Description
In this interview with Brandy Brown, a queer social worker originally from Georgia, they discuss such topics as family of origin, education (including getting a GED and later a doctorate), religious conversion therapies, overcoming estrangement with their family, parenting, and queer youth. Dr Brown also discusses their important role in creating the first gender clinic for trans youth at Maine Health in the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
Publication Date
11-25-2024
Publisher
University of Southern Maine
City
Portland, Maine
Keywords
Querying the Past, Oral History, Alcoholism, Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, Capella University, Caregiving, Co-parenting, Conversion therapy, Doctorate, Endocrinology, Estrangement, Family separation, GED, Gender Clinic, Gender identity, Genderqueer, Jesup Georgia, LGBTQ+ Rights, Maine, Maine Health, NASW, Parent death, Poverty, Queer parenting, Queer youth, Religion, Resilience, Sexual Identity, Sibling death, Social Work, Solo parenting, South Carolina, Southeast Georgia, Substance abuse, Trans healthcare, Trans youth, University of Southern Maine, WPATH
Disciplines
History of Gender | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Oral History | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Martin, Atlantis, "Brown, Brandy" (2024). Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection. 125.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/125
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
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History of Gender Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Oral History Commons, Women's Studies Commons
