Tania Cordova and Emmanuel Garcia
Recorded
June 20, 2019
Archived
June 20, 2019
40:31 minutes
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Id:
chd001133
Description
Emmanuel Garcia (37) interviews his best friend Tania Cordova (50) about the challenges as a Trans Latinx woman. Tania also talks about her new project called "SER el cambio," a transitional housing center for theTrans community of Chicago.Subject Log / Time Code
T says she was born in Michoacan, Mexico, and reminisces her childhood as happy and unhappy. She says: "I knew I was a woman."
T talks about the bullying she went through as a trans woman in Mexico.
T talks about how religion has played a big role in the prejudice against the LGBTQ communities.
T talks about moving out of her parents' home and became homeless, as her family did not accept her identity.
T talks about the many criminal activities she was part of to survive as a trans woman.
T talks about embracing "Alex," and being proud of her trans identity.
T talks about a recent incident at a hospital where she was called "Alejandro" (her birth name), and the struggle with having people understand her as a trans woman,
T talks about her new project "SER el cambio" (BE the change)—a transitional housing project to connect trans people with different programs available in the city.
T talks about her belief in spirituality, and her immersion in the Yoruba culture.
Participants
- Tania Cordova
- Emmanuel Garcia