Interview with Renata Garcia and Jennicet Gutierrez

Renata Garcia and Jennicet Gutierrez participate in a mediated conversation with Andrea Jenkins, sharing their experiences as immigrant Latina trans women living in the United States. While Garcia and Gutierrez share similar identities, as undocumented Mexican immigrants, as trans women, and as political activists, in this shared conversation, the differences and diversity of their experiences are highlighted. The two women speak about familial acceptance and rejection, what it means to be an undocumented trans woman, and their commitment to their communities. Gutierrez recently made waves by speaking back to President Obama about the violence immigrant trans women face under his presidency, during his celebratory announcement about the federal legalization of gay marriage.

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Identifier: 9019s2664
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Garcia, Renata
Gutierrez, Jennicet
Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Oct. 3, 2015
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Bamby Salcedo
Barack Obama
FAMILIA Trans Queer Liberation Movement
Jennicet Gutierrez
Renata Garcia
Trans Latina Coalition
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles
Washington, D.C. > Washington County > The White House
Jalisco > Tuxpan
Minnesota > Dakota County > City of Burnsville > Burnsville
Morelos > Axochiapan
Topic(s): Activists
Alien detention centers
Catholic Church
Dating
Families
Hormones
Illegal residents
Immigrants
MtFs
Sexuality
Transgender people
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
Related URL: https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
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