Rex Labeau interview

Interview with Rex Labeau by Eli Adams. Rex lives in Newport; Rhode Island and is an artist and activist. They work in public health and are an active Unitarian Universalist and member of the Channing Memorial Church. They identify as genderqueer; trans; nonbinary; asexual; white and neurodivergent / autistic. Topics in order of discussion include: dinosaurs and gender; coming to an understanding of gender and sexuality during childhood and young adulthood; comics; TGI Networks support group "Borderlands"; legally changing their name and pronouns; Rhode Island and the difference between the queer community in Newport and Providence; involvement in the Unitarian Universalist church; getting diagnosed with autism; job discrimination; a career change from oceanography to public health; artwork and creative process; being homeschooled; growing up with a parent in the Navy. This interview was created as part of the Queer Stories Project - an oral history project developed by Dr. Virginia Thomas to train LGBTQIA young adults to conduct oral history interviews with LGBTQIA adults in Rhode Island. Queer Stories Project was funded by Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.