Digital Transgender Archive

Rose Wood Oral History

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Rose Wood talks to interviewer Deidre Schoo about her experience as a performance artist in New York City. She shares information about her childhood and her family, specifically her father, and what it was like to wrestle with her gender identity as part of the burlesque scene.

Item Information:

Identifier
j3860706h
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s)
Wood, Rose
Schoo, Deidre
Publisher
New York Public Library
Date Created
Nov. 26, 2018
Genre
Oral Histories
Places
New York
Topic(s)
Adolescence
Androgyny
Artists
Death and dying
Drag
Gay pride
Health care
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ+ parents
Performing arts
Strippers
Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
Transgender identity
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type
Audio
Language
English
Rights
Copyright undetermined
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