Interview with Gwendolyn Howard

An interview with Reverend Dr. Gwendolyn Howard. Reverend Dr. Howard is a transgender woman, Unitarian Universalist minister, social worker, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: coming out as a transgender woman; losing her job as a Unitarian Universalist minister; gender transition; attending an MSW program at Boston University; working in a day treatment program for people with mental illnesses; being a trans therapist and providing therapy to trans patients; activism with the Rhode Island Alliance for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights; working with PFLAG Providence; the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights in Rhode Island; changes in language around transgender issues and identity; the struggle for marriage equality in Rhode Island; aging parents; serving on the Board of the TGI Network of RI; transgender and nonbinary youth; social isolation; and the need for trans community.

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Identifier: ks65hc58r
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
Creator(s): Howard, Gwendolyn
Contributor(s): Thomas, Virginia
Publisher: Providence Public Library
Date Created: Mar. 30, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): PFLAG
TGI Network of Rhode Island
Unitarian Universalist Association
Places: New York
Rhode Island > Providence County > City of Providence > Providence
Topic(s): Anti-transgender violence
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ civil rights
LGBTQ+ discrimination
Mental disorders
Non-binary people
Passing (Gender)
Queer youth
Social workers
Trans women
Transgender activism
Transgender clergy
Transgender community
Transgender youth
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
Resource Type: Audio
Text
Language: English
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