Acosta reflects on his childhood in Chicago and how he navigated his second generation Mexican-American identity. He discusses his arrival to Princeton and his involvement in Charter, the Aquinas Institute, and the Third World Center. He also speaks about the visibility of an "out" classmate, his refusal to experiment during the AIDs crisis, and how he learned about Gay life through books at Firestone Library. Finally, he reflects on how he came to terms with his identity and discrimination he received during and after his time at Princeton.

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Aguayo elaborates on his childhood Hispanic community and his experience coming out to his friends and family during high school. He speaks about exploring his gay identity at Princeton through his social network and an IvyQ conference. Aguayo also explains his work with the LGBT Center as an administrative assistant and later as a peer educator. Finally, he elaborates on his post-graduate studies in comparative literature and the process of explaining his identity to his Mexican parents.

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Amin discusses forming a large community at Princeton through his experiences with Outdoor Action, as a resident of Wilson College in The Zoo, and as an Electrical Engineering major. He also discusses his struggle to accept his sexual identity amidst the AIDs crisis and throughout his time at Princeton. Finally, he reflects on accepting his gay identity at Harvard Business School, finding a career in consulting, and coming out to his parents later in life.

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Anderson describes dating other gay men in high school and within Princeton's traditional, conservative environment. He discusses studying abroad his junior and senior years as a History major and his experiences as a student living in Nassau Inn. He also speaks about his time as a graduate student at UC Berkeley, his work on the prominent gay magazine The Advocate, and his experiences with the AIDs crisis. Finally, he talks about his world travels, consulting career, and long-lasting friendships.

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Bazarsky talks about her work as the director of the LGBT center at Princeton from 2001 through 2014. She discusses working with program coordinators (Matt Carcella, Matthew Armstead, and Andy Choi) and student leaders from the Pride Alliance and LGBT Task Force to organize the center and highlights financial and social support from the alumni group Fund for Reunion, administrative leadership, the Office of Religious, and the Center for Jewish Life. In addition, she speaks on cultivating an open, intersectional space for transgender and asexual students through support groups and meetings. She also discusses the successes and challenges she faced as she enacted changes on a larger institution, specifically from the Anscombe Society and institutional slowness. Finally, she reflects on how she developed her own identity before, during, and after her work at Princeton and her hopes for the future of the center. Other topics include: Organizing the 2013 Every Voice conference and Lavender Graduations.

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Berkowitz discusses his childhood in Jersey City with working parents. He speaks about his brief involvement with the Aquinas Institute and the debate club and elaborates on his consistent involvement with Theatre Intime. He reflects on holding a gay identity and maintaining a gay relationship while homosexuality was defined as a mental illness. Finally, he speaks about his work as a director and production member at David Susskind Show and his work within the leather scene.

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Borges discusses her internal, childhood struggles with her sexuality and her admittance into Princeton. She elaborates on the process of coming out over her time at Princeton and her experiences dating out and closeted peers. She describes her work as an intern with the LGBT Center, working with administrators on the Alcohol Coalition Committee, and joining sororities her sophomore year. In addition, she reflects on her consulting career and how she's built a community through long-term mentorship and friendships.

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Brower describes his experiences growing up in a small, rural town and his experiences with language throughout high school. He speaks about his involvement with Triangle Club, the Campus Pub, and studying abroad in France after his sophomore and junior years. He also discusses cruising on campus, awareness of other LGBT students, and coming to terms with his identity during a Fulbright and at Stanford Law School. Finally, he details his experience with gay culture in California during the 1980's and 1990's and discusses his work as an LGBT educator within higher education.

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Carrieri recounts his time as a closeted undergraduate and then his experiences as an out, gay graduate student in Chemistry at Princeton. In addition, he reflects on his time as president of the Queer Graduate Caucus before and during the creation of the university's LGBT center. He speaks about his social life as a member of the Old Graduate College, Chapel Choir, Theatre Intime, and Princeton University Players. Finally, he discusses coming out to his family and his postdoctoral work in Denver and Seattle.

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Christianson discusses his experience as an out, transfer student at Princeton from North Dakota. He speaks on joining the Gay Alliance of Princeton, later the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Princeton, leading an AIDS benefit his sophomore year, and organizing the Coalition Against Homophobia. Christianson highlights campus discourse surrounding ROTC and CIA recruitment efforts and a sit-in at Nassau Hall during his senior year. Finally, he talks about his career as an environmental lawyer and his current community network.

