Digital Transgender Archive
Jackson Reddy reflects on their family dynamics and how these relationships shaped their growth. They also touch upon the role of trauma and the process of healing, especially in terms of self-care and aftercare. Reddy more broadly discusses queerness, visibility, and community as unifying factors. They speak of “feeling alive and joyful” because of art and creation, and how that desire for creativity intersects with their education and future. Overall, Reddy shares an optimistic outlook that is best summed up through his hopes for others -- “so much joy. Joy and healing.” The interview was conducted by Tashan Lovemore as a collaboration with BlackTransTV. (Summary by Daniela Valdovinos.)
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- https://nyctransoralhistory.org/interview/jackson-reddy/
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- Identifier
- k930bx38r
- Collection
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                Oral Histories with People of Color
 
- Institution
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                NYC Trans Oral History Project
 
- Creator(s)
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                Reddy, Jackson
 
- Contributor(s)
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                Lovemore, Tashan
 
- Publisher
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                New York Public Library
 
- Date Created
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                May 29, 2019
 
- Genre
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                Oral Histories
 Transcriptions
 
- Subject(s)
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                Black Trans TV
 Malcolm X
 Marsha P. Johnson
 Martin Luther King Jr.
 Shayna Matteski
 Soka Gakkai International
 Sylvia Rivera
 
- Places
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                    Pennsylvania
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                    Philadelphia County
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                    City of Philadelphia
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                    Philadelphia
                    
                
 New York > Albany County > City of Albany > Albany
 New York
 Illinois > Cook County > City of Chicago > Chicago
 California
 Texas
 
- Topic(s)
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                AIDS activists
 Alcoholism
 Anti-transgender violence
 Artists
 Black people
 Buddhism
 Childhood
 Comedians
 Coming out
 Education
 Family members
 Fathers
 Gay liberation
 Gender diversity
 Hormones
 Internalized homophobia
 Media
 Music
 Pronoun
 Psychotherapy
 Sexual abuse
 Transgender community
 Transgender culture
 Transgender people
 Writers
 
- Resource Type
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                Audio
 Text
 
- Language
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                English
 
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                Copyright undetermined
                
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