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Title
Kim Kraemer Oral History Interview
Description
In this interview, Kim Kraemer discusses her family, her relationship with Thomas Kraemer, her schooling, some of the jobs she has had throughout her life, and what tips she has for both the current and future generations. For her family, Kim talks about how her stepfather didn’t seem to like her as much as her sister and how he never encouraged her to pursue a career in mechanics. Kim also talks about how she was not really too close to her sister, and still isn’t to an extent due to her sister being a born-again Christian with rather homophobic views. For her relationship with Thomas Kraemer, Kim talks about how they met, some of his experiences as being an out gay man, and his contributions to the LGBTQ community after his retirement. Kim also talks about how she had to help him with his work for the archives as his health declined. For her schooling and jobs, Kim talks about how she took mechanics classes all through high school, and how she was not able to fully pursue what she wanted to in college due to not doing well in math. Kim talked about how she took summer jobs working on boats and later had a job working at an auto shop in Corvallis and being a “novelty” at those places due to (biologically) being female. Kim says for current and future generations to make transgender (and LGBTQ in general) lives be better would be to accept people for who they are and to let them express themselves however they want.
Creator
Kim Kraemer
Source
OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
March 3, 2019
Contributor
Jacob Novotny and Chase Sublette
Format
Born Digital Video
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
oh34-kim-kraemer-20190303
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Jacob Novotny and Chase Sublette
Interviewee
Kim Kraemer
Location
Oregon State University
Original Format
Born Digital Video
Duration
0:39:32
OHMS Object
Interview Format
video