LGBTQ+ Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Cyrana Brooks Wyker
Publication Date
2-5-2015
Date
2013-10-29
Abstract
An oral history with Merrell T. Dickey, an ordained gay Catholic priest. Merrell attended the University of South Florida and was involved in the Sigma Ki fraternity. He spoke about going to a Catholic seminary and the struggle between their sexuality and the tenants of Catholicism. They speak about counseling patients and parishioners with AIDS and how close reading of the Bible and conversations with a counselor made them leave the Catholic Church.
Keywords
Gay men, Greek letter societies, University of South Florida, Gay Roman Catholics, Gay priests, Reparative therapy, HIV/AIDS, AIDS death and dying
Extent
02:00:25; 58 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Temple Terrace (Fla.); Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2013
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
L34-00015
Recommended Citation
Dickey, Merrell T., "Merrell T. Dickey Oral History Interview" (2015). LGBTQ+ Oral History Project. 20.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lgbtq_oh/20
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