Oral History Interview, Nick Doe (1195)

Abstract

In his interview with Stefani Coleman, Nick Doe discusses his experiences as a trans youth and student at Riverside High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Born female bodied, Doe struggled as an adolescent to express and name his sexual and gender identity. After attending Project Q meetings and participating in female-to-male drag as a high schooler, Doe came out to close friends as trans. Doe narrates his coming out experience as well as the harassment he has faced at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Doe also expresses his frustration with the University of Wisconsin system and administration, university affiliated groups, and the larger LQBTQ movement, which he believes marginalizes people of color, trans, and lower class people. Doe comments on the nexus of class, race, gender, and sexuality, and ends by sharing his thoughts about the state of society in relation to queer and trans issues.