Digital Transgender Archive
Christian Appel grew up in New Rochelle, escaping to find community in New York's party scene (particularly the Motherfucker parties) and at IDA, a queer gardening farmstead in Tennessee. She draws strength and liberation from her partners and seeks healing for herself and her community through secular spiritualism, her job at SAGE and her recent work creating the TransGenerational Theatre Project. Appel's anarchism and community work informs her sense of both community empowerment and the particular ways she experiences her gender identity. Through her whimsy and critical perspectives, Christian and her interviewer Dinnick conclude that "Trans is magic!"
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- Identifier
- b2773v96p
- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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NYC Trans Oral History Project
- Creator(s)
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Appel, Christian
Martinez, Dinick
- Contributor(s)
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Adorian, Kirsten
- Publisher
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New York Public Library
- Date Created
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May 8, 2017
- Dates Covered
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1983 to 2017
- Genre
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Oral Histories
- Subject(s)
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Christian Appel
SAGE
Trans Generational Theater Project
- Places
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New York
New York > Westchester County > City of New Rochelle > New Rochelle
Tennessee > DeKalb County > Dowelltown
- Topic(s)
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Assigned gender
Body image
Childhood
Ethnic groups
Families
Femininities
Gender diversity
Higher education
Hormones
LGBTI community
Mental health
MtFs
Oppression
Sexuality
Spirituality
- Resource Type
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Audio
- Digital Format
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Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 49 seconds
- Language
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English
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Copyright undetermined
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