Digital Transgender Archive
Alyssa Pariah recounts her difficult childhood in New Jersey, her involvement in trans women of color and sex worker communities in New York, and her radicalization as a revolutionary socialist. She became involved in Occupy Wall Street, then later joining the Black Lives Matter movement and a socialist organization in Portland Oregon. She shares her critique of nonprofit activists unwilling to engage in militant direct action, her passionate hatred of capitalism, and her yearning for a more radical, trans-inclusive mass poor people's movement. (Summary by Michelle Esther O'Brien.)
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- Identifier
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- Collection
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Oral Histories with People of Color
- Institution
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NYC Trans Oral History Project
- Creator(s)
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O'Brien, Michelle Esther
Pariah, Alyssa
- Publisher
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New York Public Library
- Date Created
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Jan. 16, 2018
- Dates Covered
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1986 to 2018
- Genre
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Oral Histories
- Subject(s)
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Alyssa Pariah
Black Lives Matter (BLM)
- Places
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New Jersey
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Monmouth County
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Borough of Freehold
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Freehold
Jalisco > Guadalajara
- Topic(s)
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Activists
Appearance
Arrests
Bathrooms
Bullying
Capitalism
Child abuse
Childhood
Clothing
Communities
Detention
Direct action
Discrimination
Ethnic groups
Femininities
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Harassment
LGBTQ+ relationships
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Occupy movement--New York (State)--New York
Police
Schools
Sexuality
Social movements
Socialism
Transgender youth
Transitioning (Gender)
- Resource Type
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Audio
- Digital Format
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Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes 38 seconds
- Language
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English
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Copyright undetermined
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