Elsie Hupp Oral History

Elsie grew up middle class in the Midwest where the church was a big presence in her life. Though she encountered a progressiveness in various ways within the religious communities she was part of her in childhood, the fact that she was gender-questioning ultimately alienated her from the church. An important part of her socialization took place online, in the Myspace, DeviantArt, Twitch websites where she felt she had more control over interactions than IRL, especially if they became abusive due to her being a trans woman. Elsie speaks frankly about struggles that she has had both in school and her romantic history, as a sexual assault took its toll on both of those spheres in her life. She also talks briefly about her medical transition as a process that lead to her feeling more herself on estrogen than testosterone. Toward the end of the interview, Elsie connects her own empowerment and political development both to instances of police brutality that Black Lives Matter has foregrounded for the country, as well as her time studying at NYU and being involved in Geek Feminism Wiki, reading third wave feminist theory and reacting to Gamergate.

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Identifier: 3197xm373
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Hupp, Elsie
Ramsay, Grace
Contributor(s): Dolan, Michael
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date Created: Feb. 21, 2017
Dates Covered: 1988 to 2017
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Babycastles
Boy Scouts
DeviantArt
Elsie Hupp
Myspace
New York University
Twtich
Places: New York
Illinois > Cook County > City of Chicago > Chicago
Illinois > Cook County > Evanston Township > Evanston
Topic(s): Childhood
Christianity
Eating disorders
Education
Feminism
Isolation
Mental health
MtFs
Oppression
Sexual assault
Therapies
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Audio
Digital Format: Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 35 seconds
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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