Christopher Bragg, 2015

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Christopher Bragg was born in Elon, North Carolina. He studied psychology at Duke University, graduating in 1990. During his undergraduate years at Duke, Bragg worked in research labs at Duke Medicine and served as a peer counselor. Bragg continued his education at UNC-Chapel Hill where he attained a Ph. D. in neuroscience. In 2000, Bragg moved to Boston to complete a post doctorate at Harvard. As of 2016, Bragg runs a laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. In this oral history, Bragg describes on his early family life. He discusses LGBTQ progress at Duke during the late 1980s, comparing, throughout, the environment at Duke to that at Yale, as well as to Durham and Chapel Hill, and finally to Boston and Harvard. Bragg also describes the creation and fostering of community during this time by the Duke Gay and Lesbian Association (DGLA). Bragg also mentions the pushback from some to the increasing visibility of LGBTQ people at Duke. Also described is the differences in experience between the men and women in DGLA. Bragg talks about sexual expression as an undergraduate and how it was affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis.

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