Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Tona Brown
Tona Brown is a African American transgender woman from Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of this interview, Brown was working as a musician, a teacher, and a world-class performer. In this oral history, she speaks about her childhood spent in Virginia, her voice, coming out as a transgender woman, and her family relationships. She also touches upon working in classical music.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- th83kz61j
- 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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Brown, Tona
- 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. 22, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Carnegie Hall
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Virginia
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City of Alexandria
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Alexandria
Virginia > City of Norfolk > Norfolk
- Topic(s)
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Art
Black people--Race identity
Black transgender people
Classical music
Coming out
Counseling
Creative activities and seat work
Discrimination
Entertainers
Family members
Family relationships
Gender-affirming care
Harassment
Hormones
MtFs
Parents of transgender people
Religion
Southern States
Spiritual life
Spirituality
Transgender people
Violinists
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/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
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