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Oral History Interview with Jolie McKenna, May 18, 2011

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Jolie McKenna (b. 1961), who identifies as inter-sex and transsexual, is the executive director at the LGBT Center of Southeast Wisconsin in Racine and a part-time teacher for Women and Children’s Horizons, a domestic violence shelter, in Kenosha. McKenna discusses her education, work experience, transitioning from presenting as male to presenting as female, activism, and family. She describes fragmentation in the LGBT community along lines of identity, the isolation of LGBT people in the Racine-Kenosha area, and her hopes for the future.

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Identifier
qf85nb38d
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Creator(s)
McKenna, Jolie
Smith, Brice
Publisher
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Date Created
May 18, 2011
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s)
LGBT Center of Southeast Wisconsin
Places
Wisconsin > Milwaukee County > City of Milwaukee > Milwaukee
Topic(s)
Family
Identity
Intersex
Oral history
Transgender people
Transsexual people
Resource Type
Audio
Text
Language
English
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