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Abigail B. Thomas Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ortiz, Natalia, Thomas, Abigail B. Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Gender diversity, LGBTI community, Mental health, Passing (Gender), People with disabilities, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual child abuse, Sexual orientation, Special education, Transgender children, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Abigail B. Thomas, Janet Mock Description: Abigail Thomas, who identifies as non-binary trans-feminine, reflects upon their experiences of growing up as a disabled child in New York City. Xie explores the circumstances that shaped their jou... -
Aelita Parizek Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Parizek, Aelita, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 10, 2018 Topics: Arts, Arts and entertainment occupations, Body image, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Students, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: In this interview with Sebastián Casto Niculescu, Aelita Parizek discusses their journey of discovery both with their transness and in the art world. Parizek explains how their experiences at Parso... -
Aiden Simon Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Zavidow, Evan, Simon, Aiden Date: Aug. 16, 2017 Topics: Artists, Coming out, Gender role, Military, Parents of transgender people, Photographers, Siblings, Social norms, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Aiden Simon Description: Aiden Simon, a Brooklyn-based visual artist, details a life spent moving among different spaces both geographically and in terms of community. He discusses his experiences living in various cities ... -
Akasha Barker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Barker, Akasha, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 12, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Beauty schools, Body image, Change of name, Education, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Isolation, LGBTI community, Mental health, Music, NGOs, Police brutality, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people Description: In this conversation with interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu, entertainer Akasha Barker (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) discusses her journey with her gender identity during the HIV/AIDS epid... -
Alejandra Rodriguez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Rodriguez, Alejandra, Oloya-Santiago, Tamara Date: Aug. 21, 2017 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Hormones, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Community Healthcare Network (CHN) Description: In this oral history, Alejandra Rodriguez speaks about immigrating from Mexico to the United States as a young adult to escape the intense discrimination they were suffering. Alejandra speaks about... -
Alison Davison Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Arizona Queer Archives Creator: Davison, Alison Date: 2013? Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Gender expression, Lesbian community, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Mental health, Secrecy, Transgender activism, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Subject: Alison Davison, Mental Health Workers, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Wingspan Description: Oral history with Alison Davison. Discussion of her life, transition, and mental health care. -
Allison Charde Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Buckley, Christine, Charde, Allison, Ramsay, Grace Date: Feb. 15, 2017 Topics: Butches, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Genderfluid identity, Homosexuality, Isolation, LGBTI community, Parents of transgender people, Sexuality, Social constructionism, Soft butches Subject: Grace Ramsay Description: Allison Charde shares her experience "under the trans umbrella" while growing up on Long Island attending Purchase University and presently in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Allison speaks about her rela... -
Alyssa Pariah Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Pariah, Alyssa Date: Jan. 16, 2018 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Arrests, Bathrooms, Bullying, Capitalism, Child abuse, Childhood, Clothing, Communities, Detention, Direct action, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Occupy movement--New York (State)--New York, Police, Schools, Sexuality, Social movements, Socialism, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Alyssa Pariah, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Description: Alyssa Pariah recounts her difficult childhood in New Jersey, her involvement in trans women of color and sex worker communities in New York, and her radicalization as a revolutionary socialist. Sh... -
Amanda Armstrong Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Armstrong, Amanda Date: Mar. 21, 2019 Topics: Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Bullying, Childbirth, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communism, Counseling, Counterculture, Death penalty, Education, Family members, Feminists, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Hormones, Labour, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Menstruation, Middle class, Motherhood, MtFs, New Left, Police, Politics, Psychology, Religions, Resistance movements, Rural areas, Sexual assault, Socialism, Sports, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism, Visibility, White people Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Academic Workers for a Democratic Union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), Karl Marx, Occupy Oakland, Oscar Grant, Ralph Nader, Swarthmore College, Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF), University of California Student-Workers Union (UAW) Description: Amanda Armstrong recounts her organizing as a graduate student militant in the 2009-2012 protest wave in Berkley and Oakland. She joined occupations and building take-overs organized by students an... -
Amanda Hurtado Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hurtado, Amanda, Oloya-Santiago, Tamara Date: Mar. 15, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Cultures, Families, Gender identity, Immigrants, Language, MtFs, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Make the Road Description: Amanda Hurtado speaks with Tamara Oyola Santiago about her life in Ecuador and the change she experienced upon coming to the United States. In this intimate conversation, Amanda shares her history,... -
Amaree Jael Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jael, Amaree, Maya, Elliott Date: Aug. 15, 2016 Topics: Bigender people, Black people, Bullying, Homophobia, Isolation, Parents of transgender people, Poverty, Race identity, Racism, Sexuality, Slavery, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Verbal abuse, Visibility Subject: Amaree Jael Description: Amaree Jael recounts their life growing up in New York City as a transmasculine person of color. Beginning on 125th Street between 5th and Lennox, Amaree describes their early life in a changing ne... -
An Interview with Cheon Jae-woo (Chorus Boy)
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Jae-woo, Cheon Date: Jun. 2, 2010 Topics: Activists, Asian cultures, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Gay men, Gay men's choirs, HIV/AIDS, Lesbians, Physicians, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: G-Voice Description: Physician Cheon Jae-woo ruminates on his experiences as a part of G-Voice, the first gay chorus ever to be formed in Korea. He says that the main object of the gay chorus is to communicate gay prid... -
An Interview with CHOI Hyun-sook and MONG Choi
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Hyun-sook, CHOI, Choi, MONG Date: Jun. 3, 2010 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Asian cultures, Capitalism, Discrimination, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Politicians, Politics Description: CHOI Hyun-sook, a former political candidate, and MONG Choi discuss their experiences as sexual minority activists. They describe the policies they are trying to change and those they are trying to... -
An Interview with Diana Navarro
