In this interview, D. Evans, a founding member of One Voice Chorus, an LGBTQ choir in Charlotte North Carolina, shares her experience being a gay, biracial woman in North Carolina. Ms. Evans discusses her difficult childhood and the move from Long Island, New York to Burlington, North Carolina. She also shares what it was like to be Christian and gay and that she stayed "in the closet" for fear of discrimination from her grandparents and her community. Other topics discussed include coming out; homophobia; her career change to medical social work; HIV/AIDS; HIV/AIDS and black churches; The Agape Program, which educated the African-American community about HIV/AIDS and other diseases that affected African-Americans; the importance of safe sex; racism and homophobia in Gaston County; discrimination in the workplace; and Ms. Evan's life partner.
