[2019] Charles Faudree Oral History Interview
Interview of Charles Faudree by OkEq Executive Director Toby Jenkins
Charles Faudree was an important part of the design team who helped bring about Oklahomans for Equality Dennis R. Neill Equality Center dedicated in Tulsa in 2007. Charles passed away in 2013. The information below is from his obituary.
Charles Hamlet Faudree was born February 27, 1938 in Ada, OK to Ruby May (Brewer) and Hamlet Charles Faudree. He passed from this life Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at the age of 75. Charles attended St. Joseph's High School in Muskogee, OK and graduated from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, OK with a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Art Education. He was gifted beyond measure in the field of interior design and was adored around the globe for his attention to detail, his blending of myriad blues and his abject love of all things French. Charles was honored by House Beautiful as one of the top designers in the United States and was the best-selling author of six books on interior design. His fabric and wallpaper lines marketed through Stroheim and his work covered by Veranda, House Beautiful, Southern Accents and Traditional Home among others, Charles leaves an indelible legacy in the field of interior design. A believer in strong community support, he touched the lives of countless Tulsans as the founder of The Hope Candlelight Tour, a passionate supporter of Tulsa CARES, an avid follower and advocate of AA and an enthusiastic parishioner of Parish Church of St. Jerome, ECC and, as well, a bell ringer at Christmas for the Salvation Army.
Charles, throughout his life possessed an irrepressible sense of humor and quick wit, was an ardent prankster with a laugh that could light up a room and he collected friends from every walk of life and from every corner of the world. A humble man, generous of spirit beyond measure, caring more about others than self, he loved and lived life to the fullest extent possible and considered himself extraordinarily blessed to have had the support and love of a small and treasured family, the adoration and companionship of a cadre of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and the loyalty and admiration of an extraordinary number of friends and acquaintances - all of whom considered themselves equally blessed to have called him friend.
Oklahomans For Equality
[2003] Fall Speakers Dinner "The politics of intimacy...why glbt history matters" by Leisa Meyer
The importance of preserving GLBT history
Dinner discussion at All Souls Unitarian Church
Dr. Leisa Meyer of William & Mary College
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
October 10, 2003
Video
[2004] TOHR History Project; Looking Into the European Crystal Ball: What Can the United States About Same-Sex Marriage
Dr. Lee Badgett, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts - Dinner and Discussion at All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa
Dr. Lee Badgett
[2006] All Souls Unitarian Float
Pride 2006
Photo of All Souls Unitarian Church's float in Tulsa's 2006 Pride parade.
2006
Dennis Neal
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[2008] Gala Lifetime Achievement Award 2008, Charles Faudree
Lifetime Achievement Award 2008
[2007] Gala Lifetime Achievement Award - Dennis Neill
Lifetime Achievement Award 2007
Oklahomans for Equality
[2019] Gala Community Hero Award
Sara Cunningham
Sara Cunningham is the founder of "Free Mom Hugs," an non-profit organization for parents who advocate for their LGBTQ+ children. Sara has traveled to same-sex wedding to serve as a proxy parent when individuals reach out to her. Cunningham authored the book "How We Sleep At Night: A Mother's Memoir" about her journey to accepting her son's homosexuality as a Christian woman.
Oklahomans for Equality
Oklahomans for Equality
April 27th, 2019
Video
[2019] Gala Bishop-Baldwin, Barton & Phillips Civil Rights Advocacy Award
Mike Redman
Oklahomans for Equality
Oklahomans for Equality
April 27th, 2019
Video
[2019] Gala Lynn Riggs Performing Arts Award - Lucia Lucas
Lucia Lucas
World-renowned opera singer Lucia Lucas will be performing as "Don Giovanni" during Tulsa Opera's 2018-2019 season. her Performance will mark the first time a transgender person has been in a principal role on the operatic stage in the United States.
