Interview with Shauntelle Hammonds

An interview with Shauntelle Hammonds, a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Peter's Place, a recovery organization and halfway house in Richmond centered on the needs of LGBTQ+ people in recovery, especially Black and Brown trans people, slated to open in fall of 2020. In this oral history interview, Hammonds discusses her experiences as a Black trans woman in recovery spaces and organizations during the past five years, her thoughts on racism and transphobia within the LGBTQ+ community, representation and violence against Black and Brown trans women, and the need for more supportive recovery spaces for Black and Brown trans people. She additionally discusses her experiences in the trans and recovery communities of Richmond, Virginia, issues within trans communities, the Black Trans Lives Matter movement, how the COVID pandemic has impacted people in and seeking recovery, and her thoughts on the changes in trans politics and movements over the past few years.

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Identifier: bv73c0798
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Hammonds, Shauntelle
Contributor(s): Beam, Myrl
Billund-Phibbs, Myra
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Jul. 20, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Black Trans Lives Matter
Peter's Place
Places: Virginia > City of Richmond > Richmond
Topic(s): Anti-transgender violence
BIPOC
Black transgender people
Halfway houses
LGBTQ+ people of color
Trans women
Transgender activism
Transgender community
Transphobia
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
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