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Zeno Peterson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Peterson, Zeno Date: May 28, 2019 Topics: Bathrooms, Black people, Class struggle, Classicists, Gender, Gender identity, Gender role, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Masculinities, Musical theatre, Narcissism, Patriarchy, Pronoun, Racism, Rap (Music), Sexuality, Transgender people, Upper class Subject: descarga, hormone normative, Parmenides, traumatic narcissism, Zeno of Elea Description: Zeno is a wordsmith, performer and educator. He discusses his experience of traumatic narcissism, the difficulty with affirmations, and limitations pronouns have on encompassing an expansive relati... -
Zavé Martohardjono Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Martohardjono, Zavé, Awad, Nadia Date: May 2, 2017 Topics: Coming out, Dating, Diversity, Education, Ethnic groups, Families, Gay-straight alliances, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Health care, Hormone therapy, Labelling, LGBTQ+ movement, North american cultures, Parties, Passing (Gender), Sexism, Sociocultural evolution, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work situation Subject: Zavé Martohardjono Description: "Zavé Martohardjono recounts growing up as a mixed race queer New Yorker. Having seen New York change over the past couple of decades, Zavé tells us about living in globally diverse neighborhoods, ... -
Your SOFFA Voice Vol. IV, Issue 3 (August, 2001)
Collection: Your SOFFA Voice Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Burchell, Jodi Date: Aug. 1, 2001 Topics: Acceptance, Feminism, FtMs, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Interviews, LGBTQ+ poetry, Liberation movements, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Sexual identity, Support groups, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: F2M Transgender Conference, Minnie Bruce Pratt, S/he, Stonewall Rebellion, The Whole Women's Sex Book, True Spirit Conference -
Your SOFFA Voice Vol. IV, Issue 2 (June, 2001)
Collection: Your SOFFA Voice Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Burchell, Jodi Date: Jun. 1, 2001 Topics: Appearance, Butch-femme relationships, Coming out, Feminism, Femmes, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Lesbians, Partners of transgender people, Physical health, Plastic surgery, Sexual identity, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Southern Comfort Conference -
Your SOFFA Voice Vol. III, Issue 4 (November, 2000)
Collection: Your SOFFA Voice Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Burchell, Jodi Date: Nov. 1, 2000 Topics: Christianity, Coming out, FtMs, Gay men, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Isolation, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender couples, Transitioning (Gender) -
Your SOFFA Voice Vol. III, Issue 3 (September, 2000)
Collection: Your SOFFA Voice Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Burchell, Jodi Date: Sep. 1, 2000 Topics: Allies, Eroticism, FtMs, Gay men, Gender identity, Leather community, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Reviews, Sexual identity, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation -
Yanyi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Yanyi, Lisowski, Zef Date: Jun. 11, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Appearance, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Libraries, Masculinities, Media, Parents of transgender people, Poets, Public services, Racism, Religions, Representation, Schools, Secrecy, Sexuality, Social media, Students, Therapists, Tomboys, Transgender community, Transgender people, Violence, Work situation, Writers Description: Yanyi, a poet and software engineer, reflects on his experiences being part of and building many forms of community, including Asian American community, queer/trans community, and neighborhood comm... -
Vivian Lopez Interview Transcript
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Videotape collection of J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, 1976-2000
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Date: Feb. 2010 Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Sex customs, Television programmes, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Fantasia Fair, Jennie Livingston, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS) Description: Videotape recordings of Fantasia Fair activities, and interviews with or lectures by created by J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, transgender activist, counselor, and executive director of the Outreach Institut... -
Twilight People Sound Installation
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Twilight People e-Booklet
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: London Metropolitan Archives Creator: Twilight People Date: Jan. 3, 2017 Topics: Activists, Christianity, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Islam, Judaism, Oral history, Photography, Religions, Spirituality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Abi, Anon, Carole, Christina Beardsley, CJ Bruce, Elen Heart, Faye, Fran, Harmonie, Isabella, Jane, Jenny-Anne Bishop, Koji, Layla, Peta, Reubs, Robin, Sabah Choudrey, Sharon (Shanon) Ferguson, Surat-Shaan, Umber, Vida -
Truth Isn't in the Details
Collection: Brandon Teena Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 6, 2000 Topics: Anti-queer violence, Anti-transgender violence, Gender identity, Sexual violence, Transmasculine people Subject: 60 Minutes, A Civil Action, Boys Don't Cry, Brandon Teena, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Denzel Washington, Dorothy Dandridge, Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, Mike Wallace, New York Times, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Summer of Sam, The Hurricane, The Insider Description: Newspaper clipping published in the Los Angeles Times on February 6, 2000 that discusses factual accuracy in film making. "Boys Don't Cry" receives the plurality of space in this review, with the a... -
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Transgender Research Guide, 1923-2014
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: Sep. 29, 2016 Topics: Communities, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender identity, Transgender people Description: This research guide presents a summary of holdings in the collection that are primarily relevant to transgender research. Researchers are encouraged to search in MNCAT, and the Tretter Collection f... -
Transgender Collectors
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Date: 2013 Topics: Counseling, Events, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Letters, MtFs, Newsletters, Photographs, Transsexualism, Videos Subject: Aaron Devor, Ariadne Kane, Chloe Sequin, Christine Milrod, Dallas Denny, Fantasia Fair, Gender Odyssey, Jamison Green, Jeffrey Dickemann, Jude Patton, Moving Trans* History Forward (MTHF), Niela Miller, Richard Green, Stanley Krippner, Viviane Namaste, Willow Arume -
Trans* Related Titles
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: University of Victoria Libraries Date: May 2014 Topics: Books, Crossdressing, Drag, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ movement, LGBTQ+ press, Masculinities, Newsletters, Queer theory, Religions, Sexuality, Social and behavioural sciences, Transgender community, Transgenderism, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people -
Trans Oral History: Would I Be Denied Shelter?
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project Date: Sep. 29, 2011 Topics: Coming out, Discrimination, Gender identity, Intimate partner violence, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia Description: Tina describes a 2 year battle to gain inclusion for trans women at a domestic violence shelter in Southern Indiana. -
Trans Oral History: The Courage to Be Who I Am
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project Date: Aug. 28, 2011 Topics: Coming out, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender role, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Tori talks about their* process of coming out and what gave them* the strength to claim who they* are. -
Trans Oral History Project, 1926-2007
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: 2016 Topics: Gender identity, LGBTI community, Transgender people Subject: André Pérez, Dallas Denny, Trans Oral History Project Description: The Trans Oral History Project is a community based initiative to collect the stories of trans and gender non-conforming folks and share them with the public to show a wide range of gender identiti... -
Trans Oral History: Changing the Rules of the Game
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project Date: Sep. 23, 2011 Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Conferences, Gender identity, Gender role, Partners of transgender people, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism Description: Breanna and Ryan are a transgender couple. They speak about Ryan's gradual coming out process and their struggle to stay together despite the stress and unexpected changes related to his transition... -
Topher Gross Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Gross, Topher Date: Oct. 15, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Colleges, Entertainers, Families, Festivals, FtMs, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian separatism, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Night life, Radical feminism, Schools, Social exclusion, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Topher Gross -
They Told Me to Call the Lesbians
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The Transgender Menace Next Door
Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Gray, Lisa Date: Jun. 28, 2001 Topics: Army, Bathrooms, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender identity, Harassment, Lawyers, Legal aid, Legal name, Marriage law, Military discharge, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Elizabeth Birch, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Human Rights Campaign (HRC), League of Women Voters, Littleton v. Prange, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Sarah DePalma, The Transgender Menace -
The International Bill of Gender Rights vs. The Cider House Rules: Transgenders Struggle with the Courts Over What Clothing They are Allowed to Wear on the Job, Which Restroom They are Allowed to Use on the Job, Their Rights to Marry, and the Very Definition of Their Sex
Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph Date: Autumn 2000 Topics: Acceptance, Bathrooms, Civil rights, Clothing, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Hate crimes, Intersex, Law, MtFs, Olympics, Personal and family law, Physicians, Prisoners, Stereotypes, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women's movement Subject: Christie Lee Littleton, Cider House Rules, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Joanna McNamara, Littleton v. Prange, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Price Waterhouse, Schwenk v. Hartford Description: Frye describes the article: "My first law review – it is 85 pages long. The first half is a comprehensive legal history of the discrimination against transgenders. The second half contains strategi... -
Tarald Stein Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Stein, Tarald Date: Nov. 12, 2009 Topics: Activists, Career choice, Discrimination, FtMs, Gender identity, History, Law, Research, Transgender people Subject: Harry Benjamin Description: Tarald Stein, a trans man, works at the The Norwegian LGBT Association in Oslo. He is working on a project titled “Gender Diversity” , which is based on the needs of the transgender population. -
Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Asapansa-Johnson Walker, Tanya Date: Apr. 2, 2017 Topics: Activists, Army, Bullying, Childhood, Christianity, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Migration, MtFs, Nurses, Oppression, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Resistance movements, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Social exclusion, Social workers, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Karen Burstein, Paris Is Burning, Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Description: Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker is a co-founder of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she shares her history of LGB and trans activism in New York City. Born on Staten Island, Mis... -
Suneela Mubayi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mubayi, Suneela, Awad, Nadia Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Discrimination, Dissertations, Educators, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hinduism, Islam, Linguistics, Migration, Partition, Territorial, Roman catholicism, Schools, Transgender people, Translators, Travel Description: In this interview, Suneela Mubayi discusses their experiences as a genderqueer person who has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East while studying for their PhD in Arabic through Columbia... -
Stella Dance Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Dance, Stella Date: Mar. 29, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Autonomy, BDSM, Bullying, Childhood, Class struggle, Colleges, Coming out, Employment discrimination, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Homophobia, Hospitals, Learning difficulties, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia, Schools, Sex parties, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Suicide, Therapies, Trade unions, Work situation Subject: Stella Dance Description: Stella Dance is an educator, tarot-card reader, and professional dungeon monitor who currently works at the recently unionized Babeland sex toy boutique in New York City. In this interview they des... -
