Neal, Ameirah
Description
Ameirah Neal is a Black woman from Washington, DC. At the time of this interview she was working as a Peer Ed Coordinator with a nonprofit organization in DC. In this oral history she speaks at length about growing up in Washington DC with her mother, homelessness, her employment history and experiences with workplace discrimination, and going to art school in the South. She also touches upon topics such as the ballroom scene in Baltimore, geographies of social support for trans people of color, and her encounters with law enforcement.
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Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
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University of Minnesota LibrariesKeywords
- Art And Creative Work
- Ball Culture
- Black
- Discrimination
- Drag
- Friendship And Community
- Gender Affirming Care
- Harassment
- Homelessness And Housing Insecurity
- Policing And Prisons
- Self Love
- Sex Work
- South (United States)
- Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Phase 1
- United States
- Work