Digital Transgender Archive
Crispin Torres has been an LGBT advocate and worked to support LGBT people with national organizations for much of his professional career. In this oral history, Torres shares his personal story, from exploring his queerness in high school in Chicago to transitioning in his twenties, to the importance of family--chosen and biological--and the shifts he’s seen in transgender politics over the past 25 years. Torres shares insights on relationships, gay community and the spectrums of gender and sexuality. His story is full of nuance, complexity and reflection.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 1c18dg00z
- Collection
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Oral Histories with People of Color
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Torres, Crispin
Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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May 27, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Lambda Legal
- Places
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Illinois
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Cook County
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City of Chicago
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Chicago
Mexico City > Cuauhtémoc Borough
- Topic(s)
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Coming out
Education
Educators
Gay community
Gay culture
Gay families
Gender realignment surgery
Hormones
Latinos
LGBTQ+ relationships
Masculinities
Mexican Americans
Misogyny
Musicians
Political movements
Roman catholicism
Surgery
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
- Resource Type
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
- Rights
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