Spree Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Spree Date: Jun. 8, 2017 Topics: Actors, AIDS activists, Appearance, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Faeries, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Theatre, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP, International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), Marsha P. Johnson, Ortez Alderman, Queer Nation, Spree Description: Performer, and activist Spree shares her experiences as a Radical Faerie; a member of ACT UP, The Emma Goldman Gypsy Players and The Eggplant Players; and a resident of numerous places around the w... -
Sophie Cadle Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Cadle, Sophie, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 6, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Family members, Friendships, Gender identity, Homelessness, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Substance abuse, Transgender people Description: Activist/consultant Sophie Cadle talks to Sebaástian Castro Niculescu about their struggles throughout their life with their family, relationships, homelessness, incarceration, and substance abuse.... -
Son Kit Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kit, Son, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 23, 2018 Topics: Academics, Anime, Artists, Asian cultures, Colleges, Friendships, Gender identity, Korean American families, Transgender people, Zines Description: In an interview with Sebástian Casto Niculescu, artist/curator Son Kit explains their complex childhood, in which the pressures of their Korean family and their confusion with their queer identity ... -
Simon Chartrand Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Chartrand, Simon Date: Jul. 27, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Autism spectrum disorders, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Coming out, Community centres, Dating, Families, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Misogyny, Physicians, Racism, Schools, Social media, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender children, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Janet Mock, Simon Chartrand Description: Simon Chartrand describes his experience growing up in upstate New York, being outed to family, living with chronic pain and navigating healthcare as a trans person. Simon discusses the long proces... -
Shelby Chestnut Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Chestnut, Shelby Date: May 14, 2017 Topics: Addictions, Arts, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Identity, Indian reservations--Montana, Learning difficulties, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Native americans, Representation, Schools, Sexuality, Soft butches, Suburbs, Transgender rights, Violence, Youth Subject: Janet Mock Description: Shelby Chestnut describes their childhood and adolescence between Montana and Minnesota, discussing friendships and family, bullying and acceptance, mixed-race (Native American and white) identity,... -
Sebastián Castro Niculescu Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, O'Brien, Michelle Date: Jun. 7, 2018 Topics: Childhood, Colleges, Cosmetics, Drag, Femininities, Gender identity, Online dating, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Transgender people Description: Sebastián discusses growing up between Long Island and Queens. She recounts stories of sneaking into the NYC drag club scene through the early 2010s, bridging her love of extreme drag into critical... -
Santos Arce Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Arce, Santos, Van Ness, Lorenzo Date: Jul. 14, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Child abuse, Childhood, Class struggle, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, FtMs, Gender identity, Hormones, Labour, Latinos, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Music, Music groups, Musicians, Night life, Sex education, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender people Description: Santos, a bassist and sex educator, shares the story of his life in New York City, from his strict upbringing in East New York in the 80's, to his introduction to the punk and hardcore scene in the... -
Saje Liese Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Towne, Tyler, Liese, Saja Date: May 17, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Childhood, Divorce, Employment policies, Friendships, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Partners of transgender people, Transgender people Description: Saje Liese was born on Long Island and moved to NYC after 10 years of living in the country. She is a “true blue New Yorker” and tech engineer. In this interview, Saje discusses Dungeons & Dragons,... -
Sabelo Narasimhan Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Narasimhan, Sabelo Date: Feb. 28, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Artists, Bathrooms, Childhood, Clothing, Dating, Environmentalism, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Immigration, LGBTI community, Life stories, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Police, Prisons, Schools, Sports, Transgender people, Visibility, Youth centres Subject: Sabelo Narasimhan Description: In this interview, Sabelo Narasimhan--a South Asian youth activist, organizer, photographer, and immigrant of color--discusses his penchant for collecting and sharing stories. Hear him talk about w... -
Ryann Holmes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Holmes, Ryann Date: May 14, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Hormones, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ parents, Pronoun, Religions, Secondary education, Tomboys, Transgender parents, Transgender people Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Trans TV, Miss Major Description: In this dialogue, Ryann Holmes discusses their life with Sir Knight of BlackTransTV. Ryann co-founded bklyn boihood, an organization for transmasculine people of color. Ryann discusses being a tomb... -
Robin Scott Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Scott, Robin, Towne, Tyler Date: Mar. 28, 2018 Topics: Artists, Childhood, Coming out, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Representation, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Weddings Subject: Robin Scott Description: Robin discusses growing up in the Upper East Side of New York, how her neighborhood has evolved over time, and her favorite areas in the city. She recalls mental issues preventing her from attendin... -
Robbi Ann Mecus Oral Hisory
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mecus, Robbi Ann Date: Aug. 23, 2019 Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Crossdressing, Disabilities, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Forest rangers, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gentrification, Health care, Homophobia, Internalized homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Machismo, Masculinities, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Secrecy, Sexism, Siblings, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Visibility Subject: 2017 Women's March, Bizarre Bushwick, Donald Trump, Kate Bornstein, Renee Richards, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Second Serve, Stonewall, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), Trans Day of Action Description: In this interview, Robbi Ann Mecus describes her journey from growing up with her family, experiencing gender dysphoria in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, to living as her ... -
Ric Tennenbaum Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Vaccaro, Jeanne, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Aug. 2, 2017 Topics: Action campaigns, Appearance, Body image, Clothing, Colleges, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Harassment, Help lines, Labelling, Language, LGBTI community, Oral history, Party drugs, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender studies, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Mackenzie Reynolds, Ric Tennenbaum -
Responsible Representation of Your First Transgendered Client
Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph, Rose, Katrina C. Date: Jul. 2003 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Employment discrimination, Gender identity, Health insurance, Law, Lawyers, Legal aid, Prisoners, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Corbett v. Corbett, Kosilek v. Maloney, Lawrence v. Texas, Littleton v. Prange, Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, Title VII Description: This was the first transgender legal article to be published in the Texas Bar Journal. -
Reneé Imperato Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Torres, Andy, Dicken, Matthew, Imperato, Renee Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Activists, Anti-racism, Childhood, Drag community, Gender identity, Labour, Liberation movements, MtFs, Night life, People with physical disabilities, Taxi drivers, Trade unions, Transgender rights, Violence Subject: 220 Club, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Leslie Feinberg, Renee Imperato Description: Born in NYC, Reneé Imperato, is a proud anti racist, pro union trans woman who has lived her life fighting for the rights of others. In this interview she shares her memories of growing up in New Y... -
Rediscovering Pauli Murray || Radcliffe Institute
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: Date: May 19, 2017 Topics: Activists, Black LGBTQ+ people, Ethnic relations, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Hormones, Masculinities Subject: Havelock Ellis, Pauli Murray Description: This panel discussion focuses on Pauli Murray’s groundbreaking work, her tumultuous times, and today’s Murray moment, which includes Yale naming a new residential college in Murray's honor and the ... -
Records of the International Foundation for Gender Education, 1972-2010
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Date: Jul. 2013 Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Sex customs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Fantasia Fair, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Transgender Tapestry Description: Organizational records, including board of directors minutes, audiovisual material, member and Transgender Tapestry subscriber letters, and annual convention materials of the International Foundati... -
Rafaela Anshel Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Arban, Courtney Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Age, Child abuse, Childhood, Choirs, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Judaism, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Music, Popular culture, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Privacy, Self-acceptance, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Social workers, Stereotypes, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Gender Identity Project, Rafaela Anshel Description: Rafaela Anshel is a Jewish trans woman, affiliated with the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. This interview is a reflection of Anshel’s transition. She details accounts from youth up until present ... -
Rabbi Dr. Levi Ethan Alter Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Creator: Alter, Levi Ethan, Bowman, Mark Date: Feb. 4, 2018 Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Holocaust survivors, Intersex identity, Intersex movement, Intersex people, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ Judaism, Orthodox Judaism Description: Dr. Levi Ethan Alter is an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi who speaks of his experience as an intersex person within an intersex family, and the Jewish community. -
Quito Ziegler Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Ziegler, Quito Date: Jul. 18, 2018 Topics: Artists, Childhood, Education, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Judaism, LGBTI community, NGOs, Photography, Socialism Description: Quito Ziegler tells interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu about their childhood growing up in a Jewish and socialist environment. Their journey to find their gender identity and a queer community ... -
Phoenix Danger Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Danger, Phoenix Date: Apr. 24, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Immigration, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Multiculturalism, Politics, Racism, Substance abuse, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Babeland, Phoenix Danger Description: Phoenix Danger was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. In this interview, they recount their early life in suburban New York as the child of Filipino imm... -
Pauline Park Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Park, Pauline Date: Mar. 9, 2017 Topics: Activists, Adoption, Coming out, Diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Liberation movements, MtFs, Politics, Racism, Solidarity, Support groups, Transgender people, Transgender rights Subject: Pauline Park Description: Pauline Park is a long-time transgender activist based in New York City who led the campaign for the 2004 New York City transgender rights law. Born in Korea but adopted into a Christian evangelica... -
Papers of Pauli Murray, 1827-1985: A Finding Aid
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Date: Aug. 1992 Topics: Abortion, Activists, African-americans, Anglicanism, Civil rights, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Equal rights amendments--United States, Gender identity, Genderism, Human rights, Sex discrimination, Sexism, Women's movement, Women's rights Subject: Eleanor Roosevelt, Pauli Murray Description: The collection documents many aspects of Murray's professional and unpaid work, as well as some areas of Murray's personal life. Information about areas in which the professional and personal aspec... -
Papers of Mark Ethan Smith, 1940-2009
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Date: Sep. 2012 Topics: Discrimination, Gender identity, Legal documents, Military, Navy, Sexual harassment Subject: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Foundation for Role Equity Education Description: Papers of Mark Ethan Smith, a biological female who lives as a person without regard to sex, include legal files relating to Smith's discrimination case against the United States Navy Department an... -
