Digital Transgender Archive
Andrea Anderson is a Latina trans woman from Mexico City and Minnesota. In this oral history, Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the United States. She also speaks about her early childhood experiences of gender awareness; experiences with police harassment and discrimination in the workplace; her spirituality; the impact of transmisogyny and racism; marriage; and her hope for building community and space for trans Latina folks.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 44558d56b
- Collection
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Oral Histories with People of Color
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Anderson, Andrea
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Apr. 26, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Andrea Anderson
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Westside Clinic
- Places
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Florida
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Miami-Dade County
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Miami
Mexico City > Cuauhtémoc Borough
Minnesota > Ramsey County > City of Saint Paul > Saint Paul
- Topic(s)
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Atlantic Coast (North America)
Childhood
Communities
Discrimination
Drag performance
Emigration and immigration law
Employment discrimination
Family relationships
Friendship
Gender-affirming care
Harassment
Hormones
Immigration
Latin Americans
Latinos
Law enforcement
LGBTI community
LGBTQ+ poetry
Love
Machismo
Marriage
Middle West
Misogyny
MtFs
Politics
Prisons
Race
Racism
Religion
Sex
Sexism
Spiritual life
Spirituality
Suicide
Transgender people
Work
- Resource Type
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
- Rights
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