level, and explains how the needs of trans students are very different from those of lesbian and gay students.

Keywords: coming out; policy; resources; trans inclusion

Subjects: Gender minorities; Higher education and state; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Student participation in administration; Transgender college students; college students

Partial Transcript: Ok, so how did you get involved with Rainbow Continuum?

Segment Synopsis: Katie explains how and why she first got involved with Rainbow Continuum.

Keywords: OSU Pride Center; OSU Women's Center; Pride Week; Rainbow Continuum; safe space

Subjects: College student development programs; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements; Student participation in administration; college students

Partial Transcript: Can you talk a little bit about what Pride Week is?

Segment Synopsis: Katie describes the significance of OSU's Pride Week.

Keywords: OSU Pride Week; Rainbow Continuum; drag show; queer community; visibility

Subjects: College student development programs; Drag shows; Gay Pride Day; Gay pride celebrations; Gender minorities; LGBT History Month; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student participation in administration; college students

Partial Transcript: Can you describe a typical Rainbow Continuum meeting?

Segment Synopsis: Katie outlines the structure of a general Rainbow Continuum meeting.

Keywords: Rainbow Continuum; game night; queer community; queer space

Partial Transcript: And so if you were going to say anything about Rainbow Continuum or the Pride Center, maybe like in a constructive critique sort of a way, um, what would you say?

Segment Synopsis: Katie expresses how she wishes the Pride Center and Rainbow Continuum were a little more welcoming to new members.

Keywords: OSU Pride Center; Rainbow Continuum; cliques; inclusiveness