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Navarro, Diana, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 15, 2010 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Change of name, Crossdressers, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Identification cards, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Queer theory, Sex education, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transsexual people Subject: Option for the Right to Do and the Duty to Do Corporation Description: Diana Navarro, the director of the Option for the Right to Do and the Duty to Do Corporation, discusses her experiences as a transgender women and sex worker in Bogotaá, Colombia. As an activist,... -
An Interview with Dr. Tiger Howard Devore, PhD
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Devore, Tiger Howard, Motta, Carlos Date: Feb. 7, 2011 Topics: Chromosomes, Ethics, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homosexuality, Intersex, Law, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Physicians, Psychology, Sexology, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Surgery, Therapists, Transgender people Description: Dr. Tiger Howard Devore PhD, clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, discusses how he works with people who are sexually different and has been advocating for their rights for 30 years. ... -
An Interview with Fernando Serrano
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Serrano, Fernando, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 18, 2010 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Femininities, Gender identity, LGBTI rights, LGBTI rights policy, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Planeta Paz Description: Anthropologist Fernando Serrano talks to Carlos Motta about his work with the LGBT Community Centers Strategy, which seeks the development of a series of services for that specific community and fo... -
An Interview with Hanmuji
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos Date: May 30, 2010 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Femininities, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Identification cards, Intersex, LGBTI community, Malpractice, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Medical interventions, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Politics, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexualism Description: Hanmuji, an FTM trans man, discusses his experience as a trans person and the structures and policies surrounding the transgender community in Korea. -
An Interview with Hossein Alizadeh
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Alizadeh, Hossein Date: Feb. 18, 2011 Topics: Activists, Arrests, Crimes, Discrimination, Gender identity, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Middle East, Sexual orientation Subject: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Description: Hossein Alizadeh, the Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), discusses the persecution of LGBTI people in Iran thro... -
An Interview with Joshua Pimiento Montoya
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Montoya, Joshua Pimiento Date: Mar. 19, 2010 Topics: Activists, Higher education, Intersex, LGBTI community, Organisations, Physicians, Religions, Transsexualism Description: Joshua Pimiento Montoya, an anthropologist from the National University of Colombia, discusses his research in and activism surrounding the treatment of intersex individuals by the medical community. -
An Interview with Justus Eisfeld
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Eisfeld, Justus Date: Jan. 24, 2011 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Health care, Social classes, Transgender people, Transgender rights Subject: Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) Description: Justus Eisfeld, a trans activist and co-director of the Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), discusses the fight for transgender rights legally, socioeconomically, and in healthcare. -
An Interview with Kenyon Farrow
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Farrow, Kenyon, Motta, Carlos Date: Feb. 22, 2011 Topics: Activists, Capitalism, Christianity, LGBTQ+ movement, Patriarchy, Poverty Subject: Queers for Economic Justice -
An Interview with Mara Viveros
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Viveros, Mara, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 17, 2010 Topics: Anthropology, Ethnic groups, Feminism, Gender, Research, Sexuality, Sociology, Travel Description: Mara Viveros begins her interview by saying, "my initial training was as an economist but I later became an anthropologist, I like to mention this because it also explains who I am, that is, a pers... -
An Interview with Marcela Sánchez
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Sánchez, Marcela, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 11, 2010 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Discrimination, Feminists, Gender, Human rights, Sexuality Subject: Profamilia Description: Marcela Sánchez describes herself in this interview by saying, "I am a social worker, a feminist, and I have worked with issues of women’s participation in politics, sexual and reproductive health,... -
An Interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 5, 2011 Topics: Activists, Child abuse, Childhood, Education, Secrecy, Self-acceptance, Sexual abuse, Sexuality Description: Mattilda offers a self-description, saying "I am a writer, activist, editor, social critic, a bit of a troublemaker, and a contrarian. My work is about challenging the violence of the assimilationi... -
An Interview with Mauricio Albarracín
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Albarracín, Mauricio, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 19, 2010 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Career choice, Discrimination, Law, Sexuality Description: Mauricio introduces himself in this interview saying, "I am from Bucaramanga, Santander and I have had a very legal life in the sense that when I began to study law I also started to practice becam... -
An Interview with Mx. Justin Vivian Bond
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Bond, Justin Vivian Date: Feb. 25, 2011 Topics: Artists, Childhood, Gender identity, Politics, Transgender people Description: This interview centers on Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, an artist, performer, singer/songwriter, writer and a painter. The interviews covers topic such as performance, upbringing, conservativism, and gen... -
An Interview with Ruin
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos Date: Jun. 3, 2010 Topics: Coming out, Gender role, MtFs, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Ruin begins this interview saying: "My name is Ruin and I usually introduce myself as an MTF transgender lesbian. I’m also a vegetarian and a cat lover. I started thinking about gender issues in 20... -
Anaïs Duplan Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Duplan, Anaïs Date: Jun. 18, 2019 Topics: Afro-caribbeans, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Indeterminacy (Linguistics), Intimacy, LGBTQ+ poetry, Time perception, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Gennady Aygi, Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus, Paul Celan, Take This Stallion, Terrance Hayes -
Andrea Lawlor Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lawlor, Andrea Date: Aug. 18, 2019 Topics: Gender diversity, Gender identity, Literature, Transgender community, Transgender people, Working class Subject: Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Description: Andrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and is author of the novel Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (2017). In this interview, Lawlor discusses growing up in a working-class comm... -
Andrea Long Chu Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Chu, Andrea Long Date: Nov. 2, 2018 Topics: Feminist theory, Literature, Religions, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Writers Description: Andrea Long Chu is an emerging trans intellectual, writing on the politics of gender and desire. In this interview she recounts her growing up to a devoted Christian family in North Carolina, atten... -
Andrea Susan's Casa Susanna Interview, Part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Feb. 27, 2016 Topics: Communities, Crossdressing, Finances, Interviews, Photographers Description: Oral history with Andrea Susan about Casa Susanna. -
Andrea Susan's Casa Susanna Interview, Part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Feb. 27, 2016 Topics: Books, Crossdressers, Photographers, Photographs, Plays Description: Andrea Susan's oral history about Casa Susanna. -
