Interview with Danika Ragnhild

Danika Ragnhild is a trans woman and trans feminine person originally from Crookston, MN. In this oral history, she shares her experiences with being harassed around gender and disability as a child; physical abuse; the process of changing and choosing her name and how it helps actualize her identity; renewal; polyamorous relationships; dating; and partnerships. She discusses the challenges of being trans/gender nonconforming and how this intersects with disability. Ragnhild is a volunteer among many Twin Cities organizations including the Transgender Youth Support Network, the Exchange, and RECLAIM, while also being involved in many theatre companies in the area. She shares her thoughts on the relationship between transgender and gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities as well as her hopes for the trans community in the future. Ragnhild ends her interview by discussing the importance of viewing trans identity as a journey and meeting ourselves where we are at in the present.

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Identifier: 2801pg54d
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Ragnhild, Danika
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Feb. 17, 2017
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
Stanley Kubrick
The Exchange
Transgender Youth Support Network
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Minnesota > Polk County > City of Crookston > Crookston
Topic(s): Abuse
Autistic people
Biology
Bullying
Change of name
Dating
Disabilities
Femininity
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-nonconforming people
Harassment
Hormone therapy
Hormones
Intersectionality (Sociology)
LGBTQ+ porn films
Marriage
MtFs
Non-monogamous relationships
People with disabilities
Politics
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Poverty
Privilege (Social psychology)
Pronoun
Rape
Rural areas
Sex industry
Sex workers
Sexual abuse
Sexual practices
Sexuality
Transgender people
Violence
Women, Black
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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