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Interview with Raymond Rea

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An interview with Raymond Rea, an Italian-English-American-white trans male raised in Massachusetts. At the time of this oral history, Rea was working as a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Design at Minnesota State - Moorhead. In this oral history, Rea speaks at length about the geographies of Minnesota, Massachusetts, and San Francisco; the San Francisco punk scene during the 1970s and 1980s; queer cultural differences between Minnesota and California; and the film industry. Rea also touches on starting the Fargo/Moorhead LGBT Film Fest, various queer films, butchness, and normativity.

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Identifier
r494vk51t
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s)
Rea, Raymond
Contributor(s)
Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created
Oct. 16, 2016
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Places
California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Massachusetts
Minnesota > Clay > City of Moorhead > Moorhead
Minnesota > Clay > City of Moorhead > Minnesota State University - Moorhead
New York > Upstate New York
Topic(s)
Butches
Gay and lesbian film festivals
Genderfluid identity
Genderqueer people
Italian American men
LGBTQ+ films
Older queer people
Older transgender people
Trans men
Transitioning (Gender)
White transgender people
Resource Type
Moving image
Text
Language
English
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