Digital Transgender Archive
André Pérez is a mixed White and Puerto Rican trans person based out of Chicago who goes by they and he. At the time of this oral history, Pérez was working as a documentary filmmaker. They spend a significant amount of time speaking about a webseries they were working on called "America in Transition". Pérez also talks about the power of stories, the transgender tipping point, racism and tokenization, his encounters with healthcare, toxic masculinity, and his experiences with workplace discrimination within LGBT organizations. Additionally, they share some of their experiences working with a trans resource and support line called The Trans Lifeline. Towards the end of the interview, Pérez and Jenkins both speak on camera about their stakes in carrying the stories of trans folks.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- gf06g2817
- 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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Pérez, André
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Oct. 20, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Cacina Queen
Greta Martela
Nina Chaubal
Sasha Perez
Story Corps
Trans Lifeline
Trans Oral History Project
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Vagina Monologues
- Places
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Georgia
>
Fulton County
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Atlanta
Tennessee > Shelby County > Memphis
San Juan > San Juan Antiguo Barrio
Vermont > Windham > Town of Marlboro > Marlboro
Vermont > Windham > Town of Marlboro > Marlboro College
Midwest
- Topic(s)
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Abuse
Aggression
AIDS activists
Art
Assigned gender
Civil rights
Discrimination
Family relationships
Feminism
FtMs
Gay pride
Gender
Gender diversity
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-affirming care
Harassment
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
HIV/AIDS
Homelessness
Homophobia
Hormone therapy
Immigration
Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people
Lesbians
LGBTQ+ visibility
Machismo
Masculinities
Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
Passing (Gender)
Poverty
Privilege (Social psychology)
Race
Sexual assault
Sports
Tomboys
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
Transsexual people
Violence
White LGBTQ+ 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/
- Rights
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In copyright
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