Interview with Jayce Ross
Date6 October 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 26 Minutes, 37 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionAudio file of interview with Jayce Ross. He was interviewed by Xanadee Cristofaro on 6 October 2025 in Storrs, Connecticut.
Jayce Ross was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
Jayce talks about becoming a big brother and what it was like to come out. He finds joy in taking care of a younger sibling, and describes feeling more authentic and confident after coming out. He believes overcoming challenges is a fact of life, and how you deal with those challenges matters.
Throughout the Interview he speaks on the responsibility of being a big brother, what he went through during and after his coming out, as well as the complicated situation of convincing his mom of his true identity. After coming out he describes himself as feeling confident and authentic.
Jayce Ross was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
Jayce talks about becoming a big brother and what it was like to come out. He finds joy in taking care of a younger sibling, and describes feeling more authentic and confident after coming out. He believes overcoming challenges is a fact of life, and how you deal with those challenges matters.
Throughout the Interview he speaks on the responsibility of being a big brother, what he went through during and after his coming out, as well as the complicated situation of convincing his mom of his true identity. After coming out he describes himself as feeling confident and authentic.
Object number2024.79.21
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
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11 July 2025
