Virginia Hardy Oral History, 2018-09-21

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Virginia Hardy Oral History, 2018-09-21

2018

In this oral history Dr. Virginia Hardy discusses the history of the East Carolina University's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center, its move from Brewster Hall to the new Student Union including its renaming to the Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ center, and its directions for the future. Additionally, she discusses the shifts in campus culture related to the LGBTQ community and becoming a part of the nationwide Campus Pride Index.

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Peel, Jesse R.

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Jesse Peel was born and raised in Everretts, North Carolina and attended undergraduate and medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill. He completed his psychiatric training in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in the Navy in the Vietnam War before joining the faculty at Vanderbilt University. After five years he moved to Atlanta, Georgia and began working as a psychiatrist. Dr. Peel has been a devoted social activist and philanthropist for over three decades, having worked with many organizations inc...