{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/w66930p87w/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Jimena Lucero 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: Gender Violence\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimena discusses how when she started to medically transition, it was a little scary. A woman a block away was violently attacked because of her gender identity. Jimena was scared that that kind of viloence happened in her neighborhood.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 1:45 minutes\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 2: A Turning Point\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimena discusses memories of a young person committing suicide because of bullying and how that became a turning point for Jimena to come out and to speak up for herself.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 01:54 minutes\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\u003eClip 3: Diversity of Human Identity\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimena discusses meeting a professor during her time in Hunter College who published an anthology titled \"Troubling the Lines,\" that includes works from transgender and gender non-conforming writers. Jimena then discusses organizing an event for disabled and gender non-conforming poets and discusses the multifacetedness of human identities. 03:02 minutes\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\u003eClip 4: The Future for Jimena\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimena discusses her ambitions to learn more and explore art more. She then discusses her hopes to stay in Queens in the future, but only time will tell\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 00.57 minutes\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\u003eDescription of Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded November 29, 2018\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary: Jimena Lucero was born in Brooklyn but has been living in Woodside, Queens since she was 5 years old and considers Woodside to be a family oriented neighborhood. Ms. Lucero attended Robert F Wagner High School and publicly came out during her sop more years, as a queer youth and established a LGBT club, so that students can join and be free to express themselves. Thus, she was exposed to student advocacy duties and developed interest in arts and writing, during her teenage years. Furthermore, she went through various operations in order to medically transition into a female, despite knowing that she might receive some backlash regarding her decision. Currently, she is a freelance writer and is a tutor at LaGuardia. However, Ms. Lucero Wishes to pursue a MFA in writing for the foreseeable future.\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\u003cspan\u003e00:01:18 Was born in Brooklyn, but was raised in Queens all of her life. She has lived in Woodside since she was 5 years old.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e00:02:04 Considers Woodside to be a very family oriented neighborhood which has many immigrant communities, but does not associate with any of them.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e00:03:13 The neighborhood has a lot of Asian American families, a lot of Hispanic families, and a lot of South Asian families. Therefore, Woodside always felt like a diverse neighborhood to her.\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\u003cspan\u003e00:04:32 Grew up eating Mexican food at home because her parents were from Mexico. The family would also visit numerous restaurants in Queens. For instance, there was Thai restaurant that she loved called “Thai Sun” in Sunnyside (no longer there)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e00:05:42 Talks about medically transitioning into a girl and how she felt about it because a women was attacked in her neighborhood for being mistaken as a gay women. However, she thinks that Queens has a big LGBT community and has a good support system. Moreover, she was aware that this kind of violence was everywhere, when she started to medically transition; it was happening globally and it was happening nationally. Regardless, she still felt like it was something she had to do for herself, even with the risk.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e00:08:48 Has friends that fall under the LGBT category, but feels that it is harder to meet someone in Queens and thinks it is difficult to find places to socialize in Queens. Moreover, she has not really associated with the Queens Pride House and has never gone there for a visit.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e00:00:22 Attended Robert F. Wagner High School (47-07 30th Place, Queens, NY 11101). During her adolescent years, it was hard for her to come to term with identifying herself as a queer youth. However, she and her best friend came out together in their sophomore year of high school. Afterwards, she created a LGBT club in her school, where students can come together, share their identity, and feel safe.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e00:05:32 Robert F Fragonard was a small school with only 2 floors. The second floor was primarily used for the lockers and cafeteria. Her graduating class was less than 150 students, so they all kind of knew each other. Therefore, people kind of knew she was different but she was not bullied for it. The teachers were also supportive. In fact, the LGBT club advisor was a gay man and she met some people through the club. For example, she met a director through the LGBT advisor, which led her to act in LGBT films. As a result, she became more immersed in arts during her high school years.\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\u003cspan\u003e00:08:41 First, attended Queensborough Community College (222-05 56 Avenue, Bayside, and Queens 11364) after graduating from high school. In her first semester there, she met an English Professor named Benjamin Millar, who supported her and encouraged her to continue writing. It was due to his support that she felt that she can contribute something to writing.\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\u003cspan\u003e00:10:50 Talks about her internship at PEN America (588 BROADWAY, SUITE 303 NEW YORK, NY 10012).\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\u003cspan\u003e00:00:14 Also attended Hunter College (695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10065). It was at Hunter, that she met Professor Trace Peterson, who published an Anthology called “Troubling the Line”. The anthology consisted of Trans and non-conforming writers. \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\u003cspan\u003e00:01:33 Speaks briefly about how she Organized an event for Pen America; it was a reading for Trans and gender non-conforming poets, some of them who were also disable.\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\u003cspan\u003e00:04:07 Talks about her future plans regarding pursuing a MFA in Writing. However, she has recently also been interested in Visual Arts as well. At the moment, she does freelance writing and is a tutor at LaGuardia.\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\u003cspan\u003e00:05:24 Explains about the purpose of Pink Tour, which is a weeklong retreat in Long Island for women of color, tans, and non- binary people. It is based in upstate New York and they focus on writing and interacting with the community. \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\u003cspan\u003e00:06:19 Woodside is still a family orientated neighborhood for the most part. However, there have been some minor changes. For example, she sees younger people living in the neighborhood and there are new businesses around the area as well.\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\u003cspan\u003e00:09:52 Woodside has a big catholic church named St. Sebastian; it is a really beautiful church. However she has her own relationship with God and is not affiliated with any religion. \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\u003cspan\u003e00:10:57 Believes that Queens will continue to change and only time will tell as to how those changes will impact the community. As for herself, she plans on continuing on pursuing arts and writing and is just excited with the concept of learning new things. Furthermore, she still hopes to be living in Queens for the near future. