Another person that I could interview would be my roommate, Kee. He, like us, is also gay with a religious and homophobic family. However, I think that interviewing my first boyfriend would be more personal to me. I think that I could ask deeper questions without offending him.

     He is normally available weekends and after his classes on weekdays. I am thinking of interviewing him next weekend (February 1-3). The next opportunity to interview him would be the following weekend. I would interview him in the library, the Town Center mall or somewhere pretty outside (the Campus Green most likely). I think interviewing him in these places are really convenient because he’s always in the library, he works at the mall and the Campus Green is a nice area where we could relax and conduct a nice interview away from other people. 

     I think that the best way to document this would be video the entire interview. I also want to take pictures and notes while recording. I think that I would place my phone on some kind of stand and write my notes down on another piece of paper so that I could really get the visual aspects down. I want to really describe his movements and his mannerisms during the interview. I don’t think that he would feel nervous or do anything very different from the usual way he talks because I usually try to ask him meaningful questions. 

2) How does being “in the closet” influence your social interactions with people who are unaware of your sexuality?

3) Is your terminology drastically different?

4) Are you pressured to find an opposite sex partner by peers/family members that are ignorant to your sexuality?

5) What are the ups and downs of being gay?

6) Do you think that being black and gay is a harder experience?

7) When did you accept yourself/your sexuality?

8) What bad experiences have you had with homophobic people?

9) What was the earliest homophobic experience you had?

10) Who is the first person that you told you were gay?

11) Did you ever go through a phase where you were insecure because of you hiding your sexuality. 

 I am interviewing you for my English 1102 profile project. I am documenting the interview by recording it with my phone and by taking notes. I will be posting this information to my Padlet account and sharing it with my professor. Students and my professor would be able to read this information.