Interview with Don Kohn

Title: Interview with Don Kohn
Interviewer(s): Mary C. Foltz
Interviewee(s): Don Kohn
Date: 2020-05-11
Description: Don Kohn discusses his leadership and Melinda Kohn’s leadership in PFLAG and the activities of PLAG in the Lehigh Valley. He also discusses PFLAG’s relationships with other LGBT organizations in the Valley and other regions in PA. The oral history includes a moving discussion of how he came to be a strong ally to LGBTQ communities through a discussion of his daughter’s coming out story and his desire to show his support for her. Finally, the oral history reflects upon the value of organizations like PFLAG and the changing political and social climate in the Lehigh Valley from the early years of his activism into the 21st century.
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0