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Interview with George Hoagland

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George Hoagland identifies as black and androgynous. They were assigned female at birth and use all pronouns. There were born on a naval base in Yokosuka, Japan. They grew up in San Diego, California in a Navy family. In elementary school they got in trouble a lot for talking in class and for not paying attention. Their parents separated when they were 8. Hoagland then moved into the projects with their mother and sisters. They always knew they were different, and they were a tomboy. It was important to their parents for Hoagland to “be a good Christian girl,” wear dresses, meet a man, get married, and have kids, but it never stuck. Their dad knew they weren’t straight, and they dated women which he knew about. They stopped talking to their dad right before graduating with their PhD since Hoagland says he got mean about their identity. In 1995, their mom, who suffered with depression and an undiagnosed mental illness, died after a car accident when Hoagland was 24. They became closer to their sisters afterwards who both accept Hoagland. They identify the masculine parts of themselves as the effeminate parts, such as their limp wristed expression. They had a breast reduction at the University of Minnesota in 2007, and they changed their name legally in Minnesota as well. They’ve been stopped twice by police for being black while walking. They are now married to a cisgender woman who’s butch, and they have been with their partner for 6 years now. They are a professor and recently worked with students at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Before that they worked at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department. They also work in QTIPOCI studies, Queer, Trans, Intersex, People of Color, and Indigenous People Studies.

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