Interview with Andrew Ahl

Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a white trans man. At the time of this interview, Ahl was living and working in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious military household with his dad, serving in the Air Force, working in the service industry, drag, LGBT bar cultures, and his eventual relocation to Minnesota, and his romantic relationships. He also talks about atheism and Christianity, family rejection and acceptance, and the impact of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for trans people in the military and veterans.

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Identifier: 3j333255f
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Ahl, Andrew
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Jul. 1, 2016
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Andrew Ahl
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
National Security Administration
Target Corporation
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Places: Oklahoma
California
Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Saint Louis Park > Saint Louis Park
Topic(s): Air force
Army
Atheism
Bartending
Bathrooms
Christianity
Coming out
Depression
Discrimination
Divorce
Drag
Drag performance
Employment
Families
Family relationships
FtMs
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-affirming care
Health care
Hormones
Internet
Love
Marriage
Middle West
Military
Parents of transgender people
Religion
Sex
Spiritual life
Sports
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Whites--Race identity
Work
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
Related URL: https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
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