Michelle Veras interview

Interview with Michelle Veras by Leila Kashani-Sabet. Veras is a public health professional, mother and one of the organizers of the Dyke Trans People of Color Providence March. Vera identifies as a queer, mixed race Latina woman. Topics in order of discussion include: growing up in Providence, R.I. and differences in how her son is now growing up in Providence; attending graduate school at Brown University; growing up with a white mother and Dominican father and the impact of being a white-passing Latina; issues of race and racism; intersectionality with queerness; coming out at age 30; the lack of a community of queer people of color in Providence and finding that sense of community online; organizing the Dyke Trans People of Color Providence March in 2019; impact of COVID-19 on queer spaces. This interview was created as part of the Queering Oral History course - an oral history course at Brown University in Spring 2020 and taught by Dr. Virginia Thomas. Students were trained in oral history practices and interviewed members of the Rhode Island LGBTQIA community. This interview was created as part of the Queering Oral History course - an oral history course at Brown University in Spring 2020 and taught by Dr. Virginia Thomas. Students were trained in oral history practices and interviewed members of the Rhode Island LGBTQIA community.