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Interview with Billy Navarro Jr.

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Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed race, genderqueer trans man from Mound, MN. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with being raised on a farm; learning about community care from his grandmother; working to get access to hormones; the language and labels we use to discuss our identity; homelessness; drag family; living beyond a binary; and relationships with his birth and chosen families. He is one of the founders of the Shot Clinic in the Twin Cities, a community group that works to provide assistance with hormone shots for transgender individuals, as well as educate doctors and healthcare providers about transgender care. Navarro shares his experiences about coming out in his youth and the family he found at District 202 in the Twin Cities. He is a community organizer and activist and works/has worked with and for many causes including the Free CeCe campaign, the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Transgender Youth Support Network, Out for Equity, Rainbow Health Initiative, the Minnesota AIDS Project, and many others. He discusses things such as racism within the LGBT community and transphobia within the LGB community. Navarro shares his hopes for trans communities in the future and talks about the importance of having access to things that allow people to survive and thrive in the world.

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