Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Zeam Porter
Zeam Porter is a Black and Blackfoot demiboy from Minnesota who goes by they/he/Z. At the time of this oral history, Porter was a student at Macalester College living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Z talks about the organizing work they did with OutFront, mental health, basketball, poetry, family relationships and family support. He also touches upon polyamory, their coming out process, and Z's relationships with people in the Black Liberation Movement. Lastly, Porter ends with their hopes for future intergenerational trans communities.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- kw52j826q
- 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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Porter, Zeam
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Dec. 29, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Gender Revolution 8
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
OutFront Minnesota
- Places
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Minnesota
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Hennepin County
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City of Minneapolis
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Minneapolis
Minnesota > Olmsted > City of Rochester > Rochester
- Topic(s)
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Activists
Age
Bathrooms
Bullying
Coming out
Depression
Discrimination
Family members
Femininities
Gender diversity
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Genderfluid identity
Hormones
Intersectionality (Sociology)
LGBTQ+ relationships
Masculinities
Medical interventions
Mental disorders
Poetry
Privilege (Social psychology)
Religions
Sexual orientation
Sports
- 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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Copyright undetermined
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