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  1. Gykyira Shoy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Shoy, Gykyira
    Date: Feb. 15, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, AIDS education, Drag queens, Education, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Music, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender), Visibility
    Description: Gykyira Shoy is the Program Director of New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she describes her experience as a trans person of color and her work as an activist, engaged in justice st...
  2. In the Life: Ep. 1701, "A New Look"

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator: Scagliotti, John
    Date: Oct. 2007
    Topics: Documentary television programs, Drag, Drag queens, Health care, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Plastic surgery, Poor women, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: DeParis Perez, Lulu, Stefanie Rivera
    Description: Segment on "Lulu Gets a Facelift": 39:21-45:40 Segment on a low-income transwoman: 45:44-56:39
  3. Interview with Aria Said

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Said, Aria
    Date: Jun. 6, 2017
    Topics: Adopted children, African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Catholic Church--Education, Drag queens, Film, Foster parents, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Imprisonment, Language, Mental health, MtFs, NGOs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Self-acceptance, Serial killings, Sexuality, Social media, Therapies, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visibility
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Isis King, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sojurner Truth Leadership Circle Fellowship for Transformational Leadership, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, TGI Justice Project
    Description: Aria Said identifies as a black heterosexual transsexual female or trans woman, and she was assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon as well as Beaverton, Oregon, which i...
  4. Interview with Donna Ewing part 2

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ewing, Dona
    Date: May 1, 2017
    Topics: AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Anti-racism, Assigned gender, Biology, Cannabis, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Drag queens, Drug traffic, Electrolysis, Entertainers, Ethnicity, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, Intersex people, Investments, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual practices, Strippers, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Copper Squirrel, Donald Hastings, G.I. Act, Laverne Cox
    Description: Donna Ewing is a trans woman assigned male at birth. She was 84 years old at the time of the interview. She traveled a lot and lived a reckless life, she explains. She’s been to Holland, England, C...
  5. Interview with Meredeth Vezina

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Vezina, Meredith
    Date: Jan. 13, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Baseball, Cheerleaders, Contraception, Cosmetics, Divorce, Drag queens, Endocrinology, Femininities, Football, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Shame, Sports, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Wars
    Subject: Cuyamaca Woods, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michele Bachmann, National Organization for Women (NOW), Silvia Rivera, Stonewall 25, Tracy O'Brien, Traditions Military Video Business, Trans Elders, Trans Narratives, University of California San Diego, University of California San Diego Gender Program, University of Vermont, Vietnam War Veteran Interviews
    Description: Meredith Vezina identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She lived in Berlin, New Hampshire until she moved to Long Island, New York when she was 7. She has two much younger sist...
  6. Interview with Monet (Kisha) Martin

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Martin, Monet (Kisha)
    Date: May 18, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Cannabis, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Rape, Sexual relationships, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Surgery, Transgender people, Violence
    Description: Monet (Kisha) Martin identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She played sports growing up such as basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer. Martin was kicked out of high school ...
  7. Interview With Tracie Jada O'Brien

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: O'Brien, Tracie Jada
    Date: Jan. 13, 2017
    Topics: Adult child abuse victims--Mental health, African American transgender people, African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc, Assigned gender, Blacks--Segregation, Bullying, Christianity, Cosmetics, Counselors, Depression, Mental, Drag queens, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, MtFs, Police raids, Religions, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Transgender prostitution
    Subject: Affordable Care Act, Christine Jorgensen, Miss Fannie's Ball, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tenderloin, The Center for Special Problems
    Description: Tracie Jada O’Brien identifies as an African American female and was assigned male at birth. She was 65 at the time of the interview. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1950s and 1960s in an...
  8. Kiara St. James Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, St. James, Kiara
    Date: Mar. 6, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Civil rights, Drag queens, Education, Families, Femmes, Foster families, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Night life, Organisations, Politics, Poverty, Racism, Transgender community, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Housing Works, Kiara St. James, New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG)
    Description: Kiara St. James is the CEO and a co-founder of New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she recalls the experiences throughout her life that inform her activism and advocacy today as a tr...
  9. LadyLike No. 40

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2000
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Ellen McKinnon, Roxanne Van Ness, Shampoo, The Funeral Parade of Roses
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Ellen McKinnon -- Feature: The queens of shampoo -- The origins of Roxanne Van Ness -- Dating 101: Where does it al...
  10. LadyLike No. 41

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2000
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Julie Phillips, Le Carrousel, Paradise In The Poconos
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Julie Phillips -- Photo feature: paradise in the Poconos '99 -- Not just another Friday -- Flashback: le carrousel-...
  11. LadyLike No. 42

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2000
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Le Carrousel, Michelle Moore, Southern Comfort Conference
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Michelle Moore -- Feature: southern comfort -- From woman without to woman within -- Perfecting your feminine image...
  12. LadyLike No. 43

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2000
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Darlana Stevens, Lake Erie Gala '99, The Transgender Fund
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: countess Darlana Stevens -- Feature: night of a thousand gowns -- How I made the ultimate sacrifice -- Perfecting y...
  13. LadyLike No. 44

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2000
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: David DeAlba, Guava Chiffon, Rachael Simms, Roxanne Van Ness, The Transgender Fund
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Guava Chiffon -- Feature: esprit 2000 -- A dark day in August...indeed -- Perfecting you feminine image, part 3 -- ...
  14. LadyLike No. 45

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2001
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Roxanne Van Ness, Roxy Wilson, Vicky Lynn
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Roxy Wilson -- Foto feature: Hot rod and hot babes 2001 -- It's a small scary world -- The dating game -- Flashback: The fil...
  15. LadyLike No. 46

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2001
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Brenda R., Sally's Hideaway, Sandelle Kincaid
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Brenda R -- Foto feature: Sally Hideaway -- Hormones and The struggle within -- Always a lady -- Flashback: Sandell...