Ethan Roberts Oral History

An interview with Ethan Roberts. Ethan Union Seminary where he is a chaplain intern for incarcerated transgender folks at Rosie’s on Rikers Island. He discusses his early religious trauma being a part of a cultic group in Buffalo NY. He speaks about power and class manipulation as well as the greater culture of ‘toxic theology’ within his Mennonite and Baptist upbringing. At college his first encounter seeing a Drag King enabled him to explore his gender and sexuality. More recently, he describes the complications of passing as a cis white man and co-raising a child with his partner while navigating his internal and external relationships to trans-embodiment.

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Identifier: wh246s54s
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Roberts, Ethan
Contributor(s): Silverman, Aviva
Date Created: Dec. 1, 2021
Genre: Oral Histories
Topic(s): Cults
Faith
LGBTQ+ parenthood
Passing (Gender)
Transgender community
Transgender people
Resource Type: Audio
Digital Format: 1:21:46
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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