General Information
Date of birth
Place of birth
Places you were reared/lived
Current location
Type of household (childhood)
Type of household (today)
Schooling of parents (guardians)/grandparents
Occupations of parents (guardians)/grandparents
Names and locations of schools attended
Other training
Degrees, dates of graduation, size of graduating class
Past/current/future occupations
Relationship status
Children
Identity
Communities identified with socially, politically, etc. (Black, queer, sgl, working class, Christian, etc.)
Earliest memories of knowing you were Black
Earliest memories of knowing you were lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, etc.
Ways that Blackness and LGBTQ identity impact one another
Ways other identities impact being Black and LGBTQ
Memories and other significant events in coming out
Persons associated with coming out
Experiences with discrimination based on any of your identities
Membership in any organizations or groups related to any of your identities
Influential Black/LGBTQ people
Role of friendship and family in living out your Black LGBTQ identity
Literacy
Memories seeing other people writing/reading
Memories of self-writing/reading
Difficulties reading/writing
Materials available for writing/reading in household and other venues
Ways materials came into possession
Use of these materials
Memories of writing/reading associated with race and sexuality
Memories of writing/reading during coming-out process
Places reading/writing occurred
Occasions associated with writing/reading
People associated with writing/reading
Types of writing/reading shared and public
Types of writing/reading private
Other cultural impacts on language and literacy learning/use
Membership in other groups/organizations where reading and writing take place
Interviewees own sense of how reading/writing were acquired for self
School
Earliest memories of writing/reading in school
Types of writing/reading in school
Early memories of schools in relation to identity
Reading and Writing Today
Current reading and writing
Motivations for reading/writing
Consequences for reading/writing
Writing for civic or political participation
Black LGBTQ Language and Literacies
Role of reading/writing in interaction with other Black/LGBTQ people
Role writing/reading in interaction with non-Black LGBTQ communities
Barriers posed to inter/intragroup participation
Role of humor in language and literacy practice and use
Interviewees sense of how writing/reading impacted their identity
Interviewees sense of how identity impacted writing/reading
Interviewees awareness of communicative practices specific to Black LGBTQ experience
Digital Technology
Experiences with internet chatrooms, blogs, and other technology
Problems encountered with the use of technology in writing/reading and other areas
Interviewees own sense of the internet as a space for Black LGBTQ people