Interview With Breatta Bee Amore

Breatta Bee Amore is a Black trans female from Chicago and Milwaukee. At the time of this interview, she was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Amore touches upon topics such as gay bars in the Twin Cities from the 1980s and onward, including the Gay 90s, the Saloon, and Brass Rail. She also speaks about working and performing with a drag group called La Femmes at the Gay 90s with her friend Deja Love. Additionally, she talks about her family relationships as well as her friendships based in the Twin Cities. Lastly, Amore touches upon her spirituality, recovery, and her relationship with clothing.

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Identifier: m326m202x
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Amore, Breatta Bea
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Feb. 16, 2017
Dates Covered: circa 1980
circa 1990
circa 1970
Genre: Oral Histories
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Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Wisconsin > Dane County > City of Madison > Madison
Topic(s): African Americans
AIDS (Disease)--Patients
Bathrooms
Christianity
Coming out
Dating
Drug abuse
Employment discrimination
Femininities
Film mini-series
Harassment
HIV/AIDS
MtFs
Pornographic films
Self-acceptance
Single parent families
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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