Michelle’s Oral History

Description

Michelle is a butch, gender-nonconforming multiracial person who was 21 at the time of recording. They discuss moving multiple times during their childhood, what it was like going to school outside of the United States, and tensions growing up around gender presentation, homoerotic friendships, body image, and race, sexual assault, and coming into their butchness and gender questioning. Michelle candidly discusses yearning for a Lesbian community of their own and what it's like meeting Lesbians through their girlfriend in New York City.