Interview with Emmett Schelling

An interview with Emmett Schelling, a transmasculine activist based in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this interview, Schelling was the Executive Director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas [TENT,] the largest trans advocacy and education organization in the state. Additionally, he served on the Community Council for Transform Houston, as a board member of Deeds Not Words, and a Co-Director for the TransFORWARD, a Texas trans-powered research collective. Prior to his work with TENT, Schelling was the president of the San Antonio Gender Association [SAGA,] and previously worked in corporate management. In this oral history interview, Schelling discusses his upbringing and transition, his initial forays into trans advocacy work in the mid 2010s, his work with TENT and the organization's larger work within trans politics in Texas, trans education of health care providers, educators, and others, his thoughts on Texas politics and the use of trans people as "political footballs," and his visions of a better future for trans people.

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Identifier: ks65hc566
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Schelling, Emmett
Contributor(s): Beam, Myrl
Billund-Phibbs, Myra
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Dec. 1, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): San Antonio Gender Association (SAGA)
Transform Houston
TransFORWARD
Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)
Places: Texas > Bexar County > San Antonio
Texas > Harris County > Houston
Topic(s): Asian LGBTQ+ people
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
Transgender activism
Transgender people
Transgender political activists
Transitioning (Gender)
Transmasculine people
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
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