White, Eric "Godiva"

Authors

Eric "Godiva" White
Maddie Shappley, University of Mississippi

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

8-20-2019

City

Tupelo (Miss.)

Abstract

In this interview, Eric White starts by discussing his life growing up in Fulton, Mississippi and his experience with a conservative town and family. White later talks about how he became “GoDiva” at Rumors gay bar in Tupelo. Later, White discusses his drag experiences in Memphis, Nashville, and Orlando. Throughout the interview, White talks about the current political climate and its impact on Tupelo, Mississippi. Toward the end of his interview, White talks enthusiastically about his involvement with the LGBTQ community in Tupelo and his plans for Tupelo Pride in 2019. This interview was conducted as a part of the Queer Mississippi Oral History Project through a grant from the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi, in partnership with the Invisible Histories Project, in 2019.

Relational Format

audio recording

Extent

1:27:57

Comments

Additional files include: data sheet, field notes, photo, audio file. Transcript is available on request.

Rights

In copyright. For permission to duplicate, repost, or otherwise re-use these images, please contact the Invisible Histories Project: Mississippi.

Recommended Citation

White, Eric "Godiva" and Shappley, Maddie, "White, Eric "Godiva"" (2019). Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection). 12.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/queerms/12