Digital Transgender Archive
OUTWORDS interview with Valda Prout, conducted by Mason Funk on August 6, 2016 in Washington DC. "Today, Valda lives in a small apartment just north of Logan Circle in Washington DC, a short walk from the African American Civil War Memorial, which honors the more than 200,000 black soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War. She stays busy attending transgender meetings, visiting with her large group of friends, and staying in touch with her two nieces. It’s hard to imagine a better way to spend two hours than listening to her stories, which she peppers with expressions like 'I’m going to tell you truthfully', 'You hear what I said?', and 'Oh, I digress'."
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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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OUTWORDS
- Creator(s)
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Prout, Valda
- Contributor(s)
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Funk, Mason
Kunath, Kate
- Publisher
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OUTWORDS
- Date Created
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Aug. 6, 2016
- Dates Covered
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Feb. 17, 1935
1951
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Agassiz Village
Auntie Mame
Dorothy Mallory
Dr. Risch
George L. Prout
Jacque's
La Belse
Mae Bonds
Paul Robeson
Phil Black
Punch Bowl
Summer Stock
Valda Prout
- Places
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Massachusetts
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Barnstable County
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Town of Provincetown
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Provincetown
Massachusetts > Suffolk County > City of Boston > Boston
New York
New York > New York County > Harlem
New York > New York County > Stonewall Inn
Massachusetts > Middlesex County > City of Cambridge > Harvard University
New York > New York County > East Village
- Topic(s)
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Anti-transgender violence
Black transgender people
Coming out
Drag
Drag balls
Drag queens
Gay bars
Gender affirming surgery
Hair removal
Homophobia
Hormone therapy (Gender)
Police harassment
Police raids
Racism
Segregation
Slurs
Theater
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
West Indian Americans
- Resource Type
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Moving image
- Language
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English
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