Digital Transgender Archive

Interview with Enzi Tanner

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Enzi Tanner describes himself as a role model and mentor to younger men, a role that he’s been able to take on through his gender transition. In this oral history, Tanner speaks about his race, coming out, privilege, fear of the police as a black man, dating in the gay community and his ambivalence about identifying as trans. He experiences with religion have shaped his life, from attending Catholic school as a child to eventually converting to Judaism: a move that Tanner describes as being enabled by his gender transition.

Item Information:

Identifier
2f75r833c
Collection
Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s)
Tanner, Enzi
Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created
Dec. 12, 2015
Dates Covered
1990 to 1999
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s)
Brown Boi Project
Enzi Tanner
Trans Youth Support Network
Places
Missouri > Jackson County > Kaw Township > Kansas City
Topic(s)
Black people
Coming out
Dating
Education
Families
Gay community
Health care
Hormones
Judaism
Men
Racism
Role models
Roman catholicism
Sexual reorientation
Social workers
Surgery
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type
Moving image
Text
Language
English
Related URL
https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
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