Nico Fuentes Oral History

Nico Fuentes is a member leader in a current unionization campaign at the Pleasure Chest, a sex toy shop. Beginning with an account of growing up in a Mexican family in West Texas and Oklahoma, she goes on to describe her move to New York City to become involved with fashion. Eventually she found work in sex toy retail, where she came out as trans, politicized informed by Black Feminism, and eventually helped start the union drive at the Pleasure Chest in collaboration with the Retail, Warehouse, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Nico reflects on how racist mistreatment spurred the campaign, and the role of queer and trans identities in retail.

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Identifier: h128nd92c
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Fuentes, Nico
O'Brien, Michelle Esther
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date Created: Feb. 11, 2018
Dates Covered: 1990 to 2018
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Nico Fuentes
Places: New York
Oklahoma
Texas > Harris County > Houston
Texas > Reeves County > Pecos
Topic(s): Appearance
Clothing
Colleges
Depression
Direct action
Families
Feminism
Gender diversity
Gender identity
Harassment
Isolation
Labour
Lesbians
Politics
Racism
Sex shops
Trade unions
Transgender people
Resource Type: Audio
Digital Format: Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 27 seconds
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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