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Chu discusses his close relationship with his family throughout his upbringing and how those relationships influenced his decision to attend Princeton. He speaks on attending Princeton as a closeted student and joining the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. In addition, he reflects on his semester abroad in Belgium his sophomore year, his frustrations with administrative leadership, and finding fulfillment through classes in his upperclassmen years. Finally, he explains Princeton's influence on his life and hopes he holds for future students who enter the university.

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Clewe speaks on her childhood experiences and experimentation with her sexuality, clothing, and illicit activities. She discusses her arrival to Princeton and her experiences as she came out to herself and others during her time at the University. She talks about her participation in a campus karate group, the German Work-Study summer program, Gay Alliance at Princeton programming and dances, and in the Sexuality Education Counseling and Health Services (SECH) program. In addition, she describes the Douglas Brown incident and her participation in the Extended Family program in town. Finally, she reflects on living as an out lesbian after Princeton and how her hobbies allowed her to build community.

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Cofino talks about his time as a program coordinator with the Princeton LGBT Center and how he came to terms with his gender identity during his time at Princeton. He speaks about his hiring process at Princeton, working with different administrators, developing the Woke 101 program and Difference and Dialogue and Action orientation programming, and bringing Laverne Cox to campus. In addition, he reflects on his work after Princeton at UCLA and familial support he's received as he transitioned.

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Cornwell speaks about her experiences at Princeton as a visually impaired and queer student. She discusses her interactions with the Gay Alliance at Princeton and the Women's Center, her long-term relationship with another visually impaired female student, writing for the Forerunner student newspaper, and how she explored academics. She discusses the time she took off from her studies to work as a political organizer and for the Peace Action organization formerly known as SANE. Finally, she reflects on attending graduate school, her career trajectory, and romantic relationships across her adult life.

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Dembroff describes how they developed their sexuality in a conservative atmosphere in Visalia, California and while attending the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. They speak about attending Notre Dame and transferring to Princeton as a graduate student. In addition, they discuss their experiences within the Princeton philosophy department and community as a genderqueer individual. Finally, they reflect on their current position at Yale University and personal struggles they endured as they came to terms with their sexuality.

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Diaz speaks about coming out to her family and her time as a female, queer student at Princeton. She reflects on her upbringing within a Catholic, Mexican-American family and how she came to attend Princeton. She discusses coming out and dating at the University, her involvement with the Women's Center and the LGBT Center, and her experiences with Terrace Eating Club. Finally, she speaks about her work as an admissions officer and how her senior thesis influenced her graduate school studies.

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Erwin talks about his experience as a largely closeted gay and Christian student at Princeton. He discusses his involvement with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship, the Freshman Summer Orientation Program, and the Princeton for Life movement. Further, he speaks on pressures to date women on campus, feelings of shame, and how he formed his first gay relationship while studying abroad in Russia. Later, he discusses accepting his identity after meeting his husband, his time in medical school, and how he ended up adopting four children. Finally, he discusses attending the Every Voice conference and his community with other gay alumni.

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Foley discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He talks about his time with the Glee Club, touring with the group, and his observations on gay student leaders and gay life within the University. He talks about entering his first gay relationship while working abroad, his time as a student at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Business, the role of spirituality in his life, and the process of coming out to his family. Other topics include: meeting his long-term, long-distance partner, finding a career in business consulting, and his opinion on the Every Voice conference.

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Frazier discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He speaks on his experiences as a broadcaster for WPRB, his time as student body president, working as a student proctor, and his reflections on Dirty Bicker. He reflects on the lack of visibility and resources allowed to LGBT students during his time at the university. He also talks about interacting with current LGBT Center staff and voices his frustrations with the alumni funding group Fund for Reunions. In addition, he speaks about his acting career, a major injury he sustained while horse-back riding, and how he re-connected with other alumni.

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Gleason discusses his time at Princeton as a male gay student. He speaks about his involvement with a variety of theater groups on campus including his time as general manager of Theatre Intime, a stage manager for a variety of student shows, and his experience as a member of Triangle Club. He also talks about his visibility as one of the few out students on campus, finding a queer community within Terrace Eating Club, and how he perceived the dances hosted by the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his career as a hotel executive, forming a family after receiving marriage equality, and his involvement as a patron for San Diego's LGBT center and arts groups.

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Gonzalez-Novoa discusses his experiences at Princeton as a second generation Puerto Rican and gay student. He talks about how his cultural identity influenced his upbringing and how gymnastics determined his decision to attend Princeton. He speaks about forming a community through the Freshman Seminar Orientation Program, participating in student sit-ins at Nassau Hall, working within the Chicano Caucus, and his romantic relationships throughout college. Finally, he discusses taking a gap year, the relationship between eating clubs and students of color, and how he's maintained connections with Princeton student groups as an alumni.

