Tanner Fraser Interview, October 27, 2021

Fraser talks about growing up in Scotland and moving to the US at a young age. They describe growing up with sisters and being involved with athletics as a child.

Fraser describes their relationship to gender as a child.

Fraser talks about the gendered break-down of household chores growing up, as well as their early exposure to gender roles.

Fraser talks about their relationship to gender as a child, specifically growing up identifying as a tomboy.

Fraser discusses being the only person assigned female at birth to play on their Little League team as a child.

Fraser talks about their experiences in elementary, middle, and high school. They touch on growing up with ADHD, as well as exploring their sexuality in high school.

Fraser talks about coming to terms with their sexuality and the impacts of queer representations on their own coming out process in high school.

Fraser talks about how their conservative Catholic background and family made them feel pressured to hide their gender identity and sexuality growing up. They talking about what they did to hide their gender and sexuality, and how they began to start to express themselves more authentically later in life.

Fraser talks about struggling to understand their gender identity, first identifying as a transgender male and then coming to understand their gender identity as non-binary. They discuss how family pressures complicated their exploration of their gender.