Papers of J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, 1970-2005
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Date: Jan. 2010 Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Sex customs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), Fantasia Fair, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS), Transgenderist's Independence Club Description: Correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, and other materials acquired or created by J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, transgender activist, counselor, and executive director of the Outreach Institute of Ge... -
Our Trans Children
Collection: Informational and Event Brochures Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), The Transgender Network Date: Feb. 2001 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Crossdressers, Discrimination, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Families, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Intersex, MtFs, Psychotherapy, Sexual minorities, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Standards of Care, The Real Life Test -
Oral History with Twig Delugé for Country Queers
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Country Queers Creator: Delujé, Twig, Garringer, Rachel Date: Jul. 8, 2014 Topics: Agricultural occupations, Fiction, FtMs, Gender identity, Parents of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Rural areas, Stealth (Transgender), Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Alice Walker, Dorothy Allison, Karen Russell Description: Twig grew up in Hayes, KS, lived in Portland, OR, and then settled in rural NM where he lived at the time of the interview. Twig is a writer and the producer of the Queer Country Roadshow which to... -
Oral History Interview with Virginia Lindsey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Creator: Lindsey, Virginia Date: Feb. 25, 2016 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ night life, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transphobia Subject: Blue Ridge Society, Bristol High School, Fork Union Military Academy, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke Pride, Tennessee Technological Univeresity, Unitarian Universalist Church Description: Oral History Interview with Virginia Lindsey Interviewer: Alexis Rixner Interviewee: Virginia Lindsey Date: 25 February 2016 Location: Roanoke College Fintel Library, 221 College Lane, Salem, V... -
Oral History Interview with Rissa
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Creator: Rissa Date: Feb. 18, 2017 Topics: Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ religious people, Sexual assault, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Ferrum College, Jerry Falwell, Moral Majority, Rissa, Roanoke Diversity Center Description: Oral History Interview with Rissa Interviewer: Omari Chancellor, Emily Brun Interviewee: Rissa Date: 18 February 2017 Location: Roanoke Diversity Center Total Duration: 56:22 Transciption pre... -
Oral History Interview with Nathaniel Preston
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Creator: Preston, Nathaniel Date: Feb. 22, 2020 Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Christianity, Coming out, Gender identity, Hormone therapy (Gender), Legal name change, Sports Subject: African Methodist Episcopal Church, Barnes and Noble, Bassett Furniture, Joe Cobb, John Edwards, Laverne Cox, Roanoke Diversity Center, Sam Rasoul, Southern Baptist Convention, Tanglewood Mall Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. -
Oral History Interview with Jay Botsford, May 26, 2011
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Creator: Smith, Brice, Botsford, Jay Date: May 26, 2011 Topics: Coming out, Gender identity, Intergenerational relationships, Oral history, Social work, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Dana A. "Chanel" Larkin, Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, Project Q Description: Jay Botsford (b. 1982) identifies as genderqueer and trans. Botsford describes zir experiences coming out and transitioning, and zir role as coordinator of Project Q, the youth development program ... -
Oral History Interview with Anton Black
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Creator: Black, Anton Date: Feb. 22, 2018 Topics: Androgyny, Drag, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ people of color, Same-sex marriage, Sexuality Subject: Agoraphobia, Anton Black, Elmwood Park, PRISM Foundation, Roanoke Pride Description: Interviewer: Caitlyn Lewis; Kitty Bridgewater Interviewee: Anton Black Date: 22 February 2018 Duration: 66:22 Transcription prepared by: Caitlyn Lewis -
oni lem Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: oni lem Date: Nov. 25, 2019 Topics: Femmes, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Sex work, Transgender community Subject: New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG) Description: An interview of oni lem by NYC Trans Oral History Project. -
Octavia Leona Kohner Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kohner, Octavia Leona Date: Mar. 27, 2017 Topics: Activists, Anarchism, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Feminists, Gender identity, Isolation, Labour movement, LGBTI community, MtFs, Political movements, Solidarity, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Working class Subject: Babeland, Octavia Leona Kohner Description: Octavia Leona Kohner was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. Here, she recounts her upbringing in a working-class family in Staten Island, and describes ... -
Nico Fuentes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Fuentes, Nico, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Feb. 11, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Colleges, Depression, Direct action, Families, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Isolation, Labour, Lesbians, Politics, Racism, Sex shops, Trade unions, Transgender people Subject: Nico Fuentes Description: Nico Fuentes is a member leader in a current unionization campaign at the Pleasure Chest, a sex toy shop. Beginning with an account of growing up in a Mexican family in West Texas and Oklahoma, she... -
Mountain Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Silverman, Aviva Date: Dec. 30, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Childhood, Christianity, Gender identity, Intersex, Surgery, Tattoos, Transgender identity Description: Mountain is interviewed by Aviva Silverman, and talks about their gender non-conforming identity. Mountain defines their gender as "gender agnostic". They talk about growing up in a Christian house... -
Moira Airington and Nicole White Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Towne, Tyler, Airington, Moira, White, Nicole Date: Apr. 15, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Ambulance drivers, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Discrimination, Educators, Families, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Parents of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Moira Airington, Nicole White Description: Moira Airington and Nicole White are a married couple who both identify as trans women. They discuss their experience with family, education, and the working world, as well as the story of how they... -
Miss Major, "Everybody Transitions"
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Date: Apr. 3, 2015 Topics: Adolescence, Gender identity, Older transgender people, Role models, Self-acceptance, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Miss Major Description: Miss Major Griffin-gracy, spoke to Trans Oral History Project about her fierce trans identity being fiercely visible. This visibility was recognized by the police who beat and arrested her at the 1... -
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 ... -
Memory Circle: Remembering Bryn Kelly
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Scholl, Zachary, Barton, Joss, Lewis, AJ, Kerr, Theodore, Clark, Naomi, Liederman, Katie, Crandall, Maxe, Parker, Chris, Cage, Diana, Shulman, Sarah, Novack, Rebecca, Buffalo Trace Date: Aug. 20, 2016 Topics: Activists, AIDS phobia, Artists, Blogs, Christianity, Colleges, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Hospitals, Isolation, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, MtFs, Music groups, Night life, Self-help, Smoking, Solidarity, Suicide, Tarot, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: ACT UP, Bryn Kelly, Lambda Literary Retreat, Testo Junkie Description: Story sharers include: Katie Liederman, Diana Cage, Maxe Crandall, Chris Parker, Naomi Clark, Buffalo Trace, AJ Lewis, Zachary Scholl, Rebecca Novack, Joss Barton, Sarah Shulman / / Friends of prol... -
Melissa Sklarz Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Sklarz, Melissa, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Jul. 5, 2017 Topics: Bathrooms, Civil rights, Crossdressing, Elections, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Homelessness, Hormones, Isolation, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Lobbying, MtFs, Night life, Politics, Public facilities, Public sex, Representation, Schools, Stigmatisation, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats, GenderPAC, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Melissa Sklarz, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Riki Anne Wilchins, Stonewall Democrats Description: Melissa Sklarz was the first transgender elected official in New York, having been a judicial delegate since the 1990s. She has served on many trans rights legislative committees, including the Sto... -
Max Zev Reynolds Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Reynolds, Max Zev Date: Jul. 23, 2017 Topics: Faith, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ religious people, Queer bars, Transgender community Subject: Sylvia Rivera Law Project Description: An interview with Max Zev Reynolds, a Jewish leader and participant in New York queer life. Beginning with their membership in United Methodist Church in Spokane, Washington, Reynolds has explored ... -
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library Date: 2016 Topics: Assimilation (Sociology), Conformity, Gays--Identity, Gender identity, Masculinity Subject: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Description: Mattilda is a writer and activist concerned with various issues within the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. The major subjects include assimilation, gender, identity, and politic... -
Marty Hernandez Avedon Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hernandez Avedon, Marty, Van Ness, Lorenzo Date: Apr. 1, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Colleges, Coming out, Dating, Demonstrations, Diversity, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Foster families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Stereotypes, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Marty Hernandez Avedon Description: Marty Hernandez Avedon discusses growing up in the foster care system only to be adopted by a family who rejected him at the age of 10, reconnecting with his biological parents, and what the name H... -
Martine Stonehouse Oral History (2016)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Brown, Elspeth Date: 2016 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Human rights, Law, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Martine Stonehouse -
Marlene Somers Collection, 1950-2010
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: Sep. 29, 2016 Topics: Gender identity, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Chronicle, Exotique, Forced Femininity, Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, International Trans Script, Shemaleor, Tapestry Magazine, Thrills and Frills, Transgender Community News, Transgender History, Transvestia, TV World Directory, United Transvestite and Transsexual Publication Description: The Marlene Somers Collection includes magazines, tabloids, pulps, and books that contain subject matter related to transgender, transvestite, and transsexual identity categories. -
Margaret Berg Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Berg, Margaret, Anshel, Rafaela Date: Sep. 5, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Alcoholism, Androgyny, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Friendships, Gay identity, Gender identity, Health care, Labelling, Medical interventions, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Religions, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Stealth (Transgender), Suicidal behavior, Therapists, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Gender Identity Project, Margaret Berg -
Mad Kweer #3
Collection: Zines Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project Creator: Neal, Shawn Date: 2004 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Kissing, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ clubs, Marriage, Same-sex marriage, Sexual identity, Transgender people Subject: The Fiver, The Transgender Menace Description: A zine titled: "Mad Kweer #3" created by Shawn Neal and Brian. Discusses PRIDE, AIDS/HIV, and activism. -
Mackenzie Reynolds Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Reynolds, Mackenzie, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Jul. 23, 2017 Topics: Beauty standards, Bullying, Child abuse, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out, Country and western music, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Judaism, Legal name, Night life, Rabbis, Religions, Social classes, Transitioning (Gender), Work situation Subject: Mackenzie Reynolds Description: Mackenzie Reynolds is Jewish leader and participant in New York queer life. Beginning with their membership in United Methodist Church in Spokane, Washington, Reynolds has explored their faith and ... -
Lorenzo Van Ness Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Acquaye-Reynolds, Cleopatra Date: Oct. 29, 2018 Topics: Childhood, Families, Gender identity, Human rights, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Social classes, Transgender people, Travel Description: Lorenzo Van Ness, a trans identifying individual, defines their gender as "super cute". They talk about their upbringing in a Dominican-American family, and their struggle with finding acceptance f... -
