Digital Transgender Archive
Jay Botsford (b. 1982) identifies as genderqueer and trans. Botsford describes zir experiences coming out and transitioning, and zir role as coordinator of Project Q, the youth development program of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center. Zie discusses the murder of Dana A. "Chanel" Larkin, a young transgender woman of color, and the issues facing trans and gender nonconforming youth in Milwaukee. Botsford underscores the benefits of greater intergenerational interaction among trans people, and criticizes the unexamined social privilege of white and middle-class individuals in the trans population.
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- Identifier
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- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Creator(s)
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Smith, Brice
Botsford, Jay
- Publisher
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
- Date Created
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May 26, 2011
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Dana A. "Chanel" Larkin
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
Project Q
- Places
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Wisconsin
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Milwaukee County
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City of Milwaukee
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Milwaukee
- Topic(s)
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Coming out
Gender identity
Intergenerational relationships
Oral history
Social work
Transgender people
Transgender youth
Transitioning (Gender)
- Resource Type
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Audio
Text
- Language
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English
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