Interview with Rex Labeau

An interview with Rex Labeau. Rex lives in Newport; Rhode Island and is an artist and activist. They work in public health and are an active Unitarian Universalist and member of the Channing Memorial Church. They identify as genderqueer; trans; nonbinary; asexual; white and neurodivergent / autistic. Topics in order of discussion include: dinosaurs and gender; coming to an understanding of gender and sexuality during childhood and young adulthood; comics; TGI Networks support group "Borderlands"; legally changing their name and pronouns; Rhode Island and the difference between the queer community in Newport and Providence; involvement in the Unitarian Universalist church; getting diagnosed with autism; job discrimination; a career change from oceanography to public health; artwork and creative process; being homeschooled; growing up with a parent in the Navy.

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Identifier: ks65hc591
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
Creator(s): Labeau, Rex
Contributor(s): Adams, Eli
Publisher: Providence Public Library
Date Created: Aug. 30, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Borderlands
Unitarian Universalist Church
Places: Rhode Island > Providence County > City of Providence > Providence
Rhode Island > Newport > City of Newport
Topic(s): Anti-transgender discrimination
Asexuality
Autistic people
Bisexuality
Genderqueer people
Legal name change
Non-binary people
Public health
Transgender activism
Transgender people
Transphobia
White transgender people
Resource Type: Audio
Text
Language: English
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