In this interview Tessa talks about coming out to her parents, her work with Cumberland Gender Advocacy to support other trans folks in rural middle TN, the struggle to find trans affirming healthcare and jobs in the rural South, and her experiences coming up through the Boy Scouts.

In this interview, recorded in June 2017, Sharon talks about her childhood in D.C. and Durham, NC, her journey towards finding an identity that fits, the 8 magical acres she calls "Sweet Negritude" where she makes her home, and the Black intellectual thought that has guided her throughout her life.

In this episode, featuring an interview recorded in June 2014, Crisosto describes how coming out again as two-spirit later in life enabled them to reconnect with their people, culture, and an indigenous identity that had been there all along.

In this episode you'll learn more about Rae and the history of the ongoing multimedia oral history project: Country Queers.

Country Queers is a podcast featuring oral history interviews with rural and small-town LGBTQIA+ folks in the U.S.