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  1. Beth Elliott Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Elliott, Beth, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 12, 2021
    Topics: Gender dysphoria in youth, Lesbian separatism, LGBTQ+ musicians, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Beth Elliott, Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)
    Description: Beth Elliott was born on November 26, 1950 in Vallejo, California. Sometime during her teen years, Beth experienced what she calls her first goddess vision: looking down at her chest, and seeing br...
  2. Bethany Hines Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Hines, Bethany
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Abusive parents, Drug addiction, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women
    Description: An interview with Bethany. Bethany grew up in Connecticut to a lower middle-class family and from an early age struggled to find respite in an abusive household. At age 13 she became homeless runni...
  3. Chaya/Zoe Belinsky Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Belinsky, Chaya/Zoe
    Date: Jan. 5, 2020
    Topics: Faith, Gender expression, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Sexual orientation, Trans women
    Description: An interview with Chaya/Zoe Belinsky, a trans identifying women from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  4. Erica Dawn Lyle Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lyle, Erica Dawn
    Date: Mar. 21, 2023
    Topics: Artists, Communal living, Forests and forestry, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Description: An interview with Erica Dawn Lyle, a trans woman from Florida.
  5. Interview with Alex Griffin

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Griffin, Alex
    Date: Oct. 2, 2020
    Topics: LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ self-defense, Police brutality, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Description: An interview with Alex Griffin, a white trans woman, social worker, and community activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, Griffin discusses the impact of her upbri...
  6. Interview with Brian Belovitch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Belovitch, Brian
    Date: Aug. 29, 2021
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ victims of bullying, Passing (Gender), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Trans Figured: My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man
    Description: An interview with Brian Belovitch. Brian is a writer, playwright, performer and survivor of HIV. He identifies as a gay man of trans experience. Topics in order of discussion include: moving to Pro...
  7. Interview with Cody Smith

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Smith, Cody
    Date: Aug. 21, 2020
    Topics: Psychotherapists, Trans women, Transgender community
    Subject: House of Tulip, Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Cody Smith about her experience being trans in Louisiana. She also talks about being the first trans person to be licensed as a professional counselor in the state, and being the ...
  8. Interview with Danielle Grace

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Grace, Danielle
    Date: Jan. 21, 2021
    Topics: Baptists, Coming out, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Trans women, Transgender clergy
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Danielle Grace discussing her experiences coming out, being a pastor, and her relationship with her children. Grace also discusses current politics and the place of religion in he...
  9. Interview with De Sube

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sube, De
    Date: Jul. 17, 2020
    Topics: LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender political activists, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people
    Subject: Gender Expression Movement, Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, Virginia Values Act
    Description: An interview with De Sube is a white trans woman and activist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she served as the Chairperson, Director of Client Services, and Treas...
  10. Interview with Deirdre McCloskey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: McCloskey, Deirdre, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jan. 10, 2020
    Topics: Economics, Education, Family members, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ relationships, Trans women
    Subject: Deirdre McCloskey, Michael Bailey
    Description: Oral history with Deirdre McCloskey discussing family, academia, and her transition.
  11. Interview with Diana LaMonte

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: LaMonte, Diana, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Feb. 14, 2020
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Celibacy, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ suicide, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Sex (Act), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women
    Subject: Association of Canadian Transsexuals (ACT), CHAT, Diana Lamonte
    Description: Oral history with Diana LaMonte discussing her transition, activism, and life story. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content assault and self-harm.
  12. Interview with Diana Newburger

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Newburger, Diana
    Date: Jan. 24, 2021
    Topics: Catholic Church, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans women
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Diana Newburger about her time with the Franciscan Order, and building a new community.
  13. Interview with Dr. Marci Bowers

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Bowers, Marci
    Date: Nov. 4, 2021
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Plastic surgeons, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people
    Subject: World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
    Description: An interview with Dr. Marci Bowers, a white woman with a lived trans experience, OB/GYN, and plastic surgeon specializing in gender affirming surgeries. At the time of this interview, she was the p...
  14. Interview with Gwendolyn Howard

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Howard, Gwendolyn
    Date: Mar. 30, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Mental disorders, Non-binary people, Passing (Gender), Queer youth, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender clergy, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: PFLAG, TGI Network of Rhode Island, Unitarian Universalist Association
    Description: An interview with Reverend Dr. Gwendolyn Howard. Reverend Dr. Howard is a transgender woman, Unitarian Universalist minister, social worker, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: com...
  15. Interview with Hailey Ockinga

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ockinga, Hailey
    Date: Nov. 8, 2021
    Topics: Alaska Natives, Gender non-conforming people, Tlingit Indians, Trans women, Transgender political activists, Transgender prisoners
    Subject: Beyond These Walls
    Description: An interview with Hailey A Ockinga, an Alaskan Native / Tlingit trans woman, anti-incarceration activist, and community organizer based in Washington state. At the time of this interview, she was E...
  16. Interview with Harper Jean Tobin

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Tobin, Harper Jean
    Date: Jun. 25, 2021
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Government policy, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ employment, Official documentation, Trans women, White transgender people
    Subject: National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
    Description: An interview with Harper Jean Tobin, a white trans woman, consultant, and policymaker based in Washington, D.C. At the time of this interview, she worked as an independent policy consultant and edu...
  17. Interview with Jamie Wright

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Wright, Jamie
    Date: Feb. 23, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, Educators, Queer community, Trans women, Transgender people in the workplace
    Description: An interview with Jamie Wright discussing her early life experiences, being trans in the workplace, and life as a trans woman in Louisiana.
  18. Interview with Katie Burgess