Angal Field Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Field, Angal Date: May 1, 2019 Topics: Colonialism, Family members, Film, Gay identity, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender bending, Health care, Hormones, Lesbians, Liberals, Photography, Politics, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Barnard University, Celina Sciamma, Tomboy Description: Angal Field shares their experience of being a writer, filmmaker and photographer in today’s media landscape and discusses the trappings of trans visibility. Using the medium of film to “speak back... -
Ann Thompson Cook Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Creator: Weekley, David, Cook, Ann Date: Oct. 2017 Topics: Activists, Allies, Christianity, Gay rights, LGBTI community, Sexual orientation, Writers Subject: And God Loves Each One Description: Ann Thompson Cook speaks in this Oral History about how she became involved in gay rights activism. Thompson discusses her allyship and work in the Christian church advocating for acceptance of dif... -
Anna Keyes Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Maya, Elliott, Keyes, Anna Date: Jul. 14, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Bullying, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Depression, Ethnic groups, Families, Film, Film studies, Gender identity, Gender relations, Gender role, Health care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Public facilities, Representation, Self-acceptance, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Anna Keyes Description: Anna Keyes discusses the textured and representational aspects of her films, her process of self realization and the embodiment of her womanhood through online community, her family and being out i... -
Anna Travers Oral History (2016)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Brown, Elspeth Date: 2016 Topics: Activists, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, Law, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Anna Travers, Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Rainbow Health Network, Shelbourne Health Clinic -
Antoinette Pezet Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Pezet, Antoinette, Durgin, Emily Date: Nov. 16, 2017 Topics: Bisexual people, Bisexuality, Civil unions, Families of military personnel, Fatherhood, Gay religious groups, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ veterans, Motherhood, Trans women Subject: Antoinette Pezet, Circle of Hope, Jean Vermette, SAGE, SAGE Maine, The Crying Game, Transsupport Maine, YWCA Description: Antoinette Pezet was born in New York April 23, 1937 as William Anthony Pezet. She recognized she was bisexual in her early teens. Her family was accepting of her sexuality very early on. Before en... -
Ash Stephens Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ash Stephens Date: Apr. 19, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Butches, Change of name, Childhood, Christianity, Education, Family members, Femininities, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Higher education, Lesbian culture, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Military, Older people, Police patrol--Surveillance operations, Politics, Pronoun, Religions, Social classes, Soft butches, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Bible Belt, Black Hollywood, Brooklyn Bail Fund, Georgia Southern University, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, University of Illinois at Chicago Description: Ash recounts growing up in a southern Bible Belt community. He details his journey from Georgia to Chicago where he completed his higher-level education and met his “chosen family.” Ash is currentl... -
B. Hawk Snipes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Snipes, B. Hawk Date: Mar. 28, 2019 Topics: Artists, Bars, Black people, Childhood, Cocaine, Drug abuse, Education, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay community centers, Gay liberation, Gay pride, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hospitals, Housing, Jews, Latinos, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Neighborhood government, Police, Police raids, Prisons, Pronoun, Stonewall riots, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Unemployment, White people, Women, Youth, Youth organisations Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Amanda Milan, Amy's Bread, Anderson Cooper, Bawdy Audie Josie, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Covenant House Rite of Passage (ROP), Fenced Out, Greenwich Village Youth Council (GYC), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Iris House, James Street Hotel, JD Melendez, John Cameron Mitchell, Kate Barnhart, March of Dimes, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Peter Green, Project Reach, Rosie Perez, Sets, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Garden Left Behind, Trans Health Conference, Trans in Action, Transy House, Wilson Cruz, Zendo's Description: B. Hawk Snipes discusses their growing in the Bronx, their time at the La Guardia High School of the Performing Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, and eventually becoming an entertainer ... -
Barbara Satin Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Creator: Bowman, Mark, Satin, Barbara Date: Oct. 16, 2015 Topics: Activists, Childhood, Families, Gender identity, Gender role, Priests, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Upbringing Description: Barbara Satin speaks about her experience as a transgender activist around issues of aging, faith and gender justice. She speaks about her gender identity, and its intersections with her religious ... -
Barms Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Barms Date: May 17, 2019 Topics: Anarchism, Anthropology, Anti-transgender violence, Art history, Autism spectrum disorders, Bars, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Childhood, Children, Christianity, Class struggle, Clubs, Coming out, Communism, Construction workers, Disabilities, Femininities, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Gentrification, Hate speech, Homophobia, Internet, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marxism, Masculinities, Mental disorders, New Left, People with disabilities, Performance art, Pronoun, Religions, Sexuality, Socialism, Solidarity, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Red Bloom, Chris O'Feeley, Me Too Movement, Michael Bloomberg, Pratt Institute, Queer Workers Project, Rudy Guiliani, Sam Goody, True Scum Description: Barms is a construction worker apprentice and a communist. In this interview, they discuss the role of philosophy and abstract thinking for themselves and many trans people as a strategy of managin... -
Bianey Garcia Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Garcia, Bianey Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Discrimination, Families, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Immigration, Immigration law, Imprisonment, Latin american cultures, Lawyers, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Bianey Garcia, Make the Road Description: Bianey Garcia is a community organizer at Make the Road New York, a non-profit organization providing services and advocacy for Latinx and working class communities. Born in Veracruz, Mexico and ra... -
Bradley Picklesimer Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Picklesimer, Bradley Date: Mar. 28, 2018 Topics: Anti-gay violence, Berdache, Drag, Drag queens, Gay discos, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ porn films, Police raids, Sexual assault, Siblings, Stonewall riots, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites Subject: ACT UP, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Bernard Jay, Bradley Picklesimer, Café LMNOP, Chi Chi LaRue, Club Agogo, Courtney Act, David Bowie, Divine, Francis Marion Picklesimer, Henry Faulkner, Jayne County, Judy Garland, Lee Angelique, Martha Lynn Stone, Miss Bradley, Sweet Evening Breeze, The Montparnasse, The Thrusters, Wade Littrell Description: OUTWORDS interview with Bradley Picklesimer conducted by Kate Kunath on March 28, 2018 in Meally, KY. AT 20, Bradley opened his first downtown club in Lexington, KY with the help of his brother and... -
Brenda Holder Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Holder, Brenda, Keyes, Anna Date: Apr. 4, 2018 Topics: Drag balls, Drag community, Drag queens, Homelessness, Intolerance, Latinos, LGBTI community, Military, Role models, Transsexual people Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Dupree, Pepper Labeija Description: Army veteran and drag queen Brenda Holder discusses finding community in the drag world through her journey as a Hispanic trans woman. Holder tells interviewer Anna Keyes of her relationships with ... -
