Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Damion Mendez
Damion Mendez is a Latino trans masculine identified person from St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Mendez was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Mendez speaks about transracial adoption, bullying, being raised in a primarily white family, his family relationships, bodily autonomy, masculinity, and transitioning. Mendez also touches upon access to medical care for transgender folks, police violence, racial violence within the LGBTQ+ community, accessible spaces, and his hopes for the transgender community in the future.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- vd66w0050
- 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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Mendez, Damion
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Jun. 17, 2017
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Barack Obama
Family Tree Clinic
Human Sexuality Program
Janet Byrstrom
Jendeen Forberg
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
Mondo Queer Beach Party
Pamela Anderson
Prince
Pulse Night Club
Roxanne Anderson
- Places
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk County
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City of Boston
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Boston
Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Minnesota > Ramsey County > City of Saint Paul > Saint Paul
Arizona > Pima County > Tucson
- Topic(s)
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Adoption
Assigned gender
Bullying
Ethnic groups
Femininities
Gay men
Gender dysphoria
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Hormone therapy
Hysterectomy
Latinos
Lesbians
LGBTQ+ death and dying
Masculinities
Medicalisation
Men
Passing (Gender)
Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people
Racism
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
- 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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