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Located within LaBudde Special Collections. Call (816) 235-1532 or email specialcollections@umkc.edu for questions about the archive.

  1. Hite, Randy

Hite, Randy

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  • Date: February 3, 2018

  • Interviewed by: Williams, Austin R.

  • Biographical Sketch:

    Randy Hite was born in 1959. He attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City, graduating in 1982. He served as a member of numerous Kansas City organizations dedicated to LGBTQ issues, including Project 21, an organization that donated gay and lesbian friendly books to public school libraries in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

  • Subjects Discussed:

    Coming out, the Human Rights Ordinance Project (HROP), the Human Rights Project (HRP), Project 21, The Heartland Men's Chorus, life as a teacher, HIV/AIDS, becoming an activist, the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (GALA), the 1993 March on Washington, Kevin Oldham, the Westboro Baptist Church, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), The Four Freedoms Democratic Club, meeting his future husband, being denied the right to enter the U.S. as a family with his partner.

  • Restrictions On Use:

    None

  • Collection: GLAMA Oral Histories