Tanner Fraser Interview, October 27, 2021 - Tanner Fraser Interview Part 2, October 27, 2021

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  • Fraser describes how they came to understand their non-binary gender identity, and how their family reacted to their identity
  • Fraser talks about how joining the US Navy was affirming to their non-binary gender identity.
  • Fraser discusses how they came to drag and what drag means to them.
  • Fraser describes their drag persona, Gage Razor.
  • Fraser describes how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their ability to perform in drag.
  • Fraser talks about their experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss how receiving cancer treatment during the first part of quarantine made them feel less isolated.
  • Fraser discusses how their relationship to gender changed and stayed the same in some ways throughout the pandemic. They describe how they lost weight and were able to present more masculine at work during the pandemic.
  • Fraser reflects on what gender means to them.
  • Fraser describes how others react to their gender and drag.
Description: In this interview, Fraser, a non-binary drag artist living in Maryland, reflects upon their life through a gendered lens. They discuss growing up as a tomboy, living in Arizona, their relationship to their parents, youth sports, family dynamics, coming out, grappling with trans identity, discovering drag, and life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fraser describes how serving in the U.S Navy, finding drag as a performance art form, and experiencing the pandemic changed their relationship to and Understanding of their own gender.
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Title
Tanner Fraser Interview, October 27, 2021
Creator(s)
Tanner Fraser ; Colette Combs
Interviewee
Tanner Fraser
Interviewer
Colette Combs
Created
October 27, 2021
Topical Subject(s)
drag ; Pretty Boi Drag ; Gage Razor ; non-binary ; Washington, DC ; Arizona ; Scotland ; tomboy ; The L Word ; One Direction ; familial relationships ; gender ; youth and gender ; US Navy ; military and gender ; gender roles ; Catholicism ; trans identity ; COVID-19 ; quarantine ; youth sports ; ADHD
Continent
North and Central America
Country
United States
First Order Political Division
DC
City
Washington
Neighborhood
Spring Valley
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URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3496

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