Date: Time Period: 1999-2017; 2017-12-06; Interview recorded: December 6 2017Material: Digital audio recording made using Iphone 7 / Voice Recorder Pro digital recorder.Dimension:
Total running time: 01:04:12
Creator: Larry Menzie interviewed by Fran KipnisIdentifier: aql:26215 larry-menzie-full
Description: Larry Menzie is an LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender) activist in Queens, who participated in the formative stages of the Queens Pride organization in the 1990’s and the Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens. He was a primary founder of Generation Q, the first LGBT specific youth organization in Queens, now an afterschool drop-in center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer youth and allies, between the ages of 13 and 19. He was born in Hicksville, Long Island and has lived there, in Manhattan, and Forest Hills most of his life. He is a social worker who previously worked as a Parole Officer and is now the Executive Director and Clinical Director of Queens Counseling for Change. The agency utilizes a variety of evidence based approaches to treat and prevent sexual abuse/violence by assisting primarily parolees, probationers, and individuals involved with criminal and family courts throughout the NYC area.
Date : Time Period: 1999-2017; 2017-12-06; Interview recorded: December 6 2017
Summary/Description : Larry Menzie is an LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender) activist in Queens, who participated in the formative stages of the Queens Pride organization in the 1990’s and the Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens. He was a primary founder of Generation Q, the first LGBT specific youth organization in Queens, now an afterschool drop-in center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer youth and allies, between the ages of 13 and 19. He was born in Hicksville, Long Island and has lived there, in Manhattan, and Forest Hills most of his life. He is a social worker who previously worked as a Parole Officer and is now the Executive Director and Clinical Director of Queens Counseling for Change. The agency utilizes a variety of evidence based approaches to treat and prevent sexual abuse/violence by assisting primarily parolees, probationers, and individuals involved with criminal and family courts throughout the NYC area.
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