Digital Transgender Archive
In this interview, Robbi Ann Mecus describes her journey from growing up with her family, experiencing gender dysphoria in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, to living as her authentic female self in rural Upstate New York with her daughter, where she works as a forest ranger. She also goes into detail about personal experiences along the way, including her searches for love and a place to belong, as well as her initial forays into presenting as female before she had come out to anyone she knew. She elaborates on the unique challenges she has faced and faces with regards to trans healthcare access as a person who lives in a rural area, as well as her experience as a member of rural law enforcement, as well as the personal relationship she maintains with New York City itself. (Summary by Garrett Wood.)
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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NYC Trans Oral History Project
- Creator(s)
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Mecus, Robbi Ann
- Contributor(s)
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Tenney, Rachel
- Publisher
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New York Public Library
- Date Created
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Aug. 23, 2019
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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2017 Women's March
Bizarre Bushwick
Donald Trump
Kate Bornstein
Renee Richards
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Second Serve
Stonewall
The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA)
Trans Day of Action
- Places
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New York
New York > Dutchess County > City of Poughkeepsie > Poughkeepsie
New York > Kings > Greenpoint
New York > Essex > Town of Keene > Keene
- Topic(s)
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Anti-gay violence
Anti-transgender violence
Bathrooms
Crossdressing
Disabilities
Drag
Family members
Femininities
Forest rangers
Gay pride
Gender
Gender diversity
Gender identity
Gentrification
Health care
Homophobia
Internalized homophobia
Lesbians
LGBTI community
Machismo
Masculinities
Parenthood
Passing (Gender)
Police
Pronoun
Racism
Religions
Roman catholicism
Secrecy
Sexism
Siblings
Trade unions
Transgender community
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
Transsexual people
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Audio
Text
- Language
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English
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