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Interview with Jenna Rapues
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rapues, Jenna Date: Jun. 21, 2021 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ migrants, LGBTQ+ older people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Public health, Trans women, Transgender political activists Subject: Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), Gender Health SF, Openhouse, U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Jenna Rapues, MPH, a Filipina trans woman, activist, and leader in public and transgender health in government, research, academic and public health institutions. She lives in San... -
Interview with Kayla Gore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Gore, Kayla Date: Nov. 19, 2020 Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Criminalization, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, Public health personnel, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: My Sistah’s House, Tennessee Department of Health's Transgender Task Force, Trans Justice Funding Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Kayla Gore, a Black trans woman, community organizer, housing activist, and public health worker based in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this interview, she served as the Sout... -
Interview with LaSaia Wade
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wade, LaSaia Date: Jan. 18, 2020 Topics: Afro-Latin American transgender people, Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discrimination in employment, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color Subject: Afro-Puerto Rican people, Black Trans Gender Nonconforming Collective, Brave Space Alliance, Tennessee Trans Journey Project (TTJP) Description: An interview with LaSaia Wade, an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Dir... -
Interview with Mariah Moore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moore, Mariah Date: Jul. 6, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gentrification, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transphobia Subject: Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), House of Tulip, LGBTQ Task Force, Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Mariah Moore a National Organizer at Transgender Law Center and also a Co-director at House of Tulip. Her work includes fighting to ensure equity, equality and safety for the tran... -
Interview with Shauntelle Hammonds
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hammonds, Shauntelle Date: Jul. 20, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Halfway houses, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Black Trans Lives Matter, Peter's Place Description: An interview with Shauntelle Hammonds, a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Pe... -
Interview with Taffy Johnson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Johnson, Taffy Date: Nov. 19, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, Fa'afafine, Gender non-conforming identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, Pacific Islander American transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people of color Subject: United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (UTOPIA) Description: An interview with Taffy Johnson, a fa'afafine and trans woman of color from Sāmoa. Taffy is also a queer and trans activist and community organizer in the Pacific Islander communities of South King... -
Interview with Zakia McKensey
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McKensey, Zakia Date: Jul. 21, 2020 Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS education, Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Nationz Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Zakia McKensey, an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-ba... -
Janetta Johnson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Johnson, Janetta, Funk, Mason Date: Aug. 10, 2021 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transmisogynoir Subject: Janetta Johnson, Miss Major, Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Description: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to sexual assault and transphobic language. -
Janice Toy
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: House of History Creator: Date: Dec. 11, 2022 Topics: African American transgender people, Ballroom families, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: Janice Toy Description: An interview with Janice Toy. Janice Toy is a transgender woman and the mother of the House of History. In the interview, Toy discusses the LGBTQ community, reflects on her transition and coming ou... -
Karina Samala Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Samala, Karina, Valdez, Rain Date: Jul. 27, 2022 Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: Imperial Court, Jeffrey Prang, José Sarria, Karina Samala, The Closet Ball, West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board Description: Karina Samala migrated to California from Manila, Philippines after finishing school, where she worked for 13 years as a senior engineer in an aerospace military company. After winning Closet Ball ... -
Marie Kelly
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: House of History Creator: Date: Dec. 3, 2022 Topics: African American transgender people, Ballroom families, Black transgender people, Coming out, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender rights Description: An interview with Marie Kelly. Marie Kelly is a transgender woman who was born in Chicago but moved to Milwaukee in 1997. In the interview, Kelly discusses coming out, her love of music, and her wo... -
Marlow Monique Dickson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Dickson, Marlow Monique Date: Jun. 19, 2021 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Older transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Jewel Box Revue, Josephine Baker, Marlow Monique Dickson Description: OUTWORDS guest interviewer Zackary Drucker interviewed Marlow Monique Dickson in Chicago in 2021. In the 1960s, Marlow moved from Chicago to New York, performing in bars around Greenwich Village. S... -
Mia Yamamoto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Yamamoto, Mia Date: Apr. 17, 2017 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American lawyers, LGBTQ+ veterans, Trans women, Transphobia Subject: Aiden Aizumi, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Black Lives Matter (BLM), Christine Jorgensen, Civil Rights Movement, Concentration Camp, Cornel West, Donald Trump, Ellen Kameya, Emililo Aguinaldo, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fred Korematsu, Frederick Douglass, Gordon Hiranbayashi, Harold Kameya, Harvey Milk, Ho Chi Min, Jacqueline Nquyen, Jamison Green, Marsha Aizumi, Mia Yamamoto, Mitsuye Endo, UCLA Law School, Vietnam War Description: OUTWORDS interview with Mia Yamamoto conducted by Mason Funk on April 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. At age 60 she came out as publicly as transgender. Since then, she has been an ardent advocate and ... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women... -
Monei Evans
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: House of History Creator: Date: Feb. 23, 2024 Topics: African American transgender people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender rights Subject: House of History, Monei Evans, SHEBA Description: An interview with Monei Evans. Monei Evans is a transgender woman who works as an advocate for transgender rights. In the interview, Evans discusses her transition from being a sex worker to a peer...