LG MS 41 Jean Vermette Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Marvullo, Anthony Date: Nov. 2016 Topics: Action committees, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Biology, Child custody, Children, Counseling, Discrimination, Documentaries, Education, Emancipation, Film, FtMs, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Intersex people, Law, LGBTI, Medicine, MtFs, Politics, Same-sex marriage, Schools, Sexual orientation, Sportspersons, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Anne Moir, Annual FTM Conference of the Americas, Arlene Istar Lev, As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl, Bangor Daily News, Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women, Brockton Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student, Charles O. Howard, Chloe Ann Rounsley, Christie Lee Littleton, Chrysalis, Confessions of a Gender Defender, Counseling in Wonderland: A Guide for You and Your Transgendered Client, David Jessel, Donald E. Tarver, EqualityMaine, Feminizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, Gender Outside the Box, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Gerald P. Mallon, Gianna E. Israel, Goins v. West, Hermaphrodites Speak!, Hormonal Treatment for the Transsexual: An Overview for Profesionals, Hormones For The Male To Female, In the Grey, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), International Symposium on Gender Dysphoria, Intersex Society of North America, Intersex: Redefining Sex, Je Me Souviens, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer + Collection, Jean Vermette, Jennifer Finney Boylan, John Colapinto, Jonathon Mark Littleton, Julienne Goins, Kate Bornstein, Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Lee v. Cavazos, Legal Aspects of Transsexualism, Lessons from the Intersexed, Littleton v. Prange, Maine Civil Rights Act March, Maine Gender Resource and Support Service (Megress), Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance (MLPGA), Mani Bruce Mitchell, Mani's Story, Mark A. Prange, Marty Hagglund, Masculinizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered, Mildred L. Brown, My Daughter Changed Sex, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law, National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), Niela Miller, Our Trans Children, Out Front, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Physician's Guide to Transgendered Medicine, PJ Mears, Psychiatric Grand Rounds: When G.I. Joe and Barbie Trade Places, Randi Ettner, Rosebuds, Sheila Kirk, She’s Not There: A Life In Two Genders, Slavery, Sex, and Gender, Social Services with Transgendered Youth, Spencer Bergstedt, Survivor Project, Suzanne J. Kessler, The Journal of Gender Studies, The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender, Trans Law Review, Trans Youth Poll, Trans-Talk, TransCare, Transgender Care: Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information & Personal Accounts, Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender Variant People and Their Families, Transgender Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), Transgender Legal Issues in New England, Transgender Tapestry, Transgenderism and Sexual Orientation, More Than A Marriage of Convenience, Transitioning Our Shelters: A Guide to Making Homeless Shelters Safe for Transgender People, Translegalities: A Legal Guide For MTFs: Male to Female Transsexuals, Transsuport, True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism -
Lenni Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Katz, Kyle, Lenni Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Body image, Childhood, Diversity, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Internet, Judaism, Labelling, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Role models, Schools, Theatre, Transgender community Subject: SAGE Description: In this short conversation, Lenni discusses their long, ongoing journey in exploring non-binary and "genderfucker" identity. They recount coming out as non-binary after many years in a "straight-pa... -
Lee Livingston Perine
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Perine, Lee Livingston Date: Dec. 22, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Black people, Butch-femme relationships, Children, Coming out, Divorce, Families, Femininities, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Masculinities, Misogyny, Racism, Sexuality, Sports, Suicide, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins Subject: Donald Trump Description: Lee Levingston Perine identifies as a black genderqueer and trans person and was assigned female at birth. They were 38 at the time of the interview. They have an older brother and a fraternal twin... -
Lauren Simkin Berke Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Simkin Berke, Lauren, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Jun. 27, 2017 Topics: Artists, Childhood, Definitions, Festivals, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Hormones, Parties, Politics, Representation, Schools, Transgender community, Zines Subject: Kate Bornstein, Lauren Simkin Berke Description: Lauren Simkin Berke describes their work as an illustrator, animator, artist, and zine creator based in Brooklyn, NY. They walk us through growing up in an unconventional primary school setting, fi... -
LadyLike No. 71
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2007 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Michel Serrault, Roberta Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: features-Profile: Roberta -- Obituary: Michel Serrault -- Dragging Leigh -- Current queen -- Regulars-Mirror-mirror -- Reality check,... -
LadyLike No. 70
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2007 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Kristen Ashley Embers Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Kriten Ashley Embers -- Holy $#!% batman -- M-A-C counter attack -- Regulars-Mirror-mirror -- Reality check, Angela... -
LadyLike No. 69
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2007 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, 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: Ari Monroe, Kalina Isato Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Kalina Isato -- Esprit 2007 -- The be-all conference -- Current queens, Ari Monroe -- Regulars-Dina's diner, Dina A... -
LadyLike No. 68
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2007 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, 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: Joanna Stewart Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Joanna Stewart -- Coccinelle, Death of a legend -- M-A-C attack -- Nightclub adventures -- Regulars-Dina's diner --... -
LadyLike No. 67
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2006 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, 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: Foxy Roxy, Helen Wong, Michelle DuBarry Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Helen Wong -- The blow out -- Current queens -- Interview with Michelle Du Barry -- Regulars-Dina's diner -- Night ... -
LadyLike No. 66
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2006 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, 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: Kelli Su Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: KelliSu -- 17th annual GLADD media awards -- Night moves -- Current queens -- Regulars-Mirror-mirror -- Dina's dine... -
LadyLike No. 65
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2006 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Beauty and the Beach 2005, Dianne Richards, Foxy Roxy, Stanley Biber, Transgender Forum Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Dianne Richards -- Dr. Stanley Biber obituary -- Beauty and the beach 2005 -- Bad tinkerbell -- Tapestry of broken ... -
LadyLike No. 64
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2006 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Jesse Volt, Louise Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: CuteLouise -- Who the hell am I -- The last encounter -- An interview with Jesse Volt -- Current queens, Vicky Vogu... -
LadyLike No. 63
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2005 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Alice in Genderland, Dante Difranco, Lowla Valentine, The Drag Race at Roscoe's Tavern Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Lowla Valentine -- Her royal rights -- Book review: Alice in genderland -- Current queens -- Roxanne Van Ness -- Be... -
LadyLike No. 62
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2005 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Barbara Roberts Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Barbara Roberts -- Tough love makeover -- Ladylike nite @ TG@L2 -- Cops -- London gets Candy coated -- Current quee... -
LadyLike No. 61
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2005 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Beauty and the Beach 2004, Foxy Roxy, Sonia Vincent Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Sonia -- Reality makeovers: Rita and Barbara -- Beauty and the beach 2004 pictorial -- Current queens: Edi -- Too c... -
LadyLike No. 60
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2005 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Emma Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Emma -- Crossplay -- Oremonition-Jane Marit -- The Boudettes -- Current queens -- You just might be a CD vixen -- L... -
LadyLike No. 59
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2004 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Brianna Austin, Kennidi, Roxanne Van Ness Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Kennidi -- Closet to cover -- Macho men en femme -- Current queens: Victoria Stiles -- A letter from Roxanne Van Ne... -
LadyLike No. 58
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2004 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Bambi Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Bambi -- A matter of just desserts -- Walla Walla Washington-Sapphos revisite -- No ducks for Rachel -- Current que... -
LadyLike No. 57
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2004 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Raymond Bertin, Roxanne Van Ness Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Candy -- All you need is love -- Dream the impossible dream -- That skirt -- Dramaqueen: The lost career of Raymond... -
LadyLike No. 56
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2004 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Kyra Kelly, Transgender 2004 Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Kyra Kelly -- IFGE convention 2004 -- Jane Martin -- The game -- Dramaqueen -- Roxanne Van Ness -- Regulars-Mirror-... -
LadyLike No. 55
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2003 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Darcelle XV, Foxy Roxy, Lake Erie Gala '02, Roxanne Van Ness Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Lust -- Lake Erie gala -- Devil in a black dress -- Rox in my head -- So...You want to have my cleavage -- The frea... -
LadyLike No. 54
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2003 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Reflections Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Learning to pay the price -- A naughty New Year's -- Dragnet -- Profile: Angel Gardner -- The shaping of a crossresser -- Th... -
LadyLike No. 53
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2003 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Dana Lynn Archer, Foxy Roxy, Paradise In The Poconos, Roxanne Van Ness Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Sana Lynn Archer -- A night on the North Side -- Paradise in the Poconos 2002 -- Stalking feat -- Bound, gagged and... -
LadyLike No. 52
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2003 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, 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: Barbara Roberts, Samantha Siu Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Samantha Siu -- Espirt 2002/2003 -- Totally Gnarly Gnoel -- Who do you tell and how -- Dramaqueen-walking while tra... -
LadyLike No. 51
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2002 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: Carroll Wallace, Jane Martin, Nicole Bailey, Sydney Boyd Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Nicole Bailey -- New! ladylike reader makeover -- Our troubled lives -- Police Navidad -- Dramaqueen-most beautiful... -
LadyLike No. 50
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2002 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Melissa Franks, The Katie Wannabe Fashion Show Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: features-Profile: Melissa Franks -- Katie Wannabe fashion show -- Nine lives -- St. Louis road trip -- Dramaqueen -- The plain truth ... -
LadyLike No. 49
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2002 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Krystal Black, Paradise In The Poconos, Roxanne Van Ness, Steve Diet Goedde Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Krystal Black -- Paradise in the Poconos 2001 -- Chocolate, not just for breakfast -- Gettin' in trouble again -- A... -
LadyLike No. 48
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2002 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, 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: Charles Julia Anders, ModelSearch 2001 Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Julia Aanders -- Foto feature 1: AFI fashion shoot -- What have you done for her lately -- Foto feature 2: model se... -
LadyLike No. 47
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: Foxy Roxy, Jocelyn Evelyn Rescott, Sandelle Kincaid, Sluts A Go-go Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Jocelyn Evelyn Rescott -- Getting in trouble again -- Wearin' a dress ain't for sissies -- Queer dicks: CD detectiv... -
