Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Nemo Siqueiros
Nemo Siqueiros is a Native Indigenous/Mexica/Purepecha trans male from Iowa who uses he and they. Nemo explains their process of naming, experiences being bullied as a child, and how autism shapes the way they see the world. Nemo talks about having a supportive mom, how his race and gender identity influence each other. They were in The Laramie Project in high school and talk about the controversy in the school about the play. He also talks about his radio show, and the barriers he faced with his autism diagnosis.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 7d278t202
- 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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Siqueiros, Nemo
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Oct. 14, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Finding Me
Mexi DashCamm People's Press Project
Muxe of the Zapotec
National Coming Out
- Places
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Iowa
>
Johnson County
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City of Iowa City
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Iowa City
North Dakota > Cass County > City of Fargo > Fargo
- Topic(s)
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Academic education
Acceptance
Artificial insemination
Assigned gender
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism spectrum disorders
Aztec calendar
Bullying
Clothing
Colonialism
Coming out
Depression
Discrimination
Families
Femininities
Gender role
Gender swapping
Genderfluid identity
Homophobia
Hormone therapy
Indigenous peoples
Intersectionality (Sociology)
LGBTQ+ relationships
Media
Medication
Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people
Mexican Americans
Mexicans
Mexico--Civilization
Murders of LGBTQ+ people
Psychiatry
Racism
Schools
Scoliosis
Sexism
Suicide
Terminology
Third gender
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/
- Rights
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In copyright
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