Brigitte Jamilette Hernandez Martinez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Hernandez Martinez, Brigitte Jamilette Date: Aug. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Beauty operators, Discrimination, Education, Families, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Safer sex, Self-acceptance, Sexual abuse, Transgender people Description: Lorenzo Van Ness entrevista a Brigitte Jamilet Hernández Martínez sobre su vida, quien comparte detalles de su niñez y adolescencia que recalcan la importancia que tiene su familia, sobre todo sus ... -
Brycen Gaines Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Elle, Eve, Gaines, Brycen Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Colleges, Discrimination, FtMs, Gay-straight alliances, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, Racism, Therapies, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Work situation Subject: Brycen Gaines Description: In this brief interview, Brycen Gaines touches on a variety of topics, beginning with his first moment of awareness of his gender identity. He discusses discrimination, healthcare, family, and tran... -
Buzz Slutzky Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Tennenbaum, Ric, Slutzky, Buzz Date: Jun. 29, 2017 Topics: Comedy, Educators, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicalisation, Music, Zines Subject: Buzz Slutzky Description: Buzz Slutzky is a nonbinary trans artist and activist living in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Overland Park, KS, Buzz tells their story of growing up Jewish in Montclair, NJ, and the how the intersection o... -
Capri Kasai Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kasai, Capri Date: Mar. 19, 2019 Topics: Black people, Body image, Child abuse, Childhood, Climatic changes, Conservatism, Disaster medicine, Divorce, Environmental justice, Environmentalism, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Masculinities, Military, Misogyny, Moving, Household, Music, Politics, Polygamy, Public health, Queer theory, Racism, Religions, Skinheads, Southern States, Visibility, Writers Description: Capri recounts their childhood in a military family and the resulting relocations that their family underwent. They address family dynamics that continue to affect their inner monologue and relatio... -
Carla Roldos Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Roldos, Carla, Keyes, Anna Date: Apr. 18, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Death and dying, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Nursing, Passing (Gender), Politics, Public safety, Role models, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Gay mother Description: In an interview with Anna Keyes, trans woman Carla Roldos talks about her experiences transitioning and becoming a member of the trans community in New York City. Roldos specifically discusses the ... -
Carolyn Connolly Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Connolly, Carolyn, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Dec. 25, 2018 Topics: Alcoholism, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Punk, Transgender people, Transsexualism Description: Carolyn Connolly begins with her difficult childhood in a blue-collar Irish-Italian family in Flatlands, Brooklyn, her entry into metal scenes of NYC, and her radicalization into the Love and Rage ... -
Cayden Betzig Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Betzig, Cayden Date: Jun. 12, 2019 Topics: Childhood, Education, Family members, Gay men, Gender diversity, Health insurance, Hinduism, Homophobia, Hormones, Labour movement, Language, LGBTI community, Politics, Psychotherapy, Religions, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Callen-Lorde's Health Outreach to Teens Program, City Year, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), George Mason University, Hunter College, New York University (NYU), Student Labor Action Movement, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Description: Cayden discusses his work as an untenured and trans educator. He reflects on his involvement in the NYC’s teacher’s union the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the UFT’s social justice caucus... -
Cecilia Gentili Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Gentili, Cecilia Date: Jul. 14, 2017 Topics: Addictions, Childhood, Clothing, Dictatorships, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Immigration, Immigration policy, Imprisonment, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Cecilia Gentili, Gay Men's Health Crisis Description: Cecilia Gentili is the Director of Policy at Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). In this wide-ranging interview, she reflects on the relationships and experiences that inform her story of struggle, res... -
Cerah Rowley Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Rowley, Cerah, Towne, Tyler Date: Mar. 23, 2018 Topics: Addictions, Appearance, Childhood, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Homophobia, Musicians, Religions, Sexuality, Transgenderism Description: Cerah Rowley shares her love for Star Wars and Star Trek, an addiction to prescription medications, and growing up in a conservative Christian household and coming to identify as a non-binary trans... -
Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Nova, Cyd, Doroshow, Ceyenne Date: Feb. 19, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Age, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gay community, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, Language, LGBTI community, Loneliness, MtFs, Racism, Representation, Riots, Roman catholicism, Sexual assault, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Ceyenne Doroshow, Miss Major Description: Ceyenne Doroshow shares her experience developing a supportive relationship with her family, enduring ignorance and discrimination, first meeting another transwoman, learning about hormones, and di... -
Chanel Lopez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lopez, Chanel, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 31, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Appearance, Change of name, Christianity, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Mental health, Role models, Schools, Self-acceptance, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community Subject: Anti Violence Project, Bronx Community Pride Center, Crash Club Description: Transgender communities liaison Chanel Lopez details her experience as a Latinx trans woman in both New York and the Dominican Republic. Lopez opens up to interviewer Sebastian Castro Niculescu abo... -
Chase Strangio Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Strangio, Chase, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Oct. 12, 2018 Topics: Activists, Gender identity, Imprisonment, Judaism, Law, Lawyers, Legal process, LGBTQ+ movement, Transgender people Subject: Chelsea Manning Description: Chase Strangio discusses their work as a leading LGBTQ legal advocate with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), including their representation of and connection to well-known former political... -
Che Gossett Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gossett, Che Date: May 3, 2019 Topics: AIDS education, Arab-Israeli conflict, Archivists, Baptist church, Black people, Black studies, Colonialism, Community centres, Cross-cultural relationships, Education, Femininities, Film, Gay clergy, Gender, Gender studies, Gentrification, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Justice, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Military, Politics, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Segregation, Thai boxing, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP Philly, All of Us or None, Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Black Panthers, Center for Reserach on Women at Barnard, Critical Resistance, Darby Hickey, David Farwell, Detroit: Yes I Do Mind Dying, Different Avenues, Fox News, Fred Milton, Galaei, George Jackson, Hearts on a Wire, James Baldwin, Jerry Brown, Lambda Literary Retreat, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Gurden, Native Son, Philadelphia FIGHT, Project Home, Roxbury, Ryan Smith, Ryan White Youth Conference, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Trans Health Conference, Uphams Corner Health Clinic, Yuri Kochiyama Description: Che Gossett shares on the left political history of their parents, their time spent in multiple abolitionist, black and queer organizing groups, and their becoming a critical scholar of trans studi... -