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... -
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... -
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 -- ... -
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... -
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... -
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-... -
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... -
Kyle Katz Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Yesner, Lenni, Katz, Kyle Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Butches, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Night life, Single parent families, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Kyle Katz Description: In this interview Kyle Katz speaks about their childhood, growing up in Boston, coming to New York, and the role that timing, books and community have played in how they identify, and understand th... -
Ky Platt Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Platt, Ky Date: Apr. 6, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Advertising campaigns, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Night life, Transgender children, Transgender community, Transgender parents Subject: Prince Description: Ky Platt is a mixed-race, transgender comedian and author. Originally from Hamilton, Ohio, Ky has been active in the NYC LGBTQ+ community since the 1990s. In this interview, Ky recounts his experie... -
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... -
Kamryn Wolf Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Wolf, Kamryn, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Oct. 29, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art history, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Education, Gender identity, Health care, LGBTI community, Upbringing Description: Kamryn Wolf was one of the union members and supporters who helped win a union contract at Babeland, a NYC sex toy store. In this interview, Kamryn discusses their suburban growing up and alienatio... -
Kai Pelton Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Maya, Elliott, Pelton, Kai Date: Jul. 17, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Adultism, Androgyny, Appearance, Artists, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, Mental health, Music, Schools, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community Description: Kai Pelton is a co-facilitator of the Trans-Generational Theatre Project, a community initiative in NYC for trans-folk. Here, the 21 y.o. New York City native describes their journey as a trans per... -
K. Kerimian Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kiermian, K. Date: Aug. 3, 2023 Topics: Androgyny, Family members, Gender identity, Sexual orientation, Transgender people Description: An interview with K. Kerimian about their life and experiences. -
Julian Honkasalo Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Honkasalo, Julian, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: May 16, 2018 Topics: Academics, Adolescence, Bullying, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Music, Research, Sociology Description: Julian Honkasalo is a Finnish scholar of trans history who became interested in the NYC Trans Oral history project as part of his studies. Honkasalo tells interviewer Michelle Esther O'Brien how hi... -
Josephine Perez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Keyes, Anna, Perez, Josephine Date: Mar. 23, 2018 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Drag, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTI community, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual orientation, Street violence, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP) Description: Josephine Perez is a trans* advocate who emphasizes a need for better law enforcement protections for transgender women. Josephine experienced sexual violence on multiple occasions and became a sex... -
Joseph L. Norton Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany Creator: Gianfrancesco, Kim, Bennett, Carolyn Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Activists, Counselors, Educators, Gay community, Gender identity, Letters, Research, Sexuality, Transgender people Subject: Joseph L. Norton Description: The Joseph L. Norton Papers include notes, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, publications, and other materials documenting Norton's work as a SUNY Albany professor, a counselor, a teacher, an... -
JD Davids Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Davids, JD Date: Mar. 11, 2017 Topics: Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Internet, LGBTI community, Politics, Pregnancy, Schools, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender parents Subject: ACT UP, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), JD Davids, Project TEACH Description: JD Davids, a writer, health activist, and communication strategist, recounts his experiences as a member of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS activist movement and subsequent move to New York City. A Phila... -
Jay London Toole Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Toole, Jay London, Kerr, Ted Date: Jun. 15, 2016 Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Butches, Childhood, Coming out, Criminalization, Crisis centres, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Homeless people, Homelessness, Imprisonment, LGBTI community, Passing (Gender), Police, Prostitution, Sexual child abuse, Soft butches, Stigmatisation, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities Subject: Jay London Toole Description: Jay Toole describes her experiences of queer homelessness in New York City. Born in the South Bronx, she became homeless as a child due to the circumstances of her family and identity as a stone bu... -
Jay Kyle Petersen: Individual Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Arizona Queer Archives Creator: Petersen, Jay Kyle, Lee, Jamie A. Date: Apr. 23, 2014 Topics: Artists, Gender identity, Intersex, Intersex people, Intersex youth, Painting, Physicians, Treatment, Writing Subject: Arizona LGBTQ Storytelling Project Description: Oral history with Jay Kyle Petersen. Discussion of his childhood, journey with therapy, and art. -
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... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 3, 2019 September 18
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: Sep. 19, 2019 Topics: Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTQ+ suicide, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights, Transphobia Subject: Democratic Party, Flip Benham, Janice Covington Allison, LGBTQ+ Democrats, North Carolina General Assembly, Transgender Political Caucus Description: In this third of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her political activist history, her role in the North C... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 2, 2016 May 14
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: May 14, 2016 Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Married people, Older transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender political activists, Transphobia Subject: Boom Boom LaTour, Casey King, Gypsy Star, Janice Covington Allison, Kappa Beta, Oleen Love, Phoenix Transgender Support, Tiffany Storm, TransCarolina, Triad Gender Association Description: In this second of several interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, continues to discuss her personal history and reflects on transgende... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 1, 2016 April 9
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: Apr. 9, 2016 Topics: Detransitioning, Gay community, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Retransitioning, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Transgender-owned businesses Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Janice Covington Allison, Lavender Panthers Description: In this first in a series of interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years and her early adult life. She recal... -
Jamison Green Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Green, Jamison Date: May 12, 2017 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Children of LGBTQ+ people, Gender identity, Transgender activism Subject: Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, Becoming a Visible Man, Jamison Green, Manchester Metropolitan University, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: OUTWORDS interview with Jamison Green, conducted by Mason Funk on May 12, 2017. Jamison Green is a writer, activist, and scholar. Jamison is the author of the award-winning book Becoming a Visible ... -
Jamie Bauer Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Bauer, Jamie Date: Jun. 5, 2017 Topics: Activists, Age, Childhood, Civil rights, Clothing, Coming out, Dating, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay rights, Gender diversity, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Liberation movements, Politics, Racism, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Therapists, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Work situation Subject: ACT UP, Anita Bryant, Jamie Bauer, Women's Pentagon Action Description: Jamie Bauer recounts their childhood and adolescence growing up in New York City’s Stuyvesant Town, resisting family pressure to conform to normative gender expressions and discovering butch femme ... -
J. Soto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Soto, J., Milks, M. Henry Date: Oct. 20, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Arts, Childhood, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gay community, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Language, LGBTQ+ relationships, Migration, Night life, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: J. Soto Description: J. Soto recounts his evolving understanding of gender and identity along his eastward migration across the United States. Born and raised in the Bay Area, J. attended graduate school in Chicago, IL... -
ISNA News (February, 2001)
Collection: Hermaphrodites with Attitude Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) Date: Feb. 2001 Topics: Activists, Education, Gender identity, Intersex, Intersex people, Medicine, Organisations, Surgery Subject: Aron Sousa, As Nature Made Him, David Reimer, Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex, Is it a Boy or a Girl? (Discovery Channel Documentary), Julie Dorf, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, North American Task Force on Intersex, Sherri Groveman, Sydney Levy -
Interview with Zeam Porter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Porter, Zeam Date: Dec. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Age, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Mental disorders, Poetry, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Sexual orientation, Sports Subject: Gender Revolution 8, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Zeam Porter identifies as a black polyamorous transmasculine genderqueer demiboy and was assigned female at birth. His gender is very fluid but also grounded in being trans masculine. They prefer h... -
Interview with Vanessa Sheridan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sheridan, Vanessa Date: Jul. 12, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Families, Fundamentalism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Performing arts, Racism, Religions, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Crossing Over, HB2, Jerry Springer Show, Laura Jane Grace, Laverne Cox, Liberating the Transgendered Christian, Maury Povich, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pulse Night Club, RuPaul, The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace, Virginia Prince, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Description: Vanessa Sheridan identifies as transgender and was assigned male at birth. She knew she was different from the age of 2 or 3 but didn’t understand what it meant at the time since she had no framewo... -
Interview with Ty Yule
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Yule, Ty Date: Aug. 20, 2015 Topics: Activists, Bullying, Businesses, Butches, Coming out, Family members, Femininities, FtMs, Gay culture, Gay pride, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intolerance, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Punk, Same-sex marriage, Self-destructive behavior, Social movements, Soft butches, Suicidal behavior, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women's bars Subject: ACT UP, Cher, Queer Nation, The L Word Description: Ty Yule identifies as a trans man or trans person assigned female at birth. He started transitioning 4 years ago at the time of the interview at age 41. He was born in Minnesota, then moved to Iowa... -
Interview with Taya Mitchell
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mitchell, Taya Date: Apr. 6, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Black race--Color, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Identification cards, Inclusive education, Language, Medical care, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Representation, Reproduction, Schools, Social media, Surgery, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Taya Mitchell is a performance artist and community organizer who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. In this oral history, she shares many of her experiences with being homeschooled; bullying ... -
Interview with Tamlyn Murray
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Murray, Tamlyn Date: Dec. 27, 2016 Topics: Asexuality, Bisexuality, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Electrolysis, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Health care, Intersex, Mental illness, Misogyny, Psychic trauma, Sexuality, Surgery, Plastic, Transphobia Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition Description: Tamlyn Murray grew up in Centerville, Minnesota, a country town with farms that Murray describes as having zero resources for trans people. She has two younger sisters and two younger brothers. Gro... -
Interview with T. Aaron Hans
