Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Alexis Paige
Alexis Paige is a mixed Korean and white trans woman from Nevada and Oregon. At the time of this interview, she was working as a Legal Aid at Lambda Legal. In this oral history Paige spends a significant amount of time talking about her childhood and family relationships, racism, sexism, and how strangers read her race. She also speaks at length about marriage equality and political commitments with the LGBT+ community. Lastly, she touches upon depictions of toxic masculinity in popular culture and social dynamics within LGBT+ communities she has been a part of.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 8p58pd20p
- 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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Paige, Alexis
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Sep. 23, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Basic Rights Oregon
Cascade AIDS Project
Corey Paige
Lambda Legal
RuPaul
Trans Lifeline
Transgender Working Groups
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Illinois
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Cook County
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City of Chicago
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Chicago
Nevada > Clark County > Las Vegas
Alaska
California > Los Angeles > Burbank
Washington > Snohomish > Everett
Washington > Skagit > Sedro-Woolley
- Topic(s)
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Activism
Asian transgender people
Bisexuals
Breast
Community centres
Drag
Families
Family relationships
Gender identity
Gender-affirming care
Hormone therapy
Intersex
Korean Americans
LGBTQ+ partners
Machismo
Passing (Gender)
Psychotherapy
Race
Racially mixed people
Racism
Same-sex marriage
Sexism
Sexuality
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
White
Work
- 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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