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Burgess, Katie
    Date: Nov. 16, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, Queer people, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transgender youth, White transgender people
    Subject: CeCe McDonald, Homeless Youth and the Minnesota Trans Health Coalition (MTHC), Open Flame Theatre, The Exchange, Trans Youth Support Network (TYSN)
    Description: An interview with Katie Burgess, a white trans woman, community organizer, social worker, trans activist, and theatre artist based in Minneapolis. At the time of this oral history interview, she wa...
  19. Interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: O'Hartigan, Margaret Deirdre
    Date: Apr. 6, 2022
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Irish American Catholics, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ older people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: Filisa Vistima Foundation
    Description: An interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan, an Irish Catholic transsexual woman, transsexual health and rights activist, writer, and retired secretary and typesetter living in Portland, Oregon. ...
  20. Interview with Peyton Michelle

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Peyton, Michelle
    Date: Aug. 17, 2020
    Topics: Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates, PFLAG Lafayette
    Description: An interview Petyon Michelle who identifies as transfemme. Michelle discusses homecoming dresses, visibility as activism, and being the first out trans woman elected to office in Louisiana.
  21. Interview with Sally Jackson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Jackson, Sally
    Date: Feb. 23, 2021
    Topics: Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: An interview with Sally Jackson, a trans woman. She talks about growing up in Fort Worth in the 1950s and 60s, moving to New Orleans, PFLAG New Orleans, and her show on WHIV-LV FM.
  22. Interview with Sophie Marie White

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: White, Sophie Marie
    Date: Jan. 25, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: An interview with Sophie Marie White discussing being trans in the workplace, mental health, and her experiences with coming out and transitioning.
  23. Interview with Thalia Hernandez

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hernandez, Thalia
    Date: Aug. 3, 2020
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Gender non-conforming people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Non-binary people, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Subject: Equality Virginia
    Description: An interview with Thalia Hernandez, a white and Latinx non-binary trans woman, trans activist, and advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director ...
  24. Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 4, 2021 June 16

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives
    Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina
    Date: Jun. 16, 2021
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Anti-transgender violence, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender identity, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Public bathroom bills, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights, Transphobia
    Subject: HB2, Janice Covington Allison
    Description: In this fourth of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist for transgender rights in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her reflections on gender expre...
  25. Jessica Xavier Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Xavier, Jessica M., MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Jul. 5, 2022
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA), It’s Time, America!, Jessica Xavier, Leslie Feinberg, March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Transgender Educational Association, Transgender Needs Assessment Survey (WTNAS)
    Description: Jessica Xavier was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. From age 7, she realized she was not a boy but struggled to find a label to define herself. At age 39, she began her medical transition. Jess...
  26. Joan Roughgarden Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Roughgarden, Joan, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 30, 2021
    Topics: Evolution (Biology), Gender studies, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Joan Roughgarden
    Description: Joan Roughgarden was born on March 13, 1946 in Peterson, New Jersey, but also lived in the Philippines and Indonesia because her father was a missionary. Joan earned her PhD in biology from Harvard...
  27. Joanna Clark Full Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Taylor, Evan, Clark, Joanna
    Date: Dec. 30, 2019
    Topics: Community life, Education, Family, HIV/AIDS, Internet, Law, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Trans women, Transgender activism, Web sites
    Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Sister Mary Elizabeth
    Description: Oral history with Joanna Clark (also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth). Discussion of her activism, the military, and the internet.
  28. Kimberly Nixon Full Interview (Audio Only)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Nixon, Kimberly, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jun. 29, 2020
    Topics: Air pilots, Human rights, Law, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: Oral history with Kimberly Nixon discussing her work as a pilot and the legal cases she pursued. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to non-consensual sexual a...
  29. Lisa Oakley Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Oakley, Lisa, MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Feb. 4, 2022
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender wheelchair users
    Subject: Lisa Oakley
    Description: Lisa Oakley was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. For as long as she could remember, Lisa felt that she should have been born a girl. Lisa entered into the military at age nineteen for four years,...
  30. Macy Rodman Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Rodman, Macy
    Date: May 29, 2020
    Topics: Dance music, Nightlife, Performance art, Trans women, Transgender artists
    Subject: Nymphowars
    Description: Macy Rodman was born in Juneau, Alaska. During her early life she describes visits to the local sex shop where she learned about gay life, including NYC’s glam scene which featured images of modifi...
  31. Monica Helms Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Helms, Monica, MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Nov. 5, 2021
    Topics: Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender political activists
    Subject: It’s Time Arizona, TransAction, Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA)
    Description: Monica Helms was born on March 8, 1951, in Sumter, South Carolina. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1978. In 1997, Monica underwent the process of transitioning and reapplied to the Phoenix...
  32. Nika Lomazza Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lomazza, Nika
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Queer community, Trans women, Transgender community
    Description: An interview with Nika Lomazza, a trans identifying woman from Providence, Rhode Island.
  33. Stephanie Stuart Wilson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Stuart Wilson, Stephanie, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Apr. 29, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, Bears (Gay culture), Cancer, Drag community, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Trans women, Transgender children, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Drag Queen Story Hour, Royal Court of Come Out St. Pete, Stephanie Stuart Wilson
    Description: Stephanie Stuart was born in a strawberry patch in Plant City, Florida on December 30th 1965. Growing up, she always knew she was different and would watch beauty pageants on TV in a toy crown. At ...
  34. Susan Stryker Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Stryker, Susan, Mukerjee, Lucy
    Date: Apr. 19, 2021
    Topics: Sexuality, Trans women, Transgender parents, Transgender studies, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: GLBT Historical Society (GLBTHS), GLQ, Susan Stryker, Transgender Nation, Transgender Studies Initiative, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly
    Description: Susan Stryker was born into a white working-class family in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on July 7, 1961. Susan earned her PhD in United States history from University of California in Berkeley. While juggl...