Chelsea Goodwin and Dr. Rusty Mae Moore Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Moore, Rusty Mae, Goodwin, Chelsea Date: May 4, 2017 Topics: Activists, Coming out, Feminism, Gender diversity, Harassment, Homelessness, Housing, Paganism, Police, Politics, Subculture, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: ACT UP, Chelsea Goodwin, Christine Jorgensen, Dyke Action Machine, Queer Nation, Rusty Mae Moore, Transy House Description: After purchasing a house in Park Slope in the 1980's to be closer to her kids, Dr. Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin opened their home to homeless trans folk. Transy House, as it was called, aime... -
Cheri DiNovo Oral History (2016)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Brown, Elspeth Date: 2016 Topics: Activists, Clergy, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Law, LGBTI rights policy, Politics, Psychiatry, Sexual reorientation, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Cheri DiNovo, Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Toby's Law -
Chichi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Oloya-Santiago, Tamara, Chichi Date: Aug. 21, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Education, Families, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Naturalisation, Self-acceptance, Siblings, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Waiters Description: This interview, conducted in Spanish, is conducted by Tamara Oloya-Santiago. Chici, the interviewee, tells their story of immigrating from Peru to Queens, New York and the discrimination they suffe... -
Christian aka Wordz on Hip Hop Activism
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Lovehall, Christian Axavier Date: Feb. 19, 2014 Topics: Activists, Demonstrations, Discrimination, Funeral rites, Gangs, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ poetry, Musicians, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Upbringing, Violence Subject: Philadelphia Trans March -
Christian Appel Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Appel, Christian, Martinez, Dinick Date: May 8, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Body image, Childhood, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Higher education, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Oppression, Sexuality, Spirituality Subject: Christian Appel, SAGE, Trans Generational Theater Project Description: Christian Appel grew up in New Rochelle, escaping to find community in New York's party scene (particularly the Motherfucker parties) and at IDA, a queer gardening farmstead in Tennessee. She draws... -
Crisosto Apache Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Apache, Crisosto Date: Jul. 21, 2016 Topics: Apache Indians, Child abuse, Chiricahua Indians, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples--Languages, Intersectionality, Intersex, LGBTQ+ poetry, Mescalero Indians, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Navajo Indians, Sexual identity, Substance abuse, Two-Spirit people Subject: A Bridge Still in the Water, Crisosto Apache, Diné Bizaad, Gensis, Indian Health Service (IHS), James Thomas Stevens, Ndé Bizaa, Ndé’isdzan, Salt Clan, Sesame Street, Todd, Towering House People Clan Description: OUTWORDS interview with Crisosto Apache conducted by Mason Funk on July 21, 2016 in the home he shares with his husband, Todd, in Lakewood, CA. Crisosto is a Native LGBTQI and Two Spirit advocate, ... -
Crystal Lynne Little Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Little, Crystal Lynne, Funk, Mason Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Asexuality, LGBTQ+ veterans, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Crystal Lynne Little, Gulf Gender Alliance Description: Crystal Little was born in 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and named Charles. At 17, hoping to put his complex gender feelings to rest, Charles joined the Navy, which was at least useful for advent... -
Dan Rosensweet Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Rosensweet, Dan Date: Jun. 27, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Body image, Coming out, Crossdressing, Eating disorders, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Homophobia, Hormones, Quality of life, Schools, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender community Description: Interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu speaks to Dan Rosensweet about growing up in Brooklyn as an only child, coming out to family members as trans, and how in retrospect they can pinpoint moments... -
Dean Spade Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Spade, Dean, Awad, Nadia Date: Apr. 24, 2017 Topics: Demonstrations, Feminists, Foster parents, Gay pride, Gender diversity, Health care, Hormones, Immigration, Imprisonment, Lawyers, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Peace movement, Spirituality Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Audre Lorde Project (ALP), CUNY Law School, Dean Spade, FIERCE, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), National LGBTQ Task Force, Queers for Economic Justice, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California Santa Cruz Description: Dean Spade relates his journey and politicization first through the support of his mother in conservative Virginia, his first tastes of feminism and increasingly his work to provide support and res... -
Dezi Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Dezi, Towne, Tyler Date: Jul. 11, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Music, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities Subject: Burner Community, Burning Man Description: Dezi speaks to interviewer Tyler Towne about their childhood in suburban California, growing up with two brothers. They discuss forming a supportive community of queer people in their life and the ... -
Dioganhdih Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Dioganhdih Date: Nov. 12, 2019 Topics: Hip-hop, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Queer artists, Transgender community, Two-Spirit people Description: An interview with Dioganhdih. They were born on sovereign Haudenosaunee territory of Onondaga Nation and identify as a two-spirit, queer, hip-hop artist, public speaker and producer. In this interv... -
Donna M. Cartwright Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Cartwright, Donna M., O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Dec. 23, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Arrests, Beauty standards, Colleges, Coming out, Crossdressing, Dating, Drag queens, Ethnic relations, Events, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ movement, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Normalization, Organisations, Secrecy, Sexuality, Social movements, Socialism, Stereotypes, Therapists, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender rights, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Brandon Teena, Christine Jorgensen, Donna M. Cartwright, Gender Right Advocacy Association of New Jersey (GRAANJ), GenderPAC, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), Pride at Work, Terence Stamp, The New York Times Description: Donna Cartwright discusses her long history in the labor movement, as a socialist militant, in leading roles in trans rights organizing and LGBTQ organizations. She recounts her 30 years spent as a... -
Donna Sachet Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Sachet, Donna Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Child abuse, Coming out, Drag, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay Christians, Gay community, Gay men, Gay movement, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lipsynching, Methodist Church, Police harassment, Stonewall riots Subject: ACT UP, Bette Davis, Beverly Sills, Black Cat Bar, Campus Crusade for Christ, Donna Sachet, Donna Summer, Empress of San Francisco, Fire Island, Gay Men's Chorus, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), GLAAD Media Awards, Joan Crawford, José Sarria, Juanita More, Judy Garland, Mark Leno, Miss Gay San Francisco, Perry Ellis, Shanti Project, Tavern Guild, The Celluloid Closet, Trannyshack Description: OUTWORDS interview with Donna Sachet conducted by Mason Funk on July 27, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. Donna is a drag performer, community activist, and author. Donna has raised millions of dollars f... -
