{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/3t9d50fz6x/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Lakshman Kalasapudi Oral History"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 1: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLakshman says there isn’t much of a gay community in Glen Oaks, New York. He explains he has met other gay and bisexual\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c/span\u003emen through the social mobile, but that there is not really a local gay community.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 2: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association, commonly known as SALGA, is a volunteer community group for South Asian \"sexual minorities\" that live in Queens. SALGA provides a peer, mental health support group once a month, political actions, and assistance to community members needing asylum, and social and economic support. It is a place where Queens South Asians can feel safe and validated. It is a place to express both identities together – gay and South Asian - and not bifurcate the two identities. Lakshman attended his first SALGA support group after coming out in 10th grade.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 3: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSALGA is known for two major accomplishments. The organization worked to get the Delhi Supreme Court to ban Section 377. The organization also fought to march in the India Day parade, through protesting and advocacy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLakshman Kalasapudi was born in the Bronx on September 21, 1990. His family moved to the Floral Park/Glen Oaks section of Queens in 1994.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c/span\u003eBoth parents were born in India and are medical doctors.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c/span\u003eThey moved to Queens to work at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (now called Northwell Health) in New Hyde Park. There is a large South Asian population in this area of Queens. Lakshman has played a leadership role in the South Asian and LGBTQ communities. He serves on the Board of Directors of the South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association of New York City (SALGA) and works at India Home, which provides culturally appropriate services to South Asian seniors living in Queens.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e (general)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/search/browse/27684"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2018-02-04 (created)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Lakshman Kalasapudi (Interviewee)","Fran Kipnis (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["Collected through the LGBTQ+ History in Queens project, starting in 2017."]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["Floral Park and Glen Oaks, Queens, NY (spatial)","1990-2018 (temporal)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (Primary)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eClip 1: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eLakshman says there isn\u0026rsquo;t much of a gay community in Glen Oaks, New York. He explains he has met other gay and bisexual\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003emen through the social mobile, but that there is not really a local gay community.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eClip 2: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eThe South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association, commonly known as SALGA, is a volunteer community group for South Asian \"sexual minorities\" that live in Queens. SALGA provides a peer, mental health support group once a month, political actions, and assistance to community members needing asylum, and social and economic support. It is a place where Queens South Asians can feel safe and validated. It is a place to express both identities together \u0026ndash; gay and South Asian - and not bifurcate the two identities. Lakshman attended his first SALGA support group after coming out in 10th grade.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eClip 3: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eSALGA is known for two major accomplishments. The organization worked to get the Delhi Supreme Court to ban Section 377. The organization also fought to march in the India Day parade, through protesting and advocacy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eLakshman Kalasapudi was born in the Bronx on September 21, 1990. His family moved to the Floral Park/Glen Oaks section of Queens in 1994.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003eBoth parents were born in India and are medical doctors.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003eThey moved to Queens to work at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (now called Northwell Health) in New Hyde Park. There is a large South Asian population in this area of Queens. Lakshman has played a leadership role in the South Asian and LGBTQ communities. He serves on the Board of Directors of the South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association of New York City (SALGA) and works at India Home, which provides culturally appropriate services to South Asian seniors living in Queens.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Queens Public Library"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Queens Public Library"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/047/194/small/Lakshman_Kalasapudi_cropped.jpg?1567691786","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47194","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 3 - Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip1.wav"]},"duration":127.45429,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/047/194/small/Lakshman_Kalasapudi_cropped.jpg?1567691786","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47194/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47194/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-queenslibrary.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/047/194/original/Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip1.wav?1567691581","type":"Audio","format":"audio/wav","duration":127.45429,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47194","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47195","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 3 - Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip2.wav"]},"duration":193.80814,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/047/195/small/Lakshman_Kalasapudi_cropped.jpg?1567691794","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47195/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47195/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-queenslibrary.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/047/195/original/Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip2.wav?1567691594","type":"Audio","format":"audio/wav","duration":193.80814,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47195","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47196","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 3 of 3 - Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip3.wav"]},"duration":93.75338,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/047/196/small/Lakshman_Kalasapudi_cropped.jpg?1567691801","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47196/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47196/content/3/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-queenslibrary.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/047/196/original/Kalasapudi_Lakshman_clip3.wav?1567691610","type":"Audio","format":"audio/wav","duration":93.75338,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/4763/file/47196","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}