Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Aria Said
Aria Said is a Black American and Ethiopian woman of trans experience from Oregon. At the time of this interview she lived and worked in San Francisco. In this oral history she talks at length about her childhood and familial experiences with race, gender, and visibility as well as her mentor Bobbie Jean Baker. She also touches upon 2000s trans culture in Oregon and San Francisco.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- v118rd860
- 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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Said, Aria
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Jun. 6, 2017
- Dates Covered
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circa 2000
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Christine Jorgensen
Harry Benjamin Standards of Care
Isis King
Marsha P. Johnson
Miss Major
Sojurner Truth Leadership Circle Fellowship for Transformational Leadership
Stonewall
Sylvia Rivera
TGI Justice Project
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Oregon
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Multnomah County
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Portland
Georgia > Morgan > Madison
Oregon > Washington > Beaverton
- Topic(s)
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Activism
Adopted children
African American transgender people
Appearance
Assigned gender
Black people
Black people--Race identity
Catholic Church--Education
Community life
Drag queens
Family relationships
Film
Foster parents
Friendship
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Gender role
Gender-affirming care
Genderfluid identity
Gentrification
Imprisonment
Language
Mental health
Mentoring
MtFs
NGOs
Pacific Coast (North America)
Passing (Gender)
Privilege (Social psychology)
Racism
Representation (Philosophy)
Self-acceptance
Serial killings
Sexuality
Social media
Social movements
Therapies
Transgender community
Transgender people
Two thousands (Decade)
Visibility
- 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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In copyright
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