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