Interview with Tiq Milan

Tiq Milan is a Black trans man who grew up in Buffalo, New York. At the time of this interview, Milan was working as a writer based out of New York. In this oral history he talks about growing up in Buffalo during the 1980s, Black families and support networks, and (in his own words) organic masculinity. Milan also touches upon his experiences playing basketball at Niagara University, attending an all-girls Catholic school called Nardin Academy, and working for LGBT+ organizations in New York City. Lastly, Milan shares his thoughts about cyborg futures.

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Identifier: c821gj92q
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Milan, Tiq
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Nov. 2, 2017
Dates Covered: circa 1980
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Brian Michael Smith
Bronx Community Pride Center
Buzzfeed
CeCe McDonald
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
Hetrick Martin Institute
Huffington
Lambda Legal
MTV
National Anti Violence Project
Niagara University
Power and Privilege Series
Queen Sugar
Redefining Masculinity
Rolling Stone
Source Magazine
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
The Guardian
The New Yorker
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Vibe Magazine
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
New York
New York > Erie County > City of Buffalo > Buffalo
New York > Niagara > Town of Lewiston > Lewiston
East Coast
Topic(s): Anti-Blackness
Art
Autobiographies
Bars
Black LGBTQ+ people
Black people
Butches
Children
Coming out
Creative activities and seat work
Discrimination
Divorce
Education
Families
Friendships
Gender realignment surgery
Gender role
Gender-affirming care
Harassment
Hormone therapy
Lesbians
LGBTI community
LGBTQ+ communities
LGBTQ+ partners
Racism
Roman catholicism
Social privilege
Soft butches
Sports
Substance abuse
Tomboys
Transgender people
Transphobia
Working class
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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