Oral History with Twig Delugé for Country Queers

Twig grew up in Hayes, KS, lived in Portland, OR, and then settled in rural NM where he lived at the time of the interview. Twig is a writer and the producer of the Queer Country Roadshow which took place in Madrid, NM in 2013.

Full audio may be available upon request, please contact Country Queers at country.queers.thrive@gmail.com

July 8, 2014, Interview for Country Queers. Twig discusses growing up in rural Kansas, coming out as bi, then lesbian, then transgender, living in Portland, Oregon, and returning to country living when he moved to rural New Mexico. He also discusses his attachment to rural living, what queer family looks like to him, his writing heroes, and his hopes for creating a traveling Queer Country Roadshow in the future.

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Identifier: zc77sq096
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Country Queers
Creator(s): Delujé, Twig
Garringer, Rachel
Date Created: Jul. 8, 2014
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Alice Walker
Dorothy Allison
Karen Russell
Places: New Mexico
Kansas > Ellis County > City of Hays > Hays
Oregon > Multnomah County > Portland
Topic(s): Agricultural occupations
Fiction
FtMs
Gender identity
Parents of transgender people
Passing (Gender)
Rural areas
Stealth (Transgender)
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Text
Analog Format: Interview duration is 1:32:45
Language: English
Related URL: https://www.countryqueers.com/transcripts/twig-deluje2014
Rights: In copyright
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