Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko

Dominic Giovon Chilko is a bi-racial Afro-Latinx trans man from Eagan, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood, relationships, and experiences of transition, his thoughts on chosen family, trans politics, and the trans agenda, and his experience as a performing artist and drag king. Specifically, he discusses his experiences as a transracial adoptee, his work as a personal care assistant, his participation in the documentary "Man Made," and his thoughts on drag performance and the performing arts at large.

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Identifier: 4x51hj180
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Chilko, Dominic Giovon
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Jun. 2, 2017
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Boys Don't Cry
Buck Angel
Everest Institute
Lil One
Man Made
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Places: Massachusetts > Suffolk County > City of Boston > Boston
Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Minnesota > Ramsey County > City of Saint Paul > Saint Paul
Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > University of Minnesota
Minnesota > Dakota > City of Eagan > Eagan
Midwest
Topic(s): Acceptance
Adoption
Art
Assigned gender
Black LGBTQ+ people
Coming out
Corrective rape
Disabilities
Drag
Drag kings
Ethnic groups
FtMs
Gay pride
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-affirming care
Heterosexuals
Hormones
Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people
Lesbians
LGBTQ+ partners
Love
Masculinities
Mental health
Passing (Gender)
Performing arts
Physical fitness
Physicians
Psychotherapy
Racism
Sex
Sexuality
Social movements
Social privilege
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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