Interview with Roxanne Anderson, Part 2

Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collections hold with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history Anderson speaks at length about growing up in Indiana, racial profiling, racism, ball culture in Minnesota, and their involvement with queer-centered organizations. They also touch upon their experiences with a public hearing through the Minnesota Department of Education.

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Identifier: 41687h77v
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Anderson, Roxanne
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Jul. 20, 2017
Dates Covered: circa 1960
circa 1980
circa 1970
circa 1990
circa 2000
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): OutFront Minnesota
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Indiana
Topic(s): Activism
Ball culture
BIPOC
Black LGBTQ+ people
Community life
Discrimination
Drag performance
Family relationships
Friendship
Gender non-conforming people
Harassment
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ+ discrimination
Love
Mentoring
Middle West
Police
Prisons
Queer community
Race
Racial profiling in law enforcement
Racism
Sex
Sexism
Social movements
Transmasculine people
Work
Youth
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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