Digital Transgender Archive
Interview With Tracie Jada O'Brien
Tracie Jada O'Brien is a Black female who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, she was doing social work in San Diego. In this oral history O'Brien talks at length about her early family life, working and living in San Francisco in the 1970s, and working and living San Diego in the 1980s. She also touches upon drag communities and culture, encounters with law enforcement, sex work, cycles of violence, and intergenerational power.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- xd07gs87r
- 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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O'Brien, Tracie Jada
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Jan. 13, 2017
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Affordable Care Act
Christine Jorgensen
Miss Fannie's Ball
National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
Tenderloin
The Center for Special Problems
- Places
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California
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San Diego
Missouri > St. Louis > St Louis
- Topic(s)
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Adult child abuse victims--Mental health
African American transgender people
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc
Assigned gender
Blacks--Segregation
Bullying
Christianity
Cosmetics
Counselors
Depression, Mental
Drag queens
Families
Femininities
Gender diversity
Gender realignment surgery
HIV/AIDS
Hormone therapy
Imprisonment
MtFs
Police raids
Religions
Sexual abuse
Sexual assault
Sexual practices
Transgender prostitution
- 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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Copyright undetermined
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