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Gorenberg speaks about her time at Princeton as a female student and her legal work in support of LGBT communities. She describes misogyny she faced at Princeton, influential classes, and how she formed a community with other women at the university. She talks about her activist and journalistic work during the AIDS pandemic and her legal career in public interest law. Finally, she discusses attending the She Roars alumni events and her role as director of New York Lawyers for Public Interest.

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Groff discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He talks about encountering other gay students through his involvement with Theatre Intime, on the B Floor in Firestone Library, at the Dinky Station, and in the Chancellor Green pub. Further, he discusses how the Douglas Brown incident and studying abroad in Britain influenced his time at Princeton. In addition, he speaks about dating women while closeted, his marriage, and how his work as a poet intersects with his gay identity and cultural activism.

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Hahn speaks about attending Princeton as a queer, gender non-conforming student athlete. She describes how she was recruited to Princeton for the university soccer team, her mixed experience on the team, and her interest in gender and sexuality studies. She discusses how she came to terms with her sexuality, coming out to her family during her senior year, and campus reactions to Gay Jeans Day and Sally Frank's lawsuit against Tiger Inn. Finally, she talks about working as an out LGBT educator, leading a same-sex wedding business, and her experience returning to Princeton for the She Roars and Every Voice alumni reunions.

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Herendeen describes her time at Princeton as a disabled, queer, female student. She explains the social isolation she experienced at Princeton, the ways she was unable to accommodate her physical disability at Princeton, and her experiences during a leave of absence. She also talks about finding community with other gay students through Stevenson Hall, dances on New South, and by exploring her sexuality. FInally, she discusses gay culture before the AIDS epidemic,her participation in political activism at Princeton, and her writing career.

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Ho speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He speaks on how he decided to attend Princeton, his membership with the Quadrangle eating club, his thoughts on the Gay Alliance at Princeton, and his involvement with the University yearbook club. In addition, he talks about coming out during medical school, leading support groups for gay students, and participating in gay activism. Finally, he discusses how he found a career in biotechnology, met his husband, and his current social network.

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Houck speaks about attending Princeton as a closeted gay student as he came to terms with his sexuality. He discusses why he attended Princeton, his membership on the club cycling team, his time as a member of Charter Eating Club, and exploring his interest in visual arts through a summer-long grant program. He also talks about coming out during his senior year, his relationship to Gay Jeans Day, and his time in Thailand after college. Finally, he reflects on his current career, community in San Francisco, and long-term relationship with his partner.

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Ihlenfeld speaks about his time at Princeton as a questioning, closeted gay student and his psychiatric work with LGBT patients. He reflects on the lack of support or visibility of gay students while he attended Princeton, his time as a member of the Cloister Inn eating club, and how his relationship with his ex-wife. He then talks about publicly coming out in the New York Times, his work with the endocrinologist Harry Benjamin, and how his experience with transgender patients influenced his decision to come out. Finally, he discusses his relationship with his husband, returning to Princeton for his 50th reunion, and his interest in the Princeton Alumni Weekly magazine.

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Jackson discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted, and later, out gay student. He speaks about how he attended Princeton through the Questbridge program, his successful campaigns and terms as USG president, studying abroad in Spain and Honduras, and his involvement with the DiSiac dance group. He also reflects on coming to terms with his sexuality, coming out during his junior year, creating the Princeton Perspective Project, and his current graduate studies in education.

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Jenkins discusses his experience at Princeton as a closeted, and later, out gay student. He speaks about majoring in English, coming out to his friends, his involvement with the Pride Alliance, and his work as an editor for The Daily Princetontonian. He talks about his experience as a member of Colonial eating club, working backstage for BodyHype, working as a peer sexual health advisor. Finally, he reflects on how his studies at Princeton continue to influence his life and his hopes for the future.

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Katzenbach speaks about attending Princeton and coming to terms with her identity as a trans woman over her lifetime. She talks about her artistic work at Princeton, her anti-war activism, writing for the Prism magazine, and her perspective on eating clubs at the time. She also talks about experiencing the beginning of official coeducation and meeting her wife. She reflects on major life events including medically and socially transitioning, the traumatic loss of her child, starting a construction business, joining Alcoholics Anonymous, and working on the forum TransPulse.

