Interview with Professor Anand Yang
Prof. Anand Yang teaches South Asian and World History at the University of Washington in Seattle where he has a joint appointment in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and served as director between 2002 and 2010.
Fareschta Oral History Interview
Fareschta is a pseudonym used to protect the identity of the interviewee. Fareschta is an Afghan-born, German-raised, Afghan-American woman. She is married to a Colombian man and has two biracial children. She talks about her various identities including her identities as an Afghan-American woman. She talks about her fight against the societal definition of womanhood and creating a her own path.
Freaba Morrad Oral History Interview
Freaba is an Afghan-American woman who was born and raised in the U.S. She talks about being an Afghan woman, how war and displacement has impacted her and her family's lives and the connection that she feels to her roots back home. She talks about education, holding various identities, and gender norms and roles here in the U.S. and in Afghanistan.
Jabin Ahmed Oral History Interview
Jabin Ahmed talks about what led her to form her organization, Jaago Hudson, and her activities during the pandemic.
Content Warning: sexual violence
In this slideshow, you will see:
A Jaago protest in Hudson.
Farzana Musomi and Jabin Ahmed at a Jaago protest.
An illustration by Jabin Ahmed.
A Jaago protest in Hudson.
Oral History Interview with Sivagami Subbaraman
Oral history interview with Sivagami Subbaraman, conducted by Mustafa Saifuddin. Professor Subbaraman was one of the first South Asians to serve as director of a university LGBT center, and is the Founding Director of the LGBT Resource Center at Georgetown University.
Zain Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Zain on July 14, 2022, conducted by Tej Shah. Zain grew up in Pakistan, and recalls early struggles with imposed gender and cultural roles. They discuss white queer spaces, their research career and identity, and finding belonging in Chicago.
Anish Tailor Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Anish Tailor on July 17, 2022, conducted by Tej Shah. Anish was born in Dallas, Texas and first came to Chicago in 2018 for school. He talks about growing up as a gay Indian man in Dallas, his coming out journey, and finding a community in Chicago.
Anu Hazra Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Anu Hazra on August 16, 2022, conducted by Tej Shah. Anu was born in the suburbs of Chicago in 1985, and eventually settled in Chicago for medical school and his career. He discusses finding his identity within his career path as an Infectious Disease Specialist, the publication of his marriage in the New York Times, and the joy of queer South Asian relationships.
Ishita Mehta Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Ishita Mehta on July 26, 2022, conducted by Tej Shah. Ishita was born in India in 1995, and moved to the United States as an early teenager. She discusses contending with whiteness in queer spaces, her coming out journey in college, and both joys and struggles in her relationship.