Interview with Meredeth Vezina

Meredith Vezina is a white trans woman who was born in Berlin, NH and grew up in Long Island is based, at the time of this interview, in San Diego, CA. In this oral history she describes coming to terms with her gender identity in the 1960s and 1970s as well as her experiences with medical transition in that era, specifically at the gender clinic at the University of California at San Diego in the late 1970s. With her partner for more than 25 years, Vezina describes her work in lesbian communities in San Diego, her experiences with passing, coming out as trans after many years of living stealth. Vezina reflects on her own political work as well as the changes she has witnessed in her lifetime in the possibilities for trans life, representation, and politics.

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Identifier: 2n49t175f
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Vezina, Meredith
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Jan. 13, 2017
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Cuyamaca Woods
Harry Benjamin Standards of Care
Janet Mock
Laverne Cox
Marsha P. Johnson
Michele Bachmann
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Silvia Rivera
Stonewall 25
Tracy O'Brien
Traditions Military Video Business
Trans Elders
Trans Narratives
University of California San Diego
University of California San Diego Gender Program
University of Vermont
Vietnam War Veteran Interviews
Places: California > San Diego
New York > Queens > Long Island
Arizona > Pima County > Tucson
Baja California > Tijuana
New Hampshire > Hillsborough > City of Manchester > Manchester
New Hampshire > Coos > City of Berlin > Berlin
New Mexico > Doña Ana > San Ysidro
Topic(s): Assigned gender
Baseball
Cheerleaders
Contraception
Cosmetics
Divorce
Drag queens
Endocrinology
Femininities
Football
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Lesbian identity
LGBTQ+ relationships
Marriage
Military
MtFs
Passing (Gender)
Privilege (Social psychology)
Psychiatry
Shame
Sports
Support groups
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
Wars
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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