‘History Comes Out of the Closet’: Listen to Aug. 29 ‘MTSU On the Record’

Producer/Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Nikita Shepard

Synopsis: Graduate student and master’s degree candidate Nikita Shepard is the inaugural recipient of Texas A&M’s Don Kelly Collection Fellowship, a stipend for those interested in studying LGBTQ history.

MTSU graduate student NIkita Shepard smiles while reviewing historic LGBTQ newspapers in the Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture at Texas A&M University this summer. Shepard is the first recipient of Texas A&M’s Don Kelly Collection Fellowship, a stipend that funded the research using the collection. (Photo courtesy of Texas A&M)

Grad student explores LGBTQ youth history on ‘MTSU On the Record’

An MTSU graduate student is venturing into a largely unexplored area of history — that of American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths — on a recent edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program. Host Gina Logue’s interview with master’s degree candidate Nikita Shepard first aired Aug. 29 on WMOT-FM Roots…

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