Brynna Fish Interview, 17 August 2023

Abstract

Brynna Fish (b. 1957) grew up in Youngstown and studied social work at Yeshiva University before moving to Cleveland Heights in 1979. In this interview, she discusses her involvement at the intersection of Cleveland's Jewish and lesbian communities, as well as her work with coordinating the annual Womyn's Variety Show and music festivals with Oven Productions and her founding of Chevrei Tikvah, a gay and lesbian synagogue, in 1983. She reflects on various gay and lesbian bars in Cleveland, and changes in Pride events since the late 1980s.

Interviewee

Fish, Brynna (interviewee)

Interviewer

Habyl, Riley (interviewer)

Project

LGBTQ+ Cleveland

Date

8-17-2023

Document Type

Oral History

Duration

128 minutes

Recommended Citation

"Brynna Fish Interview, 17 August 2023" (2023). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 701010.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1264

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