Interview with De Sube

An interview with De Sube is a white trans woman and activist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she served as the Chairperson, Director of Client Services, and Treasurer of the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, a group she co-founded. She also is a co-founder of the Gender Expression Movement support group, and has decades of experience as an activist and advocate for transgender people in Virginia. In this oral history interview, Sube discusses her work with TAP Virginia, the challenges of transgender life in Virginia, the increase in visibility of trans people over the past ten years, and the history of and changes seen in various LGBTQ service and non-profit organizations in Virginia over the years. She additionally discusses the passage of the Virginia Values Act, the importance of coalition-building, and her specific experiences of transition.

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Identifier: 47429944s
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Sube, De
Contributor(s): Beam, Myrl
Billund-Phibbs, Myra
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Jul. 17, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Gender Expression Movement
Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia
Virginia Values Act
Places: Virginia > Virginia Beach
Topic(s): LGBTQ+ support groups
LGBTQ+ visibility
Trans women
Transgender activism
Transgender community
Transgender political activists
Transitioning (Gender)
White transgender people
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
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