{"id":862,"date":"2026-02-27T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/?p=862"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:45:05","slug":"stacia-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/stacia-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacia Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stacia Potter was interviewed by Rowan Stephenson on April 14th, 2022, in Northampton, MA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narrator:<br>Stacia Potter was born and raised in the Valley and has lived here most of her life. She and her partner have two kids together, ages 10 and 13, as well as many pets including 8 chickens, 2 cats, and often pet rats. She grew up in a fairly accepting, but not very open, family, within an environment that fluctuated between fairly liberal to conservative. She first got involved in politics and queer issues in high school when she worked to establish a Gay Straight Alliance within her conservative school. She faced a lot of opposition by an active religious-right group, but this struggle launched her interest in politics. She had a rather non-traditional collegiate path and attended a number of different schools, but ended up graduating from UMASS with a BFA in 2004. She uses this experience to partake in a number of creative career endeavors as well as owning a housecleaning business, and is currently working to start a small scale flower farm. During her free time she really enjoys creative endeavors and spending time with her family. She also spends a lot of time volunteering with various organizations including the girl scouts, and volunteering with the Northampton School district. In regards to her work with queer issues she started her high schools GSA, was an organizer for the PRIDE march, sewed a panel for the NAMES project, and conducted LGBTQ+ awareness workshops for youth groups and businesses. She has been attending Noho Pride since she was in high school and conducted her work with them as an organizer while she was in college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stacia Potter was interviewed by Rowan Stephenson in the Spring of 2022. In this interview Stacia discusses growing up and living in the Valley, being part of a queer family and raising children, her creative practices and organizing in the LGBTQ+ sphere. She discusses her work establishing a Gay Straight Alliance in high school in the face of opposition and with conducting LGBTQ+ awareness workshops. Stacia also speaks on queer art as an activism and awareness tool and her dance practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interviewer:<br>Rowan Stephenson is a student at Smith College, Class of 2023, majoring in the Study of Women and Gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Northampton Pride &amp; Liberation: Stacia Potter Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KR2RF0BS9V0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfjsblock-pdfjs-embed pdfjs-wrapper\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacia Potter was interviewed by Rowan Stephenson on April 14th, 2022, in Northampton, MA. Narrator:Stacia Potter was born and raised in the Valley and has lived here most of her life. 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