Dylan Kapit Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Zavidow, Evan, Kapit, Dylan Date: Jun. 18, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Childhood, Coming out, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Special education Subject: Barnard College, Dylan Kapit -
Eddie Jarel Jones Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jones, Eddie Jarel Date: May 29, 2019 Topics: African American universities and colleges, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Heterosexism, Homophobia, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Racism, Self-image, Social media, Telecommunication, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transphobia, Visibility, Women's colleges Subject: Bathroom Act, BlackTransTV, Jussie Smollett, King Children, Lincoln University, MOBIfest, Morehouse College, Philly Fashion Week, Pose, Sean Torrington, Slay TV, SLAYFEST, SpeakOut, Spelman College, Terry Torrington, The Phluid Project, World Pride 2019 Description: Eddie Jarel Jones is a Cleveland, Ohio native and current social influencer, media personality, producer, Emcee, and model. They reflect on the experience of attending a Historically Black College ... -
Ei Meeker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Meeker, Ei Date: Oct. 9, 2017 Topics: Activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Community centres, Direct action, Educators, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender role, Harassment, Health care, Help lines, HIV/AIDS, Housing, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Roman catholicism, Schools, Sex education, Sexuality, Tolerance, Transgender children, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: ACT UP, Bailey House, Ei Meeker, Terry McGovern -
El Roy Red Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Red, El Roy, Holmes, Zoe Date: Mar. 30, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Body image, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Higher education, Immigration, Isolation, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Substance abuse Subject: El Roy Red, Ponderosa Movement and Discovery, University of Pittsburgh Description: El Roy Red is a poet who has lived in New York City for three years. Red begins the interview by discussing her self-expression through a unique sense of style and how she found her voice as a writ... -
Eli Bodian Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Bodian, Eli, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jun. 29, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Employment discrimination, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Jews, Language, Siblings, Transgender families, Transgender people, Unemployment, Youth organisations Subject: Caitlyn Jenner Description: Eli Bodian shares information about their upbringing with Sebastián Castro Niculescu in this interview, specifically what it was like being trans and having a sibling who is also trans. Bodian talk... -
Eli Oberman Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Oberman, Eli, Milks, M. Henry Date: Feb. 20, 2017 Topics: Breast cancer, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homophobia, Hormones, Loneliness, Misogyny, Musicians, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Therapies, Transphobia Subject: Eli Oberman, The New School Description: Eli Oberman—one of, if not the first, trans-identified students at Eugene Lang— talks about coming out as one of two very different trans children to a family of feminists, misogyny in transmasculi... -
Elizabeth Coffey-Williams Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Coffey-Williams, Elizabeth Date: Aug. 8, 2016 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Cookie Mueller, Divine, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams, Female Trouble, John Waters, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Mink Stole, Multiple Maniacs, Pat Moran, Pink Flamingos, The Carry On Thrift Shop Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elizabeth Coffey-Williams conducted by Mason Funk on August 8, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Baltimore in 1970 she met rising film director John Waters, and she... -
Elsie Hupp Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hupp, Elsie, Ramsay, Grace Date: Feb. 21, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Christianity, Eating disorders, Education, Feminism, Isolation, Mental health, MtFs, Oppression, Sexual assault, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Babycastles, Boy Scouts, DeviantArt, Elsie Hupp, Myspace, New York University, Twtich Description: Elsie grew up middle class in the Midwest where the church was a big presence in her life. Though she encountered a progressiveness in various ways within the religious communities she was part of ... -
Erica Connerney Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Connerney, Erica Date: Jul. 16, 2019 Topics: AIDS awareness, Anti-transgender violence, Asian religions, Asian studies, Bisexuality, Buddhism, Cabaret, Change of name, Childhood, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Erotica, Family members, Gay liberation, Gay political groups, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Gentrification, Government, Hijras, Isolation, Lesbian culture, Lesbian girls, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Religions, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's colleges, Writers Subject: Boston Globe, Central Asian Studies, Corporal Klinger, Cubbyhole, Donald Trump, Dyke March, Get Behind Me Satan, Henrietta Hudson's, Jacque's, Janice Raymond, Jeff Sessions, Kamilah Harris, M*A*S*H, MacDowell Colony, On Our Backs, Pace University, Pat Oleszko, Pose, Queer Liberation March, Rita Hester, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Susie Bright, The Queen of Exit Seventeen, The Transsexual Empire, The Upside-down Tree: India's Changing Culture, Trans Advocate, Trans Day of Action, Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF), Vera Lex: Journal of the International Natural Law Society, Wheaton College, Wicca Description: Erica Connerney is a philosophy/trans literature professor and author living in Tribeca, NY. She discusses her past and present in terms of her identity as a transsexual woman, as well as her hopes... -
Erica Rand Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Rand, Erica, Demary, Danella Date: Nov. 12, 2017 Topics: Advice columns, Ageism, Butch-femme relationships, Coming out, Dyke marches, Dykes, Eroticism, Femininities, Femmes, Gender studies, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ families, Pornography, Queer relationships, Queer studies, Sex education, Skating Subject: ACT UP Portland, FTM International, Kings of the Hill, Salacious, Stone Butch Blues, The Pissed Off Dyke Cell, Women's Health Action Crew Description: Erica lived in Chicago for many years, but relocated to Maine because of her teaching position at Bates College. She is a Professor of Art and Visual Culture and of Gender and Sexuality Studies, an... -
Evan Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Tennenbaum, Ric, Evan Date: Jul. 29, 2017 Topics: Artists, Bars, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Evan, Pratt University Description: Evan is a Brooklyn based photographer whose photo work primarily touches upon issues of gender and identity, and in this interview he describes his perception of his own intersectional identity. Or... -
Eve Elle Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Elle, Eve, Gaines, Brycen Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Artists, Autonomy, Childhood, Dating, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender role, MtFs, Schools, Sexual orientation, Transitioning (Gender), Work situation Subject: Eve Elle Description: Eve Elle describes the development of her identity and experiences as a trans woman over time, from realizing her identity at a very young age, to dating before and after transitioning, to her thou... -
Fainan Lakha Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lakha, Fainan, Maya, Elliott Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Islam, Liberation movements, MtFs, Oppression, Politics, Representation, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Fainan Lakha, Laverne Cox Description: Fainan Lakha is a student at Columbia majoring in Comparative Literature and Society. She grew up in a Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim community in Seattle and became involved in the Oneness University a... -