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e (general)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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/33851"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2018-11-29 (created)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Jimena Lucero (Interviewee)","Alice Ostrowsky (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["Collected through the LGBTQ+ History in Queens project, starting in 2017."]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["Woodside, Queens, NY (spatial)","1990-2018 (temporal)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (primary)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003eClip 1: Gender Violence\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eJimena discusses how when she started to medically transition, it was a little scary. A woman a block away was violently attacked because of her gender identity. Jimena was scared that that kind of viloence happened in her neighborhood.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e. 1:45\u0026nbsp;minutes\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003eClip 2: A Turning Point\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eJimena discusses memories of a young person committing suicide because of bullying and how that became a turning point for Jimena to come out and to speak up for herself.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;01:54\u0026nbsp;minutes\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003eClip 3:\u0026nbsp;Diversity of Human Identity\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eJimena discusses meeting a professor during her time in Hunter College who published an anthology titled \"Troubling the Lines,\" that includes works from transgender and gender non-conforming writers. Jimena then discusses organizing an event for disabled and gender non-conforming poets and discusses the multifacetedness of human identities. 03:02 minutes\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003eClip 4: The Future for Jimena\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eJimena discusses her ambitions to learn more and explore art more. She then discusses her hopes to stay in Queens in the future, but only time will tell\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e. 00.57 minutes\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003eDescription of Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003eRecorded November 29, 2018\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003eSummary: Jimena Lucero was born in Brooklyn but has been living in Woodside, Queens since she was 5 years old and considers Woodside to be a family oriented neighborhood. Ms. Lucero attended Robert F Wagner High School and publicly came out during her sop more years, as a queer youth and established a LGBT club, so that students can join and be free to express themselves. Thus, she was exposed to student advocacy duties and developed interest in arts and writing, during her teenage years. Furthermore, she went through various operations in order to medically transition into a female, despite knowing that she might receive some backlash regarding her decision. Currently, she is a freelance writer and is a tutor at LaGuardia. However, Ms. Lucero Wishes to pursue a MFA in writing for the foreseeable future.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:01:18 Was born in Brooklyn, but was raised in Queens all of her life. She has lived in Woodside since she was 5 years old.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:02:04 Considers Woodside to be a very family oriented neighborhood which has many immigrant communities, but does not associate with any of them.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:03:13 The neighborhood has a lot of Asian American families, a lot of Hispanic families, and a lot of South Asian families. Therefore, Woodside always felt like a diverse neighborhood to her.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:04:32 Grew up eating Mexican food at home because her parents were from Mexico. The family would also visit numerous restaurants in Queens. For instance, there was Thai restaurant that she loved called \u0026ldquo;Thai Sun\u0026rdquo; in Sunnyside (no longer there)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:05:42 Talks about medically transitioning into a girl and how she felt about it because a women was attacked in her neighborhood for being mistaken as a gay women. However, she thinks that Queens has a big LGBT community and has a good support system. Moreover, she was aware that this kind of violence was everywhere, when she started to medically transition; it was happening globally and it was happening nationally. Regardless, she still felt like it was something she had to do for herself, even with the risk.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:08:48 Has friends that fall under the LGBT category, but feels that it is harder to meet someone in Queens and thinks it is difficult to find places to socialize in Queens. Moreover, she has not really associated with the Queens Pride House and has never gone there for a visit.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:00:22 Attended Robert F. Wagner High School (47-07 30th Place, Queens, NY 11101). During her adolescent years, it was hard for her to come to term with identifying herself as a queer youth. However, she and her best friend came out together in their sophomore year of high school. Afterwards, she created a LGBT club in her school, where students can come together, share their identity, and feel safe.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:05:32 Robert F Fragonard was a small school with only 2 floors. The second floor was primarily used for the lockers and cafeteria. Her graduating class was less than 150 students, so they all kind of knew each other. Therefore, people kind of knew she was different but she was not bullied for it. The teachers were also supportive. In fact, the LGBT club advisor was a gay man and she met some people through the club. For example, she met a director through the LGBT advisor, which led her to act in LGBT films. As a result, she became more immersed in arts during her high school years.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:08:41 First, attended Queensborough Community College (222-05 56 Avenue, Bayside, and Queens 11364) after graduating from high school. In her first semester there, she met an English Professor named Benjamin Millar, who supported her and encouraged her to continue writing. It was due to his support that she felt that she can contribute something to writing.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:10:50 Talks about her internship at PEN America (588 BROADWAY, SUITE 303 NEW YORK, NY 10012).\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:00:14 Also attended Hunter College (695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10065). It was at Hunter, that she met Professor Trace Peterson, who published an Anthology called \u0026ldquo;Troubling the Line\u0026rdquo;. The anthology consisted of Trans and non-conforming writers.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:01:33 Speaks briefly about how she Organized an event for Pen America; it was a reading for Trans and gender non-conforming poets, some of them who were also disable.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:04:07 Talks about her future plans regarding pursuing a MFA in Writing. However, she has recently also been interested in Visual Arts as well. At the moment, she does freelance writing and is a tutor at LaGuardia.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:05:24 Explains about the purpose of Pink Tour, which is a weeklong retreat in Long Island for women of color, tans, and non- binary people. It is based in upstate New York and they focus on writing and interacting with the community.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:06:19 Woodside is still a family orientated neighborhood for the most part. However, there have been some minor changes. For example, she sees younger people living in the neighborhood and there are new businesses around the area as well.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:09:52 Woodside has a big catholic church named St. Sebastian; it is a really beautiful church. However she has her own relationship with God and is not affiliated with any religion.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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'; color: black;\"\u003e00:10:57 Believes that Queens will continue to change and only time will tell as to how those changes will impact the community. As for herself, she plans on continuing on pursuing arts and writing and is just excited with the concept of learning new things. 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