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LGBTQ+ Cleveland

Debra Hirshberg Interview, 11 July 2023

Participants: Hirshberg, Debra (interviewee) / Habyl, Riley (interviewer)
Collection: LGBTQ+ Cleveland

Debra Hirshberg (b. 1954) grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Cleveland in 1972 to attend Case Western Reserve University. She discusses coming out as a lesbian in the 1970s and becoming an active member of the East Side lesbian feminist community in Cleveland Heights in the mid-1970s. Hirshberg describes her involvement in Cleveland Heights' vibrant lesbian feminist communities in the 1970s and 1980s, including her role as a founding member of lesbian feminist collectives Hag House…

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