Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Thalia Fontan
Thalia Fontan is a Puerto Rican and white transwoman from Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Fontan was a student at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Fontan speaks at length about her family relationships, mental health, bullying, street harassment, self worth, and racism. She also touches upon workplace discrimination, equity, the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC), and trans visibility.
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- Identifier
- v692t6570
- 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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Fontan, Thalia
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Feb. 12, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
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Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC)
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Midwest
- Topic(s)
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Celebrities
Education
Family relationships
Friendships
Gender-affirming care
Harassment
Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ communities
LGBTQ+ discrimination
LGBTQ+ visibility
Mental health
Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people
Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
Passing (Gender)
Puerto Rican women
Race
Racism
Self-esteem
Social privilege
Trans women
Transgender victims of bullying
Transgender youth
White transgender people
Work
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu
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