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Kowalik discusses her time at Princeton as the women's head basketball coach from 1984 through 1995. She talks about hiding her sexuality while coaching students, her record as Princeton's coach, and her perspective on prominent homophobic collegiate coaches. She also speaks about her coaching career at St. Lawrence University, attending the Ewing Presbyterian Church, working at St. Andrews as an athletic director and health educator, and marrying her wife.

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Kraybill reflects on her time at Princeton as a student in the fourth class allowing co-education, coming out as a lesbian during law school, and how she conceived and adopted her children. She discusses struggling academically at Princeton, her advocacy for the university's divestment from South Africa, meeting other LGBT students, and how she came to major in art history. She also speaks about questioning her sexuality after Princeton, attending UCLA law school, and her relationship with her daughters.

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Lamar discusses her identity as a cross-dresser and attending Princeton amidst an atmosphere which excluded LGBTQ identities. She talks about her familial background, her educational experience at Princeton, and her perspective on the traditional, privileged place of the eating clubs. In addition, she speaks about her introduction to cross-dressing and transgender culture in New York City, navigating her gender identity with former and current partners, and her leadership with the New York organization CDI. Finally, Lamar reflects on the CDI's general history, the development of transgender culture over her lifetime, and how she gives back to her community.

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Lewis speaks about his time at Princeton as a black, closeted student. He discusses his time with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship, the discrimination faced by black students, the Nude Olympics, and his inability to enter an eating club during his last two years at Princeton. He also speaks about homophobia during his time at the Princeton Theological Seminary, his transfer to Harvard Divinity School, and his career as a journalist. Finally, he discusses re-developing his connection to Princeton by joining the board for the alumni group Fund for Reunion.

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Ling discusses his experiences at Princeton as a gay, asian student. He speaks about how he developed his interest in marketing, his time as a member of the Key and Seal eating club, forming his first relationship, and his experience attending compulsory chapel sermons. In addition, he reflects on witnessing a student's suicide during his senior year. Finally, he talks about the work he does as an alumni, his career at Bloomingdale's, the gay community in New York City, and how he met his current partner.

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Mahin speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted student. He discusses his major in comparative literature, his involvement with club volleyball, and his dorm in Princeton Inn. He discusses speaking about his sexuality with administrators, his crush on another student, and the Gay Alliance of Princeton's physical and social distance from the campus community. Finally, he reflects on marrying his husband under New York state law, his awareness of the AIDs crisis, and his career in continuing medical education.

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Macom speaks about his time at Princeton as a questioning, closeted student. He discusses writing for the student magazine Business Today, influential classes, working in New York City during after his junior year, and interning at the New Jersey State Endowment for Trenton. He also talks about his time in Seoul on a Luce Fellowship, his work with the Wall Street Journal, losing friends during the AIDs crisis, and coming out to his family. Finally, he reflects on meeting his husband and returning to work for TIME magazine.

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Mason speaks about his experience at Princeton as an out, pansexual student. He discusses his childhood sexuality and gender expression, attending the Pilgrim School, and how the black queer student play Holding Hands With Darkness influenced his decision to attend Princeton. He also talks about his time as the artistic director for the Black Arts Company, taking on a drag role in a McCarter show, and his senior thesis production of Orange Woman. Finally, he reflects on coming out to his family, social isolation at Princeton, and his theatrical career after college.

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Mejias speaks about his time at Princeton as a latino, gay man. He discusses joining a hispanic fraternity during his freshman year, coming to terms with his identity while studying abroad in Madrid, and participating in the 1995 sit-in for Latino and Asian-American studies. He also talks about his perspective as a student on administrative support for LGBT students and how his perspective changed after he began working for Princeton's alumni relations. Finally, he explains why there were a small number of students of color who were out on campus, discusses traveling off-campus to date and participate in the gay community, and reflects on coming out to his family.

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Miller speaks about her experiences at Princeton as a questioning, and later, out bisexual student. She discusses her participation and later hosting of a group for queer women named Friday Night Thing, her experience coming out to classmates in-person and via Facebook, and her participation in the Pride Alliance and Queer Radicals. She also talks about coming out to her family, her involvement with Terrace eating club, dating within the university's small LGBT community, and working as an LGBT peer educator.

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Morrow speaks about the support she offered to LGBT students as a Dean of the Chapel from 1981 through 2003. She discusses working on an unnamed LGBT task force, providing an office for the Gay Alliance at Princeton, hiring the first LGBT coordinators for the university, and officiating the first same-sex wedding in the University Chapel. She talks about negative alumni reactions to the wedding, explains why same-sex and straight marriages were documented separately, and her experience working under three different university presidents.

