Digital Transgender Archive

Interview with Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham

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Andrea Jenkins grew up in Chicago, Illinois and went to college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the Oral Historian for the Transgender Oral History Project at the GLBT Tretter Collection. She worked on Harold Washington’s campaign for mayor, knocking on doors and hanging door fliers. That experience opened her eyes to electoral politics. She worked with Councilmember Robert Lilligren as a policy aide. She ran an online “Run, Andrea, Run” campaign when she ran for city council. She is one of the founders of the Transgender Equity Summit, a gathering of transgender and gender non-conforming folks to come together with city policymakers and leaders to talk about ways that the transgender community can be more engaged in city government. She was attacked by Minnesota state legislator for being trans during her campaign for city council.

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