Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander

Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and working as a yoga teacher based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Alexander speaks at length about self-determination, his experiences within educational spaces, language and identity through space and time, anti-Black racism, and his relationships with his siblings. They also touch upon the Brown Boi Project, trans health work, their friends, and transformative justice.

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Identifier: jh343s47m
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Alexander, Qui Dorian
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Sep. 11, 2017
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Adrienne Maree
Brown Boi Project
Charlene Arcila
Emergent Strategy
Mazzoni Center
Reg Ju
Ryan Li Dahlstrom
Tiq Milan
Trans Health Conference
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
California > Alameda County > Oakland
New York > Erie County > City of Buffalo > Buffalo
San Juan > San Juan Antiguo Barrio
Pennsylvania > Montgomery > Lower Merion Township > Bryn Mawr
Topic(s): Atlantic Coast (North America)
Ball culture
Bible
Black people
Black transgender people
Community life
Dating
Depression
Education
Family relationships
Friendship
FtMs
Gay men
Gender diversity
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-affirming care
Health
Homophobia
Hormone therapy
Imprisonment
Latino/a/x transgender people
Lesbians
Love
Masculinities
Medical care
Multiracial transgender people
Oppression
Parenthood
Parents of transgender people
Partners of transgender people
Privilege (Social psychology)
Race
Racism
Sex
Sexuality
Support groups
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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