On Thursday, January 23, 2014 we interviewed Sandra (Chap) Chapman who is the Director of Diversity and Community at LREI in Greenwich Village. To add on she is also the Co-chair of the New York Chapter. During this interview we asked questions mainly about the LGBTQ civil rights movement, history about the community and her thoughts towards this topic. For this fieldwork we didn’t exactly have a specific goal, but as the conversation went forward, we then started focusing mainly on the history of LGBTQ youth and adults. Although it was a short interview, we received a lot of information that will be useful in the future, such as our teach-in. For this fieldwork, I was the note taker as well as someone who asked questions. I learned that the first LGBTQ civil rights movement started in the year 1965 in the West Village. I thought it was very interesting learning about how the LGBTQ community started and what made them decide to finally rebel and fight for their rights. It all started at the Stonewall Bar where many LGBTQ members hung out and talked to each other. The police would raid many of these LGBTQ members, but not because of drinking, fighting or causing trouble, it was because of who they were. After getting raided multiples times for no good reason, the LGBTQ community decided to rebel and have a riot. This movement made an impact to the society and LGBT community. After numerous rebellions, they finally got more respect and accomplished receiving their civil rights. Unfortunately there is still discrimination towards this group, but our society has been making progress with tolerating this specific community. Since it made an effect on many citizens that following year, they honored the rebellion by having a gay pride march/parade. The gay pride march or parade started in the year 1970 on Christopher Street. As a group we then decided to ask what her opinion about how serious this topic is and how should people react. In the interview she said something like this, in spite of what our country is doing to fight for equal rights, there are specific communities who are still or struggling to get their rights. Even though we are all different, we all have something in common which would include family, friends, shelter and education. When an LGBTQ member is discriminated for be who they are, the community is affected because that one member is not being their full self. One thing I learned that I thought was upsetting and interesting to hear at the same time was when AIDS became epidemic, people said that only gay men could get it. As the conversation continued I asked Chap, “What are some stereotypes towards the LGBTQ community?” Many of the stereotypes that we were talking about were words and physical appearances. Some stereotypical words that are used against the LGBTQ community would be faggot, pussy, dike and homo. We then talked about appearance stereotypes towards gay men, which would include gentle and not masculine. After we talked about gay men stereotypes we then talked about lesbian women. A stereotypical phrase that people say against lesbian women would be, you are so rough or you’re so hardcore. Lastly, I thought it was interesting when Chap said that one assumption that is often used would be a lesbian wants to be masculine and male.