Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Andrew Ahl
Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a transgender man in his mid-thirties living in St. Louis Park, MN. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious, military household with his dad, his time serving in the Air Force, working in the service industry and participating in drag shows and LGBT bar cultures, and his eventual relocation to Minnesota to be with his now-wife. Ahl’s many moves in life--around the world through the U.S. military, and between his mother and father’s homes after their divorce--inform his perspective on his gender transition. His story is contextual, introspective and optimistic about the future of transgender rights in the U.S. He talks about relationships, atheism and Christianity, family rejection and acceptance and the impact of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” for trans people in the military and veterans.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 3j333255f
- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Ahl, Andrew
Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Jul. 1, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Andrew Ahl
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
National Security Administration
Target Corporation
- Places
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Oklahoma
California
Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Saint Louis Park > Saint Louis Park
- Topic(s)
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Air force
Army
Atheism
Bartending
Bathrooms
Christianity
Coming out
Depression
Divorce
Drag
Employment
Families
FtMs
Gender realignment surgery
Health care
Hormones
Internet
Marriage
Military
Parents of transgender people
Sports
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
- 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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