Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Taya Mitchell
Taya Mitchell is a performance artist and community organizer who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. In this oral history, she shares many of her experiences with being homeschooled; bullying in school; early realizations of her gender identity; coming from a musical family; housing discrimination; street harassment; coming out; hormones; socially transitioning; bathroom bills; and ball culture. Mitchell discusses things such as racism within LGBT communities, the visibility of the trans community, the importance of showing up, and her roles as a performance artist and community organizer.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- nk322d520
- 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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Mitchell, Taya
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Apr. 6, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Black Lives Matter (BLM)
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
OutFront Minnesota
- Places
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Minnesota
>
Hennepin County
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City of Minneapolis
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Minneapolis
California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles
- Topic(s)
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African American transgender people
Appearance
Assigned gender
Bathrooms
Black race--Color
Bullying
Clothing
Coming out
Families
Femininities
Gender identity
HIV/AIDS
Homophobia
Hormone therapy
Identification cards
Inclusive education
Language
Medical care
Privilege (Social psychology)
Racism
Representation
Reproduction
Schools
Social media
Surgery
Transgender people
Transphobia
- 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/
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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