Aryah Lester and Herb Sosa
Recorded
October 3, 2016
35:58 minutes
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Id:
ddd001485
Description
Herb Sosa (52) interviews his friend, Aryah Lester (37) about her move to Miami, her gender identity, and starting the first transgender organization in the Miami- Dade area.Subject Log / Time Code
Aryah Lester (37) tells her friend, Herb Sosa (52) how she ended up moving to Miami from NY and the jobs that she had before her move.
AL remembers her move to Georgia and what her childhood was like when she moved there.
AL tells how her parents disowned her when she started living as her true self and ho difficult that was for her.
AL talks about her family coming around and tells of a family reunion that she attended and how her uncle was one of the last people to come around.
AL on her depression and the shell that she felt she lived in. She talks about the importance of her physical aspect in her identity.
AL on being in Miami and replicating the program where she once sought resources.
AL on some of the challenges members of the trans community face today.
AL talks about what she hope for her future and glad she is to have met Herb.
Participants
- Aryah Lester
- Herb Sosa