{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/p843r0q61w/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Melissa Sklarz Oral History"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 1: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelissa Sklarz recalls a news story about a transvestite that she read as an 11 year old that made her realize that there were other people like her. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 2: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelissa Sklarz describes the start of her life as Melissa. She started in her living room and eventually expanded out into the world.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 3: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelissa Sklarz discusses the start of her political career. In 1999 she was the first transwoman to be elected as judicial delegate in New York State. She has also been in the in New York State delegation for the last four Democratic National Conventions.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 4: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelissa Sklarz discusses her role educating the New York Democratic Party of Manhattan about Transgender civil rights. She describes this experience as finding her voice. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 5:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Melissa Sklarz says that each generation has new ideas that are important to them. The new ideas may not be relevant to older people, so they should let the young people take the lead. She believes that people who complain about political correctness are closed minded.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this interview, Melissa touches on her life and experiences pre Melissa and her journey into becoming Melissa. Melissa then speaks about the start of her political career and what she has been able to accomplish in politics. Melissa imparts some advice to a younger generation of activists and her hopes in what a new generation will be able to accomplish moving forward.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e (general)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/search/browse/40497"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2018-11-29 (created)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Melissa Sklarz (Interviewee)","Thomas Maxheimer (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["Collected through the LGBTQ+ History in Queens project, starting in 2017."]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["1950s - 2018 (temporal)","Queens, NY (spatial)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (Primary)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 1:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMelissa Sklarz recalls a news story about a transvestite that she read as an 11 year old that made her realize that there were other people like her.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 2:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMelissa Sklarz describes the start of her life as Melissa. She started in her living room and eventually expanded out into the world.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 3:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMelissa Sklarz discusses the start of her political career. In 1999 she was the first transwoman to be elected as judicial delegate in New York State. She has also been in the in New York State delegation for the last four Democratic National Conventions.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 4:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMelissa Sklarz discusses her role educating the New York Democratic Party of Manhattan about Transgender civil rights. She describes this experience as finding her voice.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 5:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;Melissa Sklarz says that each generation has new ideas that are important to them. The new ideas may not be relevant to older people, so they should let the young people take the lead. She believes that people who complain about political correctness are closed minded.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIn this interview, Melissa touches on her life and experiences pre Melissa and her journey into becoming Melissa. 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