Felicita ‘Felli’ Maynard Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Maynard, Felicita Date: Dec. 12, 2019 Topics: Black transgender people, Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ artists, QTPOC, Spirituality, Transgender community Description: An interview with Felicita ‘Felli’ Maynard, a trans identifying visual artist from Brooklyn, New York. -
Francois Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Francois, Kümm, Paige Date: Jun. 28, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Body image, Colleges, Coming out, Employment discrimination, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Racism Description: Paige Kümm interviews Francois, a gender fluid Haitian person who was born and raised in New York City, and still resides there. They talk about the gentrification of Francois's neighborhood and ho... -
Free CeCe McDonald Panel
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cox, Laverne, Gares, Jac, Jenkins, Andrea, McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe) Date: Aug. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Actors, Black people, Feminism, Film industry, Gender dysphoria, Imprisonment, Oppression, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Anti Violence Project, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Free CeCe, In The Life, Musical Chairs, Orange is the New Black, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sayuri Hernandez, The Exhibitionist, Transforming, Unraveled Description: Laverne Cox is the executive producer of the Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black. She plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Cox is a renowned speaker... -
Geleni Fontaine Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Fontaine, Geleni Date: Feb. 5, 2019 Topics: Alternative medicine, Gentrification, Martial arts, Transgender community, Transgender people, Working class Subject: Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts, Center for Anti-violence Education, Imani Henry, Leslie Feinberg, Metropolitan Gender Network, Sylvia Rivera Description: Geleni Fontaine is an acupuncturist, RN and healer based on Brooklyn. In this interview, they share on their growing up in a working class Cuban family in Park Slope, Brooklyn, prior to the neighbo... -
Genevieve Tatum Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Tatum, Genevieve, Dicken, Matthew Date: Jul. 22, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, LGBTI community, Liberation movements, Music, Parents of transgender people, Politics, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Genevieve Tatum, Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall Description: Genevieve Tatum, a transgender woman, retells her experiences as an adolescent in The Village in New York City. She describes the aftermath of the Stonewall riot, the Civil Rights movement, and the... -
Gia Love Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Love, Gia Date: Apr. 11, 2019 Topics: African diaspora, African-americans, Black people, Bullying, Butches, Childhood, Crossdressing, Debates, Drag balls, Femininities, Foster children, Gender, Gender diversity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mothers, Racism, Sexism, Sexual abuse, Soft butches, Special education, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Women Subject: Butch Queen, City College, Destination Tomorrow, Ginovia, Greenlight Hub, Harlem United, Harvard University, House of Bacardi, House of Juicy, House of Louboutin, House of McQueen, Islan Nettles, Kalem Lord, Malcolm X, Marist College, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), Paris Is Burning, Sundance, TQ, Uber Description: Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a sup... -
Gogo Graham Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Graham, Gogo Date: May 10, 2019 Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Childhood, Christianity, Clubs, Coming out, Fashion designers, Fashion--Japanese influences, Gay identity, Harassment, Hormones, Internet, Media, Microaggressions, MtFs, Music, Plastic surgery, Pop music, Rape, Social media, Step families, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse, Violence Subject: Asian Pacific Island Community Health Association (APICHA), Cecilia Gentilly, Hussein Chalayan, Kaden Ho, Raygun Hugo, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, Spectrum, The University of Texas - Austin, Tumblr, Yohji Yamamoto -
Grace Detrevarah Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Detrevarah, Grace, Keyes, Anna Date: Feb. 21, 2018 Topics: Dancers, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Religions, Social integration, Transgender people, Writers Subject: Candy Labeija, LaRoque Bey Description: Grace Detrevarah, a self-proclaimed "spiritual black trans woman" talks to Anna Keyes about her supportive parents and rebellious adolescence, and growing up in an environment far removed from a tr... -
Greta Bauer Oral History (2016)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Brown, Elspeth Date: 2016 Topics: Activists, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Insurance, Law, Transgender people Subject: Ontario Health Insurance Plan Description: Oral History with Greta Bauer, one of 7 activists involved in fighting Ontario's delisting of gender confirming surgeries from the province's public health plan in 1998. Conducted in Spring/Summer ... -
Gykyira Shoy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Shoy, Gykyira Date: Feb. 15, 2017 Topics: Abuse, AIDS education, Drag queens, Education, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Music, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Description: Gykyira Shoy is the Program Director of New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she describes her experience as a trans person of color and her work as an activist, engaged in justice st... -
Hannah Baer Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Baer, Hannah Date: Feb. 19, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Buddhism, Capitalism, Femininities, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Group relations training, Health care, Higher education, Homophobia, Insurance, Judaism, Masculinities, Microaggressions, Music, Plastic surgery, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexism, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: Against Me!, Eileen Fisher, Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS), Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility (JCC), Transcend Legal -
Hannah E. Simpson Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Simpson, Hannah E, Ramsay, Grace Date: Mar. 22, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, Higher education, Hormones, Labour, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Social norms, Transgender families, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Hannah E Simpson Description: Hannah E. Simpson is an activist who draws on her education and harassment during medical school to inspire her advocacy work. She was one of the first trans individuals to speak in front of offici... -
Hannah Soldner Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Soldner, Hannah Date: Jan. 15, 2019 Topics: Assigned gender, Bible--Versions, Hussite, Childhood, Christianity, Ethnic diversity, Family members, Film, Gay theology, Gender, Gender role, LGBTQ+ theology, Liberation theology, Masculinities, Masturbation, People with disabilities, Pronoun, Religions, Sexuality, Social classes, Theology, Writers Subject: Lab/Shul, Martin Luther King Jr., Pirkei Avot, Sylvia Rivera, This is my Body Communion (TBS), University of Colorado - Boulder, Vacation Bible School (VBS), Women of Transgender Expierence -
Harron Walker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Walker, Harron Date: Dec. 21, 2019 Topics: Journalism, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community Description: An interview with Harron Walker, a trans identifying reporter from Logan, Utah. -
Hayden Gibson Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gibson, Hayden Date: Jul. 27, 2019 Topics: Adoption, Bars, Change of name, Christianity, Gender diversity, Homophobia, Job applications, Judaism, LGBTI community, Librarians, Police, Punk, Sexism, Writers Subject: Brooklyn Pride, Dyke March, Fun Home, Ginger's, Henrietta Hudson's, Left Hand of Darkness, Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit, Stonewall Description: Hayden Gibson was born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. In this interview, Hayden shares their experiences about growing up in an adopted evangelical family, making the courageous move to New York... -
