Dublin Core
Title
Terri Travis Oral History
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Date Created
2016
Subject
Oral History
Description
Terri Travis’s oral history traces a life of gender exploration, cross-dressing, family, marriage, work, and community connection in Colorado. Travis discusses early childhood memories of wearing feminine clothing, secrecy, Catholic upbringing, marriage, parenting, divorce, and the later discovery of Tri-Ess and Denver’s Gender Identity Center. The interview explores the name Deedee Valentine, drag performance, real estate work, relationships, hormone use, sobriety, and friendships within transgender and cross-dressing communities. Travis reflects on shame, pleasure, survival, suicide loss, aging, and the importance of self-acceptance, warning others to find joy rather than let secrecy become destructive.
Type
Sound
Is Part Of
Colorado LGBTQ History Project
Format
audio/mp3