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  1. Oral History Interview with Miss Grace Kelly

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Kelly, Miss Grace
    Date: Feb. 24, 2018
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Bondage, Christianity, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Female impersonators, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ night life, Pageants, Sex work, Sexuality
    Subject: Body Image, Carolyn Sue Wilson, City Market, Jefferson Center, Kristina, Lady Bunny, Miss Gay Roanoke Pageant, Murphy's, Neely O'Hara, Pride in the Park, RuPaul's Drag Race, Salem Avenue, The Horoscope, The Park, The Trade Winds, Tim Clark
    Description: Interviewer: Ashleigh Griffin; Princess Carter Interviewee: Miss Grace Kelly Date: 24 February 2018 Duration: 1:41:40 Transcription prepared by: Ashleigh Griffin
  2. Oral History Interview with Riley Chattin

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Chattin, Riley
    Date: Feb. 22, 2019
    Topics: Buddhism, Christianity, Coming out, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ bookshops, LGBTQ+ religious people, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Police entrapment, Safer sex, Trans men
    Subject: Girl Scouts, GLSEN, Hollins University, Out Word Connections, Outright, Planned Parenthood, Roanoke Community center, Virginia Western Community College, Wasena Park Police
    Description: Oral History Interview with Riley Chattin Interviewer: Jillian Barnard Interviewee: Riley Chattin Date: February 22, 2019 Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College Total Duration: 57:35 Trans...
  3. 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...
  4. Oral History Interview with Trish Valentine

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Valentine, Trish
    Date: Feb. 25, 2016
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ support groups, Marriage, Pronouns, Public bathroom bills, Suburbs, Transgender people
    Subject: Dress Barn, Kappa Beta, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge, Metropolitan Community Church, Tazi, Ted Cruz, The Red Hat Society
    Description: Oral History Interview with Trish Valentine Interviewer: Kerri Dalton (and Teddy Melnik) Interviewee: Trish Valentine Date: 25 February 2016 Location: Roanoke College, Fintel Library, 220 High ...
  5. 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...
  6. Oral History with Carolyn Sue Wilson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Wilson, Carolyn Sue
    Date: Feb. 25, 2018
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Drag families, Genderfluid identity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Pronouns, Public bathroom bills, Transgender identity
    Subject: Carolyn Sue Wilson, Elmwood Park, Miss Gay Roanoke, The Bowties, The Horoscope, The Trade Winds, Trade Winds, Trump Administration, YMCA
    Description: Interviewer: Kitty Bridgewater Interviewee: Carolyn Sue Wilson Date: 25 February 2018 Duration: 1:22:48 Transcription prepared by: Kitty Bridgewater
  7. Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 1 (27 April, 2017)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth, Lee Kam, Lezlie
    Date: Apr. 27, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Black power, Butches, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic relations, Gender role, Lesbian culture, Lesbian separatism, Migration, Oral history, Popular culture, Soft butches, Transphobia
    Subject: Lesbian Organization of Toronto
  8. Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 2 (16 June 2017)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth, Lee Kam, Lezlie
    Date: Jun. 16, 2017
    Topics: Alcoholism, Bars, Butches, Gay pride, Hate crimes, Latinos, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mardi gras, MtFs, Older transgender people, Oral history, Police, Police brutality--United States, Soft butches, Volunteering
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Club Manhattan, Lesbian Organization of Toronto, Lezlie Lee Kam, LOOT, Proud and Visible Coalition, Soca, The Rose, World Majority Lesbians
    Description: Lezlie Lee Kam is a 55+, gender-mysterious, world majority person and dyke; a Trini; a Carib; Brown; and a Callaloo-a mix of Chinese, Carib, Indian, Portuguese, and Venezuelan. She was born in Trin...
  9. 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...
  10. Paisley Currah Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Currah, Paisley
    Date: Jun. 27, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Birth certificates, Children, Conferences, Divorced people, Feminists, Gender, Gender role, Gender studies, HIV/AIDS, Internalized homophobia, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Marxism, Political science, Prisons, Religions, Rural areas, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, Zines
    Subject: ACT UP Ithaca, Biddy Martin, Carolyn Riccardi, Carrie Davis, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), City University of New York (CUNY), Connor Brotus, David Valentine, Empire State Pride Agenda, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Jamison Green, Jennifer Levi, Joann Prinzivalli, Melissa Sklarz, Ned Brinkley, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), Pauline Park, Queens Homophile Association, Queer Nation, Roz Blumenthal, Sarah Schulman, Shannon Minter, Sierra Showman, Sophia Pazzos, Spencer Bergstedt, Susan Stryker, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), Trans Day of Action, Transgender Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), True Spirit Conference
  11. Paris Milane Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Milane, Paris
    Date: Jun. 22, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Change of name, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Crimes, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Stealth (Transgender), Substance abuse, Support groups, Transgender community, Unemployment, Violence
    Subject: Housing Works, Paris Milane
    Description: Paris shares her experience of growing up in Atlanta and starting to “live her truth” at a young age. She recalls finding reassurance in a community of other Black trans women for the first time an...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. Phyllis Randolph Frye Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph
    Date: Jun. 1, 2017
    Topics: Harassment, Judicial power, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Ernest McGowan, International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy, Lifetime Achievement Award, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pro Tem Johnny Goyen, ROTC, Shannon Minter, Texas A & M, Transgender Foundation of America, University of Houston
    Description: Interview with Judge Phyllis Randolph Frye conducted by Mason Funk on June 1, 2017, at her office in Houston, Texas. After she experienced extensive and violent harassment from her neighbors after ...
  15. 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 ...