- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Linda Morales, July 7, 2017
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Morales, Linda - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-07
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Morales, Linda
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327
United States, Texas, Travis County, Austin, 30.26715, -97.74306 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Linda Morales was born in Uvalde and left the area in 1975 to go to Austin. Her parents encouraged her activism as her mother was vocal and her father was a Teamster. In Austin, she briefly became involved in the local Chicano Movement. Subsequently, she moved to Houston, where she became involved in the LGBT movement. Along with Cristina Martinez, she was condemned a "Wetback Look-a-Like" Contest at a Montrose Bar. This incident and her experiences as a Mexican American Woman made her realize that the White Feminist Movement and the LGBT Movement was not inclusive of Latina/o LGBT issues. In 1989, Morales led a fight against the state of Texas in order to overturn sodomy laws to get HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment to the LGBT Community. Although Morales v. Texas was not successful, it was a first step towards equality prior to Lawrence v. Texas. Morales has also been involved politically, as she was a member of the Mexican American Democrats in Houston. Most recently, Morales has been working as a labor organizer, leading several strikes across the state of Texas.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987519/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video recordings (1 hr., 2 min., 34 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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