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Trans Story Circle #3

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Title

Trans Story Circle #3

Description

In this story circle, participants take turns sharing their stories regarding the topic of preserving stories, resources, and ongoing legacies. They start the story circle with a Land Acknowledgment and Black Lives Matter statement. They then do introductions and answer an icebreaker question: if you were famous, what would you be famous for? After that, Quincy Meyers (ze/hir/hirs), one of the co-facilitators, shares the prompt and they begin the circle by each sharing their ideas from the prompt, and then others responding before moving to the next person. Some of the key ideas they touch on in relation to the prompt include physical and online communities and networks, online ownership, history and modern day parallels, the Pride Center staff, and representation.

After some brief technical issues, they continue the conversation with reminiscing about people who have moved on or they are no longer in contact with and how their legacies still live on within the community, and about choosing resistance versus safety, in terms of safe states to be in. Some of the participants work with children, so the participants discuss ideas such as what you want to pass down to trans kids right now, exploration and education for children, not needing a further explanation than “because I like it,” queer existence as disruption, and being someone who sparks conversations for others. The participants also discuss what helped them realize their identity, which includes discussions about seeing representation in normal life, the effects of having queer family members, and gendered clothing and exploration as kids. The conversation also explores ideas such as experimental genders, experiences with autism and gender, and identity politics. The conversation concludes with a discussion on institutional memory at OSU and being a part of that.

Creator

Indigo Alexander, Anonymous, Bones, Quinn Chronister, Tali Ilkovitch, Eli Earle, Quincy Meyers, Xander Omoto, and Rose Rachel.

Source

OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection (OH 34)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

May 31, 2023

Format

Born Digital Audio

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh34-trans-story-circle-20230523

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Group Story Circle format

Interviewee

Indigo Alexander, Anonymous, Bones, Quinn Chronister, Tali Ilkovitch, Eli Earle, Quincy Meyers, Xander Omoto, and Rose Rachel

Location

Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center, Oregon State University

Original Format

Born Digital Audio

Duration

1:38:25

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio

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