Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Melinda Lee
Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they were the Assistant Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life at the University of Minnesota. In the interview, Lee discusses their upbringing in California, their young adult life and queer identity, and their experiences of family relationships, dating, and navigating the professional world as a gender non-conforming, non-binary person. In addition, they discuss their work and volunteer experience with many LGBTQ groups and organizations, as well as their thoughts on queer and trans politics, collective liberation, and radical movements.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 6395w728n
- 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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Lee, Melinda
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Aug. 17, 2017
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Black and Pink
Khmer Rouge
Lobby Days
OutFront Minnesota
The Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans
Trans Advisory and Action Team
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Minnesota
>
Hennepin County
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City of Minneapolis
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Minneapolis
California > Los Angeles > Long Beach
- Topic(s)
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Activism
Asian American LGBTQ+ people
Asian Americans
Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
Atlantic Coast (North America)
Dating
Education
Families
Family relationships
Gender diversity
Gender identity
Hormone therapy
Labeling
Language
LGBTI community
Love
Middle West
Politics
Pronoun
Race
Racism
Rape
Schools
Sex
Sexual orientation
Social media
Social movements
Surgery
Transphobia
Violence
White supremacy movements--United States
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/
- Rights
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In copyright
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