Digital Transgender Archive

Interview with André Pérez

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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.

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