This is the transcript for Karen Ryker that is a PDF file, 146 KB. This transcript consists of 25 pages. Karen Ryker is Professor of Voice and... Show moreThis is the transcript for Karen Ryker that is a PDF file, 146 KB. This transcript consists of 25 pages. Karen Ryker is Professor of Voice and Acting in the Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Connecticut. Professor Ryker moved from the University of Wisconsin to the University of Connecticut because Wisconsin did not offer same-sex partner benefits. The interview discusses her LGBT activism along with her wife, musician Sarah Burke, in their communities in Wisconsin and Connecticut, including political lobbying and hosting of house meetings for Love Makes a Family. The interview also describes their success in making their churce inclusive of LBGT members by becoming "open and affirming". Show less