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Perez speaks about his gay identity and his time at Princeton as a member of the university's post-doctoral Society of Fellows. He discusses his undergraduate experience at Notre Dame, studying abroad in Peru, his graduate studies, and his participation in the Gay Volleyball Association. He also talks about his field research, why he came to Princeton as a fellow, his impressions of Princeton's LGBT Center, and how he developed and taught queer studies courses at Princeton.

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Phillip speaks about his experience at Princeton as a gay man and coming out on campus. He discusses his experience in an openly gay relationship, peer reactions to his coming out, attending dances hosted by the Gay Alliance at Princeton, and his experience at the Every Voice alumni conference. In addition, he describes attending gay clubs as a student, closeted gay men in Ivy Club, and his friendships at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about living in New York City before and during the AIDS crisis, his experience on Fire Island, and losing friends to AIDS.

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Price discusses her time at Princeton as a lesbian student-athlete. She speaks about the homophobic environment she faced on the field hockey team, openly dating other women, and how she dealt with negative reactions from her friends to her sexuality. She also talks about working in educational mentorship programs, organizing events with the Women's Center, attending Pride Marches, and going to lesbian bars with the group Ladies of the '80s. Finally, she discusses family reactions to her sexuality, having children with her wife, her career in education, and her experience at the Every Voice alumni conference.

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Razi-Thomas speaks about attending Princeton as a lesbian, gender-queer student-athlete. She discusses her recruitment to Princeton, her gender presentation, and coming out during her freshman year. She also discusses her position as the only out athlete on campus, homophobia she encountered as a member of the women's basketball team, and her counseling career. Finally, she discusses her role as her town's Human Rights Commissioner and how she formed her family.

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Rexford speaks about her time as a closeted undergraduate and her current position as an electrical engineering professor at Princeton. She discusses attending Princeton as the final eating clubs went co-ed, participating in Take Back the Night, and writing a book about the experiences of Princeton's women engineering students. She also talks about exploring her sexuality in graduate school, coming out after graduate school, working for AT & T, and returning to Princeton as a professor.

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Rodriguez discusses attending Princeton as a gay student. He speaks about coming out to his parents before college, his identity as an undocumented student, attending Tiger Night, and his involvement with the Freshman LGBT group. He also discusses participating in Terrace Drag Balls, the all Ivy Drag Competition, social divisions between center and non-center gays, and his relationships with other LGBT undergraduates. Finally, he reflects on working for Teach for America and his marriage.

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Rudy speaks about his experience as an out, gay student at Princeton and marrying his ex-spouse in the first gay marriage within the University Chapel. He discusses coming out during his freshman year, his involvement with the Katzenjammers a capella group, coordinating his wedding, and the aftermath of his wedding. He also reflects his continued involvement with the Princeton community, the impact of the Princeton LGBT center, and adopting his son from Vietnam.

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Salvato speaks about his time at Princeton as an out student. He discusses LGBT media representation during his childhood, his decision to come out in college, curating a queer film festival during his sophomore year, and writing for the Nassau Weekly. He also reflects on homophobia on campus, a vigil honoring Matthew Shepard, and attending queer dances at Terrace. Finally, he speaks about taking the university's first course on queer theory, mentorship from professors, and how he came to be an English professor at Columbia.

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Satyal speaks about his time at Princeton as a gay student. He talks about applying to Princeton, joining Triangle Club, and becoming a member of the a capella group the Nassoons. He discusses relationships with other men on campus, influential professors in the Creative Writing department, and internships. Finally, he reflects on his writing career after Princeton and participating in alumni organizing for Every Voice and the LGBT GALA group.

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Scott shares his experience as a student who questioned his sexuality and gender while at Princeton. He speaks about going by his middle name on campus, the LGBT community in Terrace eating club, and struggling to find his place in Princeton's athletic and social life. He also discusses spending time at 185 Nassau, editing for the Nassau Literary Review, and his ambivalent experiences with Princeton professors. Finally, he speaks about attending graduate school, his transition journey, and building community with other LGBT people in California.

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Shimamoto talks about his time at Princeton as a closeted and later, out gay student. He discusses his feelings of depression, interning in Japan, and coming out to his family before his senior year. He also speaks about coming out to his friends, their mixed reactions, the general atmosphere of LGBT support on campus, and Princeton's social culture. Finally, he reflects on how he started to follow Buddhism, his career in the fashion industry, and his reaction to the Every Voice alumni conference.