Oklahomans for Equality
Oklahomans for Equality
April 27th, 2019
Oklahomans for Equality
[2019] Gala Rev. Russell Bennett Spiritual Inclusion Award
Aliye Shimi
Aliye Shimi is the Executive Director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry and one of the founders of Muslims for Mercy, a progressive charitable organization where Tulsa Muslims serve the community including providing turkey for the Equality Center's annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Aliye helped organize a vigil after the Pulse Nightclub Shootings and invited the LGBTQ community to the Mosque for dinner.
[2006] THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF THE GAY
AND BISEXUAL MALE SUBCULTURE IN
OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLAHOMA,
1889-2005
Bachhofer II, Aaron Lee
Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May, 2006
As of 2019, Dr. Bachhofer is serving as Associate Dean of Social Sciences at Rose State University
1889 - 2005
Copyright by Bachhofer, II, Aaron Lee
May, 2006
All Rights Reserved. Permission granted to OkEq to make available to the public.
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Location:OkEq History Project/Ddatadrive/History-General (in Omeka)/GAY Male subculture in OKC 1889-2005 Aaron Lee Bachhofer
[2019] Gala Lynn Riggs Video
Lynn Riggs (1899-1954), Oklahoma's Own Playwright and Poet, namesake for the Lynn Riggs Black Box Theatre at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center operated by Oklahomans for Equality.
Lynn Riggs, Oklahoma's premier playwright, wrote most of his 25 full-length plays about his home state - stories of the people he knew in this childhood as they struggled to create new lives in a changing culture . Son of a part-Cherokee mother and pioneer father in Claremore , Lynn wished to introduce the public t the diverse people of the Plains Many of Riggs' early poems, The Iron Dish 1930, evoked the ambiance of Santa Fe, his favorite city. Later, more personal poems, This Book, This Hill, These People, 1982, often reflected a Native American view of life. His interests were in singing, playing guitar, and acting.
After high school, as a young man with identity issues, Riggs signed on as a cattle puncher on a train bound for Chicago. then went to New York , where he played an extra in some early cowboy movies being filmed in the Bronx. By 1920, he was in Hollywood, working as a film extra. Between film jobs, as he read proof for the Los Angeles Times, a disaster brought him a windfall .
In 1928, Riggs' talents earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship to work for a year in Franc e. It freed him from money worries and gave him peace to write his most famous play, Green Grow the Lilacs. The Theatre Guild produced it on Broadway in 1931, featuring many of the old folk songs from Lynn's childhood that he loved. The same group revived it on Broadway in 1943, substituting contemporary music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein and the new title, Oklahoma!. It broke all records and continues to be produced across the U.S. and around the world.
He continued to write all his years, and to encourage aspiring writers. He supported amateur theatre groups wherever he could believing that they would shape the future of American theatre . He died of lung cancer in New York in 1954.
-By Phyllis Cole Braunl ich, author of Haunted by Home: The life and letters of Lynn
Riggs, 1988, and "R. Lynn Riggs," Dictionary of literary Biography, Native American Writers Volume, 1996, pp. 249-258.
On February 10, 2018, Oklahomans for Equality, Dennis Neill & John Southard and the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation dedicated the Lynn Riggs Theatre
within the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center . Tonight we present the inaugural Lynn Riggs Performing Arts Award.
Oklahomans for Equality
April 27, 2019
[2019] Pride promotional video
2019 Pride
[2019] Pride Promotional Video
[2003] Gala Remarks by Dennis Neill
Welcoming Ambassador Hormel, need to include TOHR in your giving of time and money.
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
June 13, 2003
[2019] Gala Live Auction Items
Live Auction
Oklahomans for Equality
April 27th, 2019
[2000] TOHR Follies Time Worp with the Cast of Helga's Horribles
Fundraiser for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
[2002] PFLAG Downtown Library Exhibit for Pride Month
PFLAG Tulsa
Tulsa City, County Library - Central Library
[ND] PFLAG Straight from the Heart
A discussion with Parents and their children
Santa Clarita CA chapter of PFLAG
[ND] PFLAG - Tulsa Chapter - Project Open Mind Press Conference
PFLAG - Tulsa Chapter