Oral History with Elio Colavito, February 2020

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Title of Oral History
Oral History with Elio Colavito, February 2020
Abstract
A native to Mississauga, Elio Colavito was raised in a Catholic household and attended Loyola Catholic Secondary School. They began to explore their sexuality 'early’ as they began dating women in the beginning of high school. Elio refers to some moments that were influential for their with reference to some movie and television characters. Elio studied political science and history at a university in the United States, where they got to ‘properly explore their sexuality’. They touch upon this monumental development and their realization that being accepted by those who matter is most important. Currently, Elio spends most of their time in Toronto as they work with The ArQuives, will frequent the bars downtown, and attends class at the St. George Campus.
Name of Narrator
Elio Colavito
Names of Interviewer Team
Tomasz Glod, interviewer; Mrinalini Fernandes, camera.
Date of Interview
2020-02-26
Oral History Interview
Oral History Interview
Location that the Narrator is discussing
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
The time frame described in the interview.
2000's
file format
.mp4
Length
38 minutes, 36 seconds
Copyright holder
Narrator transfers all copyrights, and other intellectual and proprietary rights and waives all moral rights
CC license
Narrator transfers all copyrights, and other intellectual and proprietary rights and waives all moral rights he/she/they hold in the materials to The ArQuives and to the University of Toronto Libraries and Archives jointly, with the agreement that each archive will license these materials, subject to any privacy and consent restrictions or any other restrictions, for commercial and non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to a Creative Commons Attribution Commercial 4.0 International (by-nc) license.
Site pages
LGBTQ+ in Peel