Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Naiymah Sanchez
Naiymah Ariana Sanchez is a Afro-Latina transgender female from the Bronx and Philadelphia. At the time of this oral history, Sanchez worked as the Trans Justice Coordinator with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-PA). In this interview she discusses her childhood experiences with gender, as well as her mentors. Sanchez also touches upon topics such as drag, conversion therapy, racism, ancestors, workplace discrimination, and the stigmas associated with being transgender.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- m326m201n
- 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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Sanchez, Naiymah
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Jan. 21, 2017
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Places
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia County
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City of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
New York > Bronx County > Bronx
- Topic(s)
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AIDS (Disease)
Appearance
Assigned gender
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Bathrooms
Children of immigrants
Citizenship
Clothing
Cosmetics
Cubans
Depression
Ethiopians
Ethnic relations
Femininities
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Identification cards
Intersectionality (Sociology)
LGBTQ+ relationships
Manic-depressive illness
Privilege (Social psychology)
Pronoun
Psychology, Pathological
Puerto Ricans
Race
Racially mixed people
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Transgender people
Unemployment
- 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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