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hans, T. Aaron Date: Feb. 25, 2017 Topics: Activists, AIDS activists, Bullying, Coming out, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Family members, Femininities, FtMs, Gay identity, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Identity, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Medication, Passing (Gender), Social norms, Sports, Transgender community, Transgender people, Voice therapy (Gender) Subject: Creating Change, Gay and Lesbian Antiviolence Program, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Minnie Bruce Pratt, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Shadow Morton, Title IX, Trans Youth Support Network, Trump Administration Description: T. Aaron Hans describes themselves as a butch transmasculine person. Ze has worked for 20 year as a national organizer for LGBTQIA justice and has worked with and been party of organizations such a... -
Interview with Stef Wilenchek
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wilenchek, Stef Date: Sep. 11, 2015 Topics: Bisexuality, Coming out, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Eating disorders, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, Heteronormativity, Higher education, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersex, Justice, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Parenthood, Police brutality, Politics, Pronoun, Puberty, Race, Racism, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexism, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Laverne Cox Description: Stef Wilenchek shares their experiences growing up middle class in the South, coming out as gay in college and discovering their genderqueer identity through their work in LGBTQ college student ser... -
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. -
Interview with Roze Brooks (R.B.)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brook, Roze, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Nov. 3, 2016 Topics: Activists, Adolescence, Allies, Bathrooms, Colleges, Education, Families, Friends, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Higher education, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Sexism, Sexuality, Support groups, Transphobia Subject: Title IX Description: In this oral history, Roze (R.B.) Brooks shares their experiences about growing up in St. Louis, MO and their journey of doing queer and trans activism and advocacy work in higher education at Univ... -
Interview with Roxanne Anderson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Roxanne, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 23, 2015 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Artists, Discrimination, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, Racially mixed people Subject: queer identity, Transmasculine Description: In this oral history, Roxanne Anderson reflects on their experiences as a black, masculine of center, gender nonconforming person living in the Midwest. Anderson describes what they see as the most... -
Interview with Richard (Katherine) Longnecker
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Longnecker, Richard (Katherine) Date: Mar. 17, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Cancer, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Estrogen, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hair, Hairstyles, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mental health, Military, People with disabilities, Prejudices Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, United States Army Infantry, Vietnam War Description: Richard Longnecker also goes by Katherine. He was assigned male at birth and identifies as a crossdresser. He was born in New York City, New York, August 15, 1942. His mother was a showgirl in New ... -
Interview with Renae Pagel
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pagel, Renae Date: Aug. 23, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Change of name, Coming out, Crossdressing, Depression, Electrolysis, Estrogen, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medication, Progesterone, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Renae Pagel identifies as female and was assigned male at birth. She grew up in Cannon Falls, Minnesota on a hobby farm on 25 acres with horses, chickens, ducks, a goat, and a few pigs. She has fiv... -
Interview with Rehema Mertinez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mertinez, Rehema Date: Mar. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Authority, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, MtFs, Police, Police brutality, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network Description: Rehema Mertinez is a trans woman of color from Minneapolis, MN, though she lived for several years in Perth, Australia as a child. In this oral history, she shares her experiences with being kicked... -
Interview with Raquel Willis
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Willis, Raquel Date: Jun. 7, 2017 Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Counseling, Dating, Drag, Drag kings, Family members, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, MtFs, Religions, Religious texts, Role behavior, Sexism, Southern States, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: Black Girl Dangerous, RuPaul, Trans Advocacy Organization, Transgender Law Center Description: Raquel Willis is a black southern transgender queer woman from Augusta, Georgia who was raised Catholic. Her mom was an educator for almost 30 years at Augusta Technical College while her dad worke... -
Interview with Rachel Schroeder
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schroeder, Rachel Date: Feb. 23, 2016 Topics: Anxiety, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Body building, Child custody, Children, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Divorce, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Intolerance, Lesbian identity, Marriage, Medication, MtFs, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Self-acceptance, Social exclusion, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Janitorial Company, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition Description: Rachel Schroeder identifies as trans was assigned male at birth. She grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota in a trailer park and worked on her grandparent’s farm. She experimented with crossdressing at ... -
Interview with Quinton Neal
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Neal, Quinton Date: Feb. 23, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Appearance, Discrimination, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTI community, Medical interventions, Online dating, Privilege (Social psychology), Problem-oriented policing, Psychic trauma, Racism, Rape, Religions, Religious institutions, Role behavior, Rural areas, Schools, Self-care, Health, Sexual freedom, Sexual orientation, Sexual violence, Sexuality, Support groups Subject: Black Liberation Projects, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Caitlyn Jenner, Delta Phi Upsilon, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox Description: Quinton Neal was born in the small, rural town of Peoria, Illinois and identifies as black, gay, and gender fluid where she switches between genders. She was assigned male at birth and uses both he... -
Interview with Quinn Villagomez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Villagomez, Quinn Date: Sep. 17, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ radio, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Pronoun, Schools, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Brown College, Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, University of Minnesota Description: Quinn Villagomez identifies as a biracial female and trans woman. She was assigned male at birth and was born and raised in north Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has an older sister who struggles with ... -
Interview With Paulina Angel
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Angel, Paulina Date: Dec. 8, 2016 Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, Linguistics, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Online social networks, Passing (Gender), Politics, Pronoun, Role behavior, Self medication, Self-acceptance, Social advocacy, Social movements, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman and musician originally from Indio, CA. Angel is an activist and organizer who has done work for multiple organizations including the Student Senate for Cali... -
Interview With Owen Marciano
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Marciano, Owen Date: Dec. 5, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Depression, Discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, Masculinities, Menstruation, Mental health, Self-acceptance, Suicide Description: Owen Marciano is a genderqueer individual from Rochester, NY. In this oral history, Owen shares Owen’s experiences of coming to terms with Owen’s identity in a narrative that is nontraditional from... -
Interview with Nicole Vanderheiden
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vanderheiden, Nicole Date: May 17, 2017 Topics: Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexual women, Bisexuality, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Conservatism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Evangelisation, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Religions, Self-repression, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Shame, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Alic Bitney, CeCe McDonald, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HB2, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queer Veterans Support Group, Reese Rathgen, SPARTA, Sylvia Rivera, Vote No Campaign Description: Nicole Vanderheiden identifies as a bisexual woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Marquette, Michigan and has 3 brothers who she got along with as a kid. Her parents relocated to D... -
Interview with Nick Metcalf
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Metcalf, Nick Date: May 10, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Bullying, Drag, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Navajo Indians, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Two-Spirit people Subject: Afro Elegance, American Indian Movement, Brandon Lacy Campos, Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, Gay Student Association, Man to Man, Minnesota Men of Color, Richard La Fortune, RuPaul, Ryan White Program Description: Nick Metcalf is a 44-year-old assigned male at birth two-spirit person. They were born and raised in Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota which Metcalf describes as rural and isolating since they co... -
Interview with Nasreen Mohamed
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mohamed, Nasreen Date: Jun. 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Bathrooms, Clothing, Colonization, Coming out, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Faith, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Government policy, Homophobia, Intersectionality (Sociology), Islam--Customs and practices, Islamophobia, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mass shootings, Muslims, Parenthood, Puberty, Religions, Sexuality, Social justice, Student passports Description: Nasreen Mohamed identifies as gender non-conforming more towards the male side and was assigned female at birth. Mohamed prefers being referred to by name over the use of pronouns. Mohamed grew up ... -
Interview with Naiymah Sanchez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sanchez, Naiymah Date: Jan. 21, 2017 Topics: AIDS (Disease), Appearance, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Bathrooms, Children of immigrants, Citizenship, Clothing, Cosmetics, Cubans, Depression, Ethiopians, Ethnic relations, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Identification cards, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Manic-depressive illness, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychology, Pathological, Puerto Ricans, Race, Racially mixed people, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Transgender people, Unemployment Description: Naiymah Sanchez identifies as a heterosexual Afro-Latina transgender female of color who was assigned male at birth. She is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Ethiopian immigrant decent. She was born in 1... -
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 ... -
Interview with Moe
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moe Date: Nov. 12, 2015 Topics: Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Islam, Lesbians, Masculinities, Mysticism, Nursing, Roman catholicism, Sufism, Testosterone, Tomboys, White people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Program in Human Sexuality, RECLAIM!, The Trans Youth Support Network Description: Moe identifies as a white trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was raised in Walnut Creek, California. He has two sisters and went to the Meher School, a Sufism school, which is connected... -
Interview with Miqqi Alicia/Michael Gilbert
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Alicia, Miqqi, Gilbert, Michael, Taylor, Evan Date: Jan. 6, 2020 Topics: Crossdressers, Degrees, Academic, Drag, Gender expression, Gender identity, Internet, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ relationships Subject: Fantasia Fair, Tapestry Magazine, York University Description: Oral history with Michael Gilbert aka Miqqi Alicia discussing activism, gender, and academia. -
Interview with Micah King
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: King, Micah Date: Dec. 23, 2015 Topics: Alcohol, Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Black people, Bullying, Coming out, Coping behaviour, Depression, Drawings, Emotions, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Group therapy, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Psychology, Racism, Self-mutilation, Sexuality, Singers, Social work, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins Subject: Booth Brown House, Janet Byrstrom, RECLAIM!, Super America Description: Micah King identifies as a black queer trans man, and he was assigned female at birth. He was 22 at the time of the interview. He has a twin sister and 7 other siblings. He grew up with his grandmo... -
