Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Andre Reed
Andre Reed is a Black man of trans experience from Indiana and Georgia. He talks about growing up and his family relationships, and transitioning at work. He recounts his experience and successes in the drag scene, and the response from other drag kings when he came out as trans. He also talks about the lack of visibility and representation of trans men and trans masculine people.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- sq87bt79w
- Collection
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Oral Histories with People of Color
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Reed, Andre
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Sep. 6, 2017
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Minnesota
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Hennepin County
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City of Minneapolis
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Minneapolis
Georgia
- Topic(s)
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Adoption
African American transgender people
Appearance
Black people--Race identity
Children of military personnel
Clothing
Drag
Drag performance
Employment discrimination
Families
Family relationships
FtMs
Gender identity
Gender-affirming care
Homophobia
Identification cards
LGBTQ+ relationships
LGBTQ+ visibility
Masculinities
Men, Black
Passing (Gender)
Patriarchy
Racism
Religions
Sexism
Sports
Transgender prostitutes
Transitioning (Gender)
Visibility
Work
- Resource Type
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/
- Rights
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In copyright
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