Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Andrea Anderson
In this oral history Andrea Anderson reflects on her experiences as a Latina trans woman. Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the U.S. at around age 15 and the difficulties surrounding immigration status and being trans and Latina. In this interview she recounts early childhood experiences of gender awareness; experiences with police harassment and discrimination in the workplace; her spirituality; the impact of transmisogyny and racism; marriage; and her hope for building community and space for trans folks and trans Latina folks.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 44558d56b
- 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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Anderson, Andrea
Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Apr. 26, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Andrea Anderson
Westside Clinic
- Places
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Florida
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Miami-Dade County
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Miami
Mexico City > Cuauhtémoc Borough
Minnesota > Ramsey County > City of Saint Paul > Saint Paul
- Topic(s)
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Childhood
Communities
Discrimination
Employment discrimination
Harassment
Hormones
Immigration
Latinos
LGBTI community
LGBTQ+ poetry
Machismo
Marriage
Misogyny
MtFs
Politics
Racism
Spirituality
Suicide
Transgender people
- 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
- Rights
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