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... -
Interview with Melissa Harl
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Harl, Melissa Date: Jan. 30, 2017 Topics: Boy Scouts, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Conformity, Discrimination, Educators, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Marriage, Music, Sexuality, Socialisation, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Gender Odyssey, Kate Bornstein, Macalester College, Smiley's Family Clinic, Stonewall 25, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: In this oral history Melissa Harl shares her story as a female with transgender experience and history. Growing up in Mequon, WI, a suburb of Milwaukee, she discusses her childhood, her realization... -
Interview with Melinda Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lee, Melinda Date: Aug. 17, 2017 Topics: Asian Americans, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Labeling, Language, LGBTI community, Politics, Pronoun, Rape, Schools, Sexual orientation, Social media, Surgery, Transphobia, Violence, White supremacy movements--United States Subject: Black and Pink, Khmer Rouge, Lobby Days, OutFront Minnesota, The Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans, Trans Advisory and Action Team Description: Melinda Lee is a gender non-conforming, non-binary person. They were assigned female at birth, and they come from Cambodian, Chinese, and Vietnamese descent. They were born and raised in Long Beach... -
Interview with Maxwell Poessnecker
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Poessnecker, Maxwell Date: Jul. 6, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Lesbian identity, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Separation, Sexual orientation, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Queer for Career Description: Maxwell Poessnecker is a 26-year-old queer trans masculine guy who was assigned female at birth. They use they/them pronouns, but predominately also use he/him pronouns depending on the space they ... -
Interview with Marlene Somers
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Somers, Marlene Date: Sep. 23, 2015 Topics: Children, Clothing, Coming out, Family members, Gender identity, Gender identity--Law and legislation, Gender realignment surgery, Grandchildren, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, Psychotherapy, Retirees, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Clark institute, Tretter Collection Autogynephilia Description: Marlene Somers has lived nearly her entire life in Minneapolis, a life she describes as, “two lives at once,” fluctuating between presenting as female and male. Marlene is not out to anyone in her ... -
Interview with Marcus Waterbury
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Waterbury, Marcus Date: Jan. 8, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, Dating, Family members, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Heterosexual men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Plastic surgery, Psychotherapy, Sexism, Soft butches, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Voice therapy (Gender), Women's movement Subject: Mount Holyoke, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) Description: Marcus Waterbury identifies as a transgender man and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and has a little sister. He wanted no part in feminine activities and ins... -
Interview with Mara Keisling
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Keisling, Mara Date: Jan. 20, 2017 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Electrolysis, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Human rights, Sexual reorientation, Shame, Surgery, Plastic, Transgender people, Transphobia, White people Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) Description: Mara Keisling, born in 1959 and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a white transgender woman assigned male at birth. She started thinking about gender as a toddler. Despite not wanting to be on... -
Interview with Lourdes Ashley Hunter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hunter, Lourdes Ashley Date: Mar. 22, 2017 Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Families, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genocide, Hair--Removal, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Barack Obama, Creating Change, Ellie Ford, Islan Nettles, Laverne Cox, Queers for Economic Justice, Slyvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice, Trans Youth Group, TransWomen of Color Collective, Women's March Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a black trans woman who was born in 1976 in Detroit, Michigan where they* lived for twenty-six years. They are a gender non-conforming, non-binary gender abolitionist and s... -
Interview with Lou Weaver
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Weaver, Lou Date: Dec. 9, 2016 Topics: Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Family members, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Human rights, Hysterectomy, Identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Patriarchy, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Pregnancy, Same-sex marriage, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), RuPaul Description: Lou Weaver identifies as a queer trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born in 1970 and raised in El Centro, California. He was also adopted. Weaver then moved to Denver, Colorado when... -
Interview with Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lee Date: Nov. 6, 2019 Topics: Audiovisual media, Capitalism, Dictatorships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Human geography, Spanish language, Transgender people, Violence Description: [Bilingual interview in English and Spanish/Entrevista bilingüe en Español y Inglés] /// Lee, a Brooklyn-based musician, journalist, and MFA candidate, reflects on living outside their home country... -
Interview with Lane Cunningham
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cunningham, Lane, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Aug. 11, 2015 Topics: Bullying, FtMs, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Musicians, Visibility Description: In this oral history, Cunningham recounts his childhood awareness of his masculinity and his boredom in school. He details his process of coming out as trans and his experimentation with masculinit... -
Interview with Kylar Broadus
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Broadus, Kylar Date: Jan. 14, 2016 Topics: Activists, Black people, Coming out, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Education, Families, Gender, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ partners, Malpractice, Masculinities, Oppression, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, Billy Tipton, Christine Jorgensen, Creating Change, HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, John Alexander Goodrum, Karen Broadus, Renee Richards, The Program on Human Sexuality, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Kylar Broadus is a shares his story at the 2016 Creating Change Conference in Chicago, IL. Broadus is a Black man from Fayette, Missouri, who says his journey was not like the journey of other men ... -
Interview with Kye Allums
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Allums, Kye Date: Sep. 4, 2015 Topics: Activists, Bisexuals, Black people, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Racism, Sexual orientation, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Fearless Project, Gay and Lesbian Sports Education Network, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hancock Recreation Center, Jeff Sheng, National Black Justice Coalition, RECLAIM!, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Description: Kye Allums was the first openly transgender college athlete, playing Division I basketball for George Washington University. Since coming out, he has become a public figure, advocating for trans in... -
Interview with K. Davis Senseman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Senseman, K. Davis Date: Jan. 10, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Appearance, Assigned gender, Clothing, Families, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Racism, Transgender people, Women, Black, Working class Subject: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Description: K. Davis Senseman is 41. He identifies as genderqueer and gender non-conforming and uses all pronouns. She was assigned female at birth and is an only child. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... -
Interview with Julienne Brown (Mizz June)
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Julienne (Mizz June) Date: May 6, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Allies, Bullying, Christianity, Clothing, Dating, Femininities, Film, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Migration, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sexism, Sexual identity, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera Description: Julienne Brown “Mizz June,” grew up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She describes her strong relationship with her grandfather and her challenges with her mother’s adherence to her Jehovah’s W... -
Interview with Jules Gleeson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gleeson, Jules Date: Nov. 4, 2019 Topics: Academics, Activists, Anime, Arab-Israeli conflict, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Comic books, strips, etc., Coming out, Communism, Cults, Discrimination, Feminism, Gay clergy, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Internet, Intersex, LGBTI community, Liberation theology, Literature, Night life, Peace movement, Physical affection, Police, Racism, Right-wing extremists, Roman catholicism, Sexual harassment, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Amnesty International Club, Anti-Scientology, British National Party, Donald Trump, Fairy Tales, Group of Eight (G8), Hillary Clinton, Historical Materialism Conference, Jesus College Cambridge, Julius, King's College London, New York Police Department (NYPD), Osteoporosis, Palestine, Stonewall, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Werewolf The Apocalypse -
Interview with Joy Michael Starkey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Starkey, Joy Michael Date: Jul. 5, 2017 Topics: Bisexual identity, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Conservatives, Family members, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Genderfluid identity, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Quakers, Soft butches, Tomboys Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Description: Joy Michael Starkey identifies as a white genderqueer non-binary trans person and was assigned female at birth. They grew up in the suburbs of Vancouver, Washington which is right across the river ... -
Interview with Jess Dugan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Dugan, Jess Date: Jan. 22, 2016 Topics: Appearance, Arts, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Dating, Divorce, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Puberty, Self-acceptance Subject: Dykes to Watch Out For, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Transcending Boundaries, True Spirit Description: Jess Dugan identifies as genderqueer and gender variant and was assigned female at birth. Her parents divorced when she was 7 after her mom came out as a lesbian. She grew up in Little Rock, Arkans... -
Interview with Jane Fee
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fee, Jane, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Mar. 18, 2017 Topics: Activists, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Crossdressing, Divorce, Gender identity, Grandchildren, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Identity, Identity (Psychology), Military, MtFs, Politics, Transgender people, Veterans, World war II Subject: Board of Directors of the DFL Gay and Lesbian Caucus, Christine Jorgensen, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), It’s Time America, It’s Time Minnesota, Jane Fee, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Sally Jessy Raphael Show, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook Description: Jane Fee is a retired veteran and advocate who lives in St. Petersburg, FL. In this oral history, she touches on many things including her 29 years in the service, part of which took place in WWII;... -
Interview with James Schwartz
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schwartz, James Date: Jun. 15, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Change of name, College students, Coming out, Development, Environmentalism, Film, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Health insurance, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Social norms, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Forest and Natural Resource Management, Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life, Gender Education Center, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Description: James Schwartz identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born in Maple Grove, Minnesota where his parents grew up and then moved to Monticello, Minnesota in second grade. S... -
Interview with JAC Stringer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Stringer, JAC Date: Feb. 17, 2017 Topics: Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Counseling, Depression, Discrimination, Drag, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Roman catholicism, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: JAC Stringer identifies as part Native American and genderqueer on the trans masculine spectrum and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio in a city neighborhood close to down... -
