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Tess Maixner
Tess (she/they) is a 22 year old who has worked in the restaurant and bar industry since they were 15. Tess discusses what it was like to grow up with a family that was accepting of her gender and sexuality and how they think that has affected her…
Tags: bars, customer service, food service, gender, hiring, lgbtq, restaurant, server, sexual harassment, sexuality
Adam Lee
Adam (he/him) is a 23 year old bartender in Williamsburg who is pursuing acting and bartending on the side to support himself. Adam moved to the city from California for school at NYU and has been working in restaurants and bars since his time here.…
Tags: acting, bar, bartending, customer service, gay bar, gay men, lgbtq, management, restaurant, server, williamsburg
Rosa Mesbahi
Rosa Mesbahi (They/She) is a 23 year old living in Philadelphia, PA. Currently working at GoodsVintage (@/goodsvintage), Rosa previously worked in the food service industry for seven years prior. In this two-part interview, Rosa shares her experience…
Tags: bartending, dress code, flirting, food service, identity, organizing, pandemic, Philadelphia, queer, strike, style, waitressing
Natalia
Natalia (She/Her) is a queer Mexican-American woman from Orange County, California who recently moved to New York City to pursue her passion for filmmaking. In this interview, Natalia discusses growing into her sexuality, navigating relationships and…
Charm
Charm (they/them) is a self defined queer stripper, dancer, and entertainer from Baltimore, Maryland. In this comprehensive interview, they discuss complexities of relationships with co-workers, clients, and themselves. They also describe the…
Aneé Carey
Aneé Carey (any pronouns), is an eighteen-year-old college freshman majoring in psychology. In this interview, Aneé recounts experiences of working his first job at Target through the lens of a black and queer person under nonblack, cishet…
Tags: Black, community, oral history, queer, queerphobia, racism, retail, target
Daniel Neumann
Daniel Neumann (he/him) is a prominent sound engineer in New York City and abroad, originally from Leipzig, Germany. In this interview, Daniel discusses his work as a “triangle” between sound engineering, sound art, and organizing different ensembles…
Destiny Tullis
Destiny Tullis (They/She Pronouns) is an NYU Gallatin Student studying Urban Agriculture and Agricultural Education from Union, New Jersey. In this interview, they discuss their childhood and growing up as a queer Black individual in the suburbs of…