Parker, Kael

Interviewer

MJ Huot, University of Southern Maine

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Kael Parker is a 44-year-old transgender man who was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He first came out as a lesbian to his family and friends in college before later discovering he was trans. He went to University of Maine Farmington (UMF) and while there he felt, for the most part, very at home and welcomed as a queer person. In this interview he talks about his life, finding people he connected with in the lesbian and the trans communities. He also talks about how his gender identity has shaped his life in a plethora of aspects. He talks about finding community online in chatrooms as well as making his own website to document his transition. He concluded the interview with talking about his experience in the workforce and how being trans affects him in his current job.

Citation

Please cite as: Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer+ Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, University of Southern Maine Libraries.

Publication Date

11-20-2024

Publisher

University of Southern Maine

City

Portalnd, Maine

Keywords

Transsexuality, FtMs, Coming out, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ chosen families, Trans, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ people in the workplace, Transgender people in the workplace, LGBTQ+ chatrooms, Sanford, University of Maine Farmington, Transitioning (Gender), YankeeBoyz, Fantasia Fair

Disciplines

History of Gender | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Oral History | Women's Studies

Recommended Citation

Huot, MJ, "Parker, Kael" (2024). Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection. 139.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/139

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.