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Disposti, Max. Interview, 2022-04-26

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Identifier: SC027-14

Scope and Contents

Max Disposti is the founder and Executive Director of the North County LGBTQ Resource Center. In this interview, Max discusses his upbringing in Rome, Italy as a queer male and his experience coming to the U.S. and his quest to open the Resource Center. Max Disposti also talks about the parallels in how the LGBTQ+ community is treated in Italy in comparison to America.

Dates

  • 2022-04-26

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 256 Gigabytes

From the Collection: 29 Cassettes

Language

English

Acklnowledgement

This oral history was made possible with the generous funding of the Ellie Johns Scholarship Fund at Rancho Santa Fe Foundation and the Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe.

Repository Details

Part of the CSUSM Special Collections Repository

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