Briceland, Vance, 2013

Scope and content:

I interviewed Vance Briceland at the LGBT Center in New York City the day after the Supreme Court made public its decisions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8. Vance grew up in a socially progressive Richmond household and, at William and Mary between 1981 and 1985, was surprised to find an environment far more conservative and hostile than the one his parents fostered for him during his youth. Now an accomplished writer, Briceland related to me several moving stories of hard times he experienced and witnessed at William & Mary. All have to do with the unwillingness of gay and straight students, faculty and administrators to acknowledge homosexuality as anything other than a flaw or, at best, obstacle to be acknowledged and overcome. -David Pratt, July 11, 2013

The content of this section was taken from the headnote created by the interview team.

Access and use