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Song speaks about questioning her identity and coming out as a lesbian after her time at Princeton. She discusses growing up in Korea and the US, questioning her sexuality at a young age, and her participation in the social culture of classical music. In addition, she speaks about choosing to attend Princeton over a conservatory, joining the Princeton University Orchestra, and practicing Christianity on campus. Finally, she speaks about attending the Yale School of Music, attending law school during the Obergefell decision, and meeting other LGBT alumni.

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Stover speaks about attending Princeton as a gay student. He discusses his family's history, how he decided to attend Princeton, questioning his identity, and receiving treatment at McCosh. He also talks about the beginning of co-education on campus, joining Theatre Intime, and his awareness of the gay community at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about losing friends and loved ones to the AIDS crisis, his law career, and the importance of his faith.

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Jenny Thomas describes her perspective on the queer scene during her time at Princeton in the early '80s, where she studied psychology and was on the diving team. After graduating, Thomas moved to Japan, where she discovered she was a lesbian and began pursuing photography. After returning to the United States, she spent several years developing her own photography business in San Francisco, where she met her wife, before returning to school to become a nurse.

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Amy Trangsrud discusses studying physics and interacting with the LGBT community on Princeton's campus through the acapella group The Fire Hazards, the LGBT center, and through working as a peer educator. After graduating, Trangsrud earned a PhD in astrophysics from CalTech and helped develop that campus's support systems for LGBT students. Trangsrud then went on to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Ara Tucker describes her engagement with the queer community during her time at Princeton, including organizing a queer film festival and finding support through the office of religious life. Tucker describes the important role religion has had in her life, from providing queer-affirming community at Princeton to her getting married in the Princeton university chapel. Tucker also describes her work as a Black queer artist.

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Brandon Ulrich describes finding and building the gay social scene at Princeton through meetings, dances, and eating clubs. He discusses the difficulties he faced being openly gay, both on- and off-campus. He also discusses his struggles with drug use and his work as a nurse.

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This speaker discusses the process of him realizing he was gay in the late '60s and early '70s, including his experiences coming out to his friends at Princeton. He describes how the books, zines, and other queer materials at Firestone Library helped him feel less alone in his early years at Princeton. He discusses the wonderful social network he was involved in at Princeton, including an extensive informal gay social scene. He also contrasts his experiences at Princeton with the experiences outside the orange bubble, as well as the experiences he heard from later students.

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This oral history speaker describes his family difficulties growing up and the intricate social scene he was a part of while studying anthropology at Princeton. He describes the relationship between his identity as a gay man and his passion for intellectual thought. He tells the story of how he met his current husband and partner of 30 years at the G.A.P. office in Princeton University's Aaron Burr Hall. Finally, he discusses his extensive law career and reflects on how being born in Cuba has influenced his life.

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This oral history speaker describes how he came to Princeton University, his commitment to the sport of rowing, and his study of geochemistry. He describes how internalized homophobia kept him away from the gay social scene at Princeton until he joined Terrace, which he felt was a safe space. He then describes his struggle with depression and the difficulty he faced understanding the relationship between his attraction towards men and his faith. Finally, he discusses how he came out to his family and his career afterwards in finance technology.

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In this oral history, Peter Aupperle discusses his experience of being queer and low-income at Princeton and Columbia, including the difficulty he faced finding a psychiatric residency program due to homophobic discrimination. He describes what it was like living and working in New York City during the AIDS crisis and how his identity as a gay man intersects with his mental health struggles. He also discusses founding a still-active group for queer students studying health science at Columbia and being the first same-sex couple married in his city.

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Cadden describes the development of his interest in theater during his time studying at Yale and as a Marshall Scholar in the U.K., eventually leading to a career studying theater. He discusses his long career at Princeton, during which he taught the first LGBT literature course and witnessed the development of queer studies at Princeton. Finally, he discusses some of his work with developing a group for queer Princeton alums.

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Joslin discusses his successful career as an architect and his experiences as a gay man. This includes the connection between his faith and gay identity, his experiences exploring his sexuality in the 1980s, and his engagement with the lesbian and gay community while at Princeton. Joslin also describes his experiences learning to live with HIV.

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Ronan O'Brien discusses his time as an undergraduate student at Princeton University, where he studied a multitude of languages, translation, and linguistics. He describes attending IvyQ and Creating Change conferences, as well as the work he put in to organizing the IvyQ conference when Princeton hosted. Finally O'Brien discusses the work he put into becoming a therapist and how his journey impacted the work he does now.

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