Earline Budd Oral History

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Earline Budd was born on August 14, 1958 in Washington, DC, where she grew up in a very religious family. Assigned male at birth, Earline felt increasingly disconnected with religion as she found herself feeling more feminine and realizing that her sexuality was different. As a teenager, she was sent to Maple Glen, and then Cedar Knoll, two correctional facilities that tried to change her into a straight man. In her 20s, Earline joined the Inner City AIDS Network (ICAN), funded by the DC Department of Health, to become an HIV peer specialist. She eventually became the transgender coordinator at the HIV Community Coalition (HCC) and has organized over 400 funerals, helping people find peace in their final place of rest.

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Identifier: j098zb48n
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: OUTWORDS
Creator(s): Budd, Earline
Mendy, Nix
Contributor(s): Price, Astra
Date Created: Nov. 11, 2022
Dates Covered: circa 1975
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Dee Curry
Earline Budd
Frank Kameny
Gay Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA)
HIV Community Coalition (HCC)
Inner City AIDS Network (ICAN)
Places: Washington, D.C. > Washington County > Washington
Maryland > Prince George's County > Laurel
Topic(s): AIDS death and dying
AIDS education
Anti-transgender discrimination
Black transgender people
Detention of LGBTQ+ people
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Trans women
Transgender rights
Resource Type: Moving image
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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