Interview with Julian Vargas (Ally P Sha)

An interview with Julian Vargas. Julian Vargas is a female to male trans person who performs as as drag queen named Ally P. Sha. He identifies as queer. Topics in order of discussion include: childhood awareness of being trans and queer and growing up in a traditional Catholic; Portuguese family; coming out at age 25 as trans; physical changes resulting from hormone treatment; gender stereotypes within the trans and drag communities; experiences of harassment while in and out of drag; developing a drag persona and professional experiences as a performer.

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Identifier: ww72bb85s
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
Creator(s): Vargas, Julian
Contributor(s): Harrington, Adam
Publisher: Providence Public Library
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Ally P. Sha
Places: Rhode Island > Providence County > City of Providence > Providence
Topic(s): Drag
Drag community
Drag queens
Female impersonators
Harassment
Hormone therapy (Gender)
Queer people
Trans men
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Audio
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Language: English
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