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Lakshman Kalasapudi, Clip 1: Being Gay in Queens

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Lakshman Kalasapudi
Date: Time Period: 2000s; 2018-02-04; Interview recorded: February 4, 2018 Material: Digital audio recording made usinga digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 00:02:07
Creator: Lakshman Kalasapudi Interviewed by Fran Kipnis Identifier: aql:27681 Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip1

Description: Lakshman says there isn’t much of a gay community in Glen Oaks, New York. He explains he has met other gay and bisexual men through the mobile app “Grindr” which is location based, but that there is not really a local gay community.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:27684

Creator : Lakshman Kalasapudi Interviewed by Fran Kipnis

Date : Time Period: 2000s; 2018-02-04; Interview recorded: February 4, 2018

Summary/Description : Lakshman says there isn’t much of a gay community in Glen Oaks, New York. He explains he has met other gay and bisexual men through the mobile app “Grindr” which is location based, but that there is not really a local gay community.

Subject : South Asian Americans; Sexual minorities; South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Glen Oaks, New York, NY Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made usinga digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:02:07

Identifier : aql:27681 Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip1

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South Asian Americans; Sexual minorities; South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association

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