Digital Transgender Archive
McKenzie Wark Oral History
McKenzie Wark discusses their career as a cultural critic, journalist, academic, and author. They came of age as a radical and writer in underground counterculture scenes in Australia, moving to New York to pursue love, and becoming a professor at the New School. Wark also discusses their relationship with Kathy Acker, their recent coming outas trans, and rethinking their sexual history through trans identity.
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- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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NYC Trans Oral History Project
- Creator(s)
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Wark, McKenzie
- Contributor(s)
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O'Brien, Michelle Esther
- Publisher
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New York Public Library
- Date Created
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Jun. 20, 2019
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Christen Clifford
Kathy Acker
Macquarie University
The New School of Social Reserach
Ugenia College
University of Technology Sydney
- Places
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New South Wales
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Sydney
New York
Australia
New South Wales > Ryde > The Macquarie University
New York > Broome > Town of Vestal > State University of New York at Binghamton
- Topic(s)
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Abortion
Bisexuality
Childhood
Children
Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture)
Femininities
Gay men
Gender
Gender diversity
Gender dysphoria
Hormones
Immigration
Journalists
LGBTQ+ parents
LGBTQ+ relationships
Mardi gras
Marxism
Masculinities
MtFs
Peace movement
Pronoun
Punk
Sexuality
Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
Trade unions
Transgender community
Transgender people
Transgender studies
Transitioning (Gender)
Upbringing
Writers
- Resource Type
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Audio
Text
- Language
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English
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