Amaree Jael Oral History

Amaree Jael recounts their life growing up in New York City as a transmasculine person of color. Beginning on 125th Street between 5th and Lennox, Amaree describes their early life in a changing neighborhood with an emotionally withholding biological family. They discuss school as a time of social discomfort and intellectual growth, learning the nuances of moving through the world as Black, queer, and trans. They spend time describing their needs from and contributions to community, whether it be in physical space or on social media, and how the various communities they have been involved in have fulfilled those needs or left them wanting. Touching on issues of representation, visibility, community, activism, and education, Amaree provides a young, Black, queer, trans voice born and raised in New York City. (Summary by Micah Katz)

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Identifier: xp68kg456
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Jael, Amaree
Maya, Elliott
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date Created: Aug. 15, 2016
Dates Covered: circa 1997 to 2016
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Amaree Jael
Places: New York
Topic(s): Bigender people
Black people
Bullying
Homophobia
Isolation
Parents of transgender people
Poverty
Race identity
Racism
Sexuality
Slavery
Social exclusion
Transgender community
Transitioning (Gender)
Transsexual people
Verbal abuse
Visibility
Resource Type: Audio
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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