Ash Stephens Oral History

Ash recounts growing up in a southern Bible Belt community. He details his journey from Georgia to Chicago where he completed his higher-level education and met his “chosen family.” Ash is currently the Manager of Bail Operations at Brooklyn Bail Fund in New York, an organization that fights for people of color against the criminal justice system. He shares of his plans to acquire a PhD in Criminology and hopes to specialize in public surveillance of queer and trans people in society. (Summary by David U. Ibeneme)

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Identifier: rn301153s
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Ash Stephens
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date Issued: Apr. 19, 2019
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Bible Belt
Black Hollywood
Brooklyn Bail Fund
Georgia Southern University
Marsha P. Johnson
Sylvia Rivera
University of Illinois at Chicago
Places: New York
Illinois > Cook County > City of Chicago > Chicago
Georgia > Fulton County > Atlanta
Texas
Mississippi
Michigan > Keweenaw > Lake Shore Drive Bridge Historical Marker
Illinois > Cook > City of Chicago > University of Illinois at Chicago
Topic(s): Anti-transgender violence
Black people
Butches
Change of name
Childhood
Christianity
Education
Family members
Femininities
Gay men
Gender
Gender diversity
Genderfluid identity
Gentrification
Higher education
Lesbian culture
LGBTI community
LGBTQ+ movement
Masculinities
Military
Older people
Police patrol--Surveillance operations
Politics
Pronoun
Religions
Social classes
Soft butches
Transgender community
Transgender culture
Transgender identity
Transgender people
Resource Type: Audio
Text
Language: English
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