Digital Transgender Archive
Tashan Lovemore shares his path to his "limitless" gender, pushing against narrow expectations of masculinity and manhood while finding contentment and confidence in his own gender. He grew up in the suburbs of New York City on Long Island to a Jamaican and American family. Later Lovemore met Sir Knight, and they founded BlackTransTV and BLK RYL PRODUCTIONS, through which they release regular videos. Lovemore shares about important trans-inclusive spaces that shaped his community: the Lab, Bklyn Boihood, and the Door. He shares on working for trans-acceptance in black communities, finding confidence in navigating potentially hostile institutions, and the importance of not unnecessarily disclosing other people's trans experience.
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- View At
- https://nyctransoralhistory.org/interview/tashan-lovemore/
- Citation
- Cite
- Identifier
- 9306sz51k
- Collection
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Oral Histories with People of Color
- Institution
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NYC Trans Oral History Project
- Creator(s)
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Lovemore, Tashan
- Contributor(s)
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Dicken, Adelaide Matthew
- Publisher
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New York Public Library
- Date Created
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Feb. 28, 2019
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Bklyn Boihood
Black Trans TV
BLK RYL Production
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)
Kingsborough Community College
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
The Door
The Labyrinth Foundation Counseling/Gender Service, Inc.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)
- Places
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New York
New York > Kings County > Brooklyn
New York > Nassau > Town of Hempstead > East Meadow
- Topic(s)
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Black people
Change of name
Childhood
Family members
Gender
Gentrification
Hormones
LGBTI community
Microaggressions
Photography
Pronoun
Religions
Self-acceptance
Transgender community
Transgender people
- Resource Type
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Audio
Text
- Language
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English
- Rights
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