Interview with Isabelle Wedin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wedin, Isabelle Date: Oct. 31, 2016 Topics: Androgyny, Anxiety, Assigned gender, Biotechnology, Bisexuals, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Employment discrimination, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Heteronormativity, Heterosexuality, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Indigenous peoples, Intersex, Law, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Plays, Police, Racially mixed people, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Social justice, Spironolactone, Support groups, Swimwear, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-spirit people, Volunteering Subject: Alliance Defending Freedom, Allina Health Systems, Avery Edison, Catherine Graffam, Free CeCe, Google Hangouts, Informational Technology, Julia Serano, June Taylor, MetaFilter, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), RJ Reynolds Tobacco Description: Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed i... -
Interview with Imara Jones
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jones, Imara Date: Apr. 25, 2019 Topics: Activists, Ageism, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Future, Gender identity, Gentrification, Journalists, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marxism, Mass media, Politics, Representation, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Audre Lorde, Black Trans Future, Color Lines, David French, Donald Trump, Free Speech Television, Governor's House, Happy Birthday, Marsha, Marsha Clark, Marsha P. Johnson, Morehouse College, New York Women's Studies Association Conference, Pose, Saidiya Hartman, The Anti-Violence Project (AVP), The Last Sip, The New York Women's Foundation, Tourmaline, Tovia Smith, Trans Slash Description: Imara Jones reflects on the challenges and rewards of producing independent media for diverse millennial audiences, including her talk show The Last Sip and her docuseries Translash. She addresses ... -
Interview with Haylee Veazey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Veazey, Haylee Date: Dec. 1, 2016 Topics: Bisexual identity, Bullying, Christianity, Clinics, Coming out, Conservatives, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gay-straight alliances, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical policy, MtFs, Overweight people, Religions, Sexism, Stress, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women Subject: Affordable Care Act, Hennepin County Medical Center Description: Haylee Veazey identifies as a bisexual transgender woman assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Farmington, New Mexico and grew up in a conservative Christian home. She has an older bro... -
Interview with Gradylee Shapiro
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Shapiro, Gradylee Date: Jan. 17, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Baldness, Bisexuality, Bullying, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Dating, Death and dying, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Mental disorders, Ovariectomy, Passing (Gender), Poor, Schools, Soft butches, Swindlers and swindling, Testosterone, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: District 202, Ethan Laubach, Gender Blur, GLBT Youth Organization, Prism Description: Gradylee Shapiro identifies as a butch and was assigned female at birth. They did not specify preferred pronouns in their interview so the gender-neutral terms, they/them, are used throughout this ... -
Interview with Geena Rocero
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rocero, Geena Date: Nov. 16, 2016 Topics: Anthropology, Assigned gender, Bullying, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Femininities, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, Racism, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Sexual harassment, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Asian Pacific Wellness Center, Babaylan, Bakla, Beutiful as I Want to Be, Caitlyn Jenner, Ferdinand Magellan, Gender Proud, Janet Mock, Jazz Jennings, Jeffrey Caliendo, Lauren Foster, Mahu, Papuan Description: Geena Rocero was raised in the Philippines and grew up poor in a small neighborhood in the metro city of Makati with three siblings and her parents. Realizing she identified as a girl at 4 or 5 yea... -
Interview with Gaebriel Lyrek
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lyrek, Gaebriel Date: Aug. 7, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Biology, Bullying, Child abuse, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Phalloplasty Description: Gaebriel Lyrek identifies as a straight male and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Montrose, Minnesota on a dairy farm in the middle of a cornfield and went to school in Buffalo, Minnesot... -
Interview with Freya Richman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Richman, Freya Date: Nov. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Arts and entertainment occupations, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Directors, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Femmes, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Jews, MtFs, Pronoun, Religions, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: 20% Theatre, Artaria String Quartet, Community Center, The Naked I, Transgender Equity Council of the City of Minneapolis Description: Freya Richman identifies as Jewish female or femme assigned male at birth. She is the youngest of three siblings and grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, a small city in the northeastern part of Wiscons... -
Interview with finn schneider
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: schneider, finn Date: Aug. 4, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Body image, Change of name, Clothing, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Educational institutions, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Jews, Marriage, Masculinities, Mental health, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Universities Description: finn schneider identifies as a white transgender queer, non-binary, and trans masculine. They were 32 at the time of the interview. They were assigned female at birth. They are of German heritage a... -
Interview with Ethan O'Brien
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Ethan Date: Jan. 29, 2017 Topics: Change of name, Coming out, Dating, Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Legal documents, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Social norms, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Description: Ethan O’Brien (he/him) is a currently able-bodied, white, queer, trans, masculine person. He's participated in community organizing and radical resisting for 25 years. Originally from a working-cla... -
Interview with Ellie Krug
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Krug, Ellie Date: Dec. 15, 2015 Topics: Bisexuality, Counseling, Crossdressing, Education, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Insurance, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ relationships, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Call for Justice, Christine Jorgensen, David Ahlvers, Fairview Health, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, Lavender magazine, Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Lavender Bar Association, MyTalk 107, Target Corporation Description: Ellie Krug was born during the 1950s in Newark, New Jersey where her parents both lived in the tenements. She identifies herself as a transgender woman assigned male at birth. At 11, Krug’s father ... -
Interview with EJ Olson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Olson, EJ Date: Dec. 16, 2016 Topics: AIDS organizations, Allies, Appearance, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Communities, Counseling, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Marriage, Masculinities, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Women's colleges Subject: Callen Lorde, Chatham College, Family Tree Clinic, Garden State Equality, LGBT Task Force, LGBTQ Center, Rainbow Health Initiative, Riot Girl Feminism, Trans Hormone Care Program Description: EJ Olson was 37 at the time of the interview and was assigned female at birth. They identify as genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and gender fluid and grew up in Empire, Michigan. They are the ol... -
Interview with Destinee Salinas
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Salinas, Destinee Date: Sep. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bathrooms, Bullying, Catholic schools, Clothing, Cosmetics, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Gender identity, Gender role, Health insurance, Hispanic Americans, Hormones, Language, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, Mexican Americans, Police, Popular culture, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Racism, Social media, Transgender people Subject: Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summer Description: Destinee Salinas is a 35-year-old Hispanic straight female and was assigned male at birth. Their pronouns are she/her and they/them. She is the middle child of four brothers and, having an acceptin... -
Interview with Denise Sudbeck
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sudbeck, Denise Date: Jan. 15, 2016 Topics: Addictions, Alcoholism, Baptist church, Bisexuality, Coming out, Dissertations, Doctor of philosophy degree, Estrogen, Evangelicalism, Gender identity, Hormones, Law enforcement, Lesbian identity, Liberation theology, Marriage, MtFs, Pronoun, Psychology, Religions, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Substance abuse, Theological seminaries, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: State University of New York, Transgender Day of Remembrance, United Theological New Brighton Description: Denise Sudbeck is from Downeast, Maine in a small fishing village on the coast. She identifies as a bisexual trans woman and was assigned male at birth. Sudbeck’s family moved to Skowhegan, Maine w... -
Interview with Dee Dee Chamblee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Chamblee, Dee Dee, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Feb. 7, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Black people, Drag, Educators, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Imprisonment, Marriage, Mothers, MtFs, Role models, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transgender youth Subject: Auburn Seminary Sojourner Truth Leadership Circle for Black Trans Women, Dee Dee Chamblee, Lady Chablis, LaGender Description: Dee Dee Chamblee was born and raised in Rockdale County, GA. She shares her story at the Auburn Seminary Sojourner Truth Leadership Circle for Black Trans Women. In this oral history, she discusses... -
Interview with Danika Ragnhild
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ragnhild, Danika Date: Feb. 17, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Autistic people, Biology, Bullying, Change of name, Dating, Disabilities, Femininity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ porn films, Marriage, MtFs, Non-monogamous relationships, People with disabilities, Politics, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Poverty, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Rape, Rural areas, Sex industry, Sex workers, Sexual abuse, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender people, Violence, Women, Black Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Stanley Kubrick, The Exchange, Transgender Youth Support Network Description: Danika Ragnhild is a trans woman and trans feminine person originally from Crookston, MN. In this oral history, she shares her experiences with being harassed around gender and disability as a chil... -
Interview with Damion Mendez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mendez, Damion Date: Jun. 17, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Bullying, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gay men, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, Latinos, Lesbians, Masculinities, Medicalisation, Men, Passing (Gender), Racism, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Barack Obama, Family Tree Clinic, Human Sexuality Program, Janet Byrstrom, Jendeen Forberg, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Mondo Queer Beach Party, Pamela Anderson, Prince, Pulse Night Club, Roxanne Anderson Description: Damion Mendez is a Latino trans masculine identified person who mostly grew up in St. Paul, MN. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with transracial adoption, his early realizations of ... -
Interview with Cressida Silver
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Silver, Cressida Date: Jan. 31, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Artificial insemination, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Children of lesbians, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Demonstrations, Divorce, Families, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbians, Marriage, Pornography, Pregnancy, Sex industry, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Verbal abuse Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chelsea Manning, Mara Keisling, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Geographic, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Description: Cressida Silver identifies as a lesbian transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. She grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and she has sisters. She realized from the young age of 4 or 5 that she... -
Interview with CJ Vondal
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vondal, CJ Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: Gender diversity, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Lesbians, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: CJ Vondal identifies as a trans man who was assigned female at birth. They were born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota where they still live. At the time of their interview, they were a fresh...