Hazel Katz Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Katz, Hazel, Silverman, Aviva Date: Jan. 4, 2019 Topics: Appearance, Artists, Atheism, Coming out, Educators, Imprisonment, Law, Religious society of friends, Transgender community, Transgender people Description: In this interview conducted by Aviva Silverman, Hazel Katz discusses her upbringing, including her religious differences from her parents, and her reluctance to come out because of the social diffi... -
I Thought I Had to Settle
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Maurer, Luca Date: Apr. 9, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Gender dysphoria, Gender minorities, LGBTQ+ partners, Self-image, Sexual orientation Description: Luca Maurer, Director of Ithaca College's LGBT Wellness Center -
Iele Paloumpis Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Paloumpis, Iele Date: Mar. 6, 2019 Topics: Abuse, Androgyny, Baptist church, Childhood, Christianity, Dancers, Disabilities, Eastern orthodox churches, Education, Humanistic, Gay theology, Gender diversity, Gender studies, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ theology, Liberation theology, Occultism, Pronoun, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Spirituality, Terminal care, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Working class Subject: Arts and Literact Program, Coalition for Hispanic Family Services, End-of-Life Doula, Hollins University Description: iele is a nonbinary dance artist and end-of-life doula from Chicago. They describe growing up in the conservative Greek Orthodox Church, surviving domestic abuse, and homelessness, before leaving C... -
Ilan N. Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Maltsev, Tyler Date: Aug. 25, 2018 Topics: Family members, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Lawyers, Mental health, Phalloplasty, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Ilan N., interviewed by Tyler Maltsev, spends this interview talking about his difficulties accessing gender realignment surgery, remarking that he has had to "jump through hoops" with physical and... -
Image Object Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Object, Image, Dicken, Matthew Date: Mar. 19, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Arts and entertainment occupations, Gender identity, Night life, Sexuality Description: In this interview conducted by Matthew Dicken, Image Object (this individual does not have pronouns per the individual's own request) discusses childhood and development, exploring gender identity,... -
Imani Henry Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Henry, Imani Date: Mar. 8, 2019 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Arrests, Black people, Christianity, Cults, Discrimination, Gay pride, Gender minorities, Middle class, Peace movement, Police, Racism, Religions, School facilities, Slavery, Social media, Street violence, Transgender people, Violence, Working class, Youth Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Black Student Organization, Boston Tech, Christine Lewis, Domestic Workers United, Emerson College, English High, Equality for Flatbush, ICE, James Dobson, Keith Kyler, Ken Livingston, Kimani Grey, Latin Academy, Latin Boston, Malcolm X, National School Walkout Day, Patrick Dorsman, Peoples Monday, Rodney King, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell, Trish Marinara, University of Massachusetts - Lowell (UMass Lowell) -
Interview Olivia Hnlicka
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hnlicka, Olivia Date: Jan. 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Beauty standards, Butches, Capitalism, Cisgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Femmes, Gay community, Gender identity, Hair, Hair--Removal, Heterosexuality, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Masculinities, Medicalisation, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Religions, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Soft butches, Suburbs, Suicide, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, White people Subject: About Face Youth Theatre, Annoyance Theatre, Bear Culture, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Coed Prison Sluts, Crusty Girl, Vogue Magazine Description: Olivia Hnilicka identifies as a white queer transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. Her mother was an elementary school teacher before she had her and her five brothers. She was born in R... -
Interview with Enzi Tanner
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Tanner, Enzi, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Dec. 12, 2015 Topics: Black people, Coming out, Dating, Education, Families, Gay community, Health care, Hormones, Judaism, Men, Racism, Role models, Roman catholicism, Sexual reorientation, Social workers, Surgery, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Brown Boi Project, Enzi Tanner, Trans Youth Support Network Description: Enzi Tanner describes himself as a role model and mentor to younger men, a role that he’s been able to take on through his gender transition. In this oral history, Tanner speaks about his race, com... -
Interview with Aidan Kay
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kay, Aidan, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jan. 23, 2016 Topics: FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Leather community, Lesbian culture Subject: Aidan Kay, Creating Change, Gender Odyssey Description: Aidan Key describes himself as a gender fluid trans man. In this oral history, Key recounts his journey through gender: from coming into lesbian, dyke and leather communities to finding trans commu... -
Interview with Alex Iantaffi
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Iantaffi, Alex, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 6, 2015 Topics: Activists, Bisexual identity, Child abuse, Communism, Divorce, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Immigration, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ parents, Marriage, Masculinities, Musicians, Piano, Roman catholicism, Therapists, Trade unions, Transgender people Subject: Alex Iantaffi, BiCon Description: Alex Iantaffi is a non-binary gender-queer trans-masculine person. In this oral history, he shares his experiences growing up in Rome in a working-class family; his identifications with and through... -
Interview with Alex Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lee, Alex Date: Nov. 17, 2019 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Legal services, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Police harassment, Prisoners--Civil rights, Social justice, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transmasculine people Subject: Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC), TransAction Description: An interview with Alexander Li-Hua Lee, an Asian American trans masculine activist and attorney from Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he was the Project Director for the Grantmak... -
Interview with Alexis Paige
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Paige, Alexis Date: Sep. 23, 2016 Topics: Bisexuals, Breast, Community centres, Drag, Families, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Intersex, LGBTQ+ partners, Machismo, Psychotherapy, Racism, Same-sex marriage, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade AIDS Project, Corey Paige, Lambda Legal, RuPaul, Trans Lifeline, Transgender Working Groups Description: Alexis Paige is a 28-year-old bisexual queer trans woman assigned male at birth. She is half-Korean on her mom’s side and a mixture of Norwegian, Italian and Polish on her father’s side. She uses s... -
Interview with Alonzo Wesley
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wesley, Alonzo, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Aug. 13, 2015 Topics: Black people, Disabilities, FtMs, Harassment, Hormones, Masculinities, Racism, Transgender people -
Interview with Alyssandra Taylor
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Taylor, Alyssandra Date: May 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Body image, Change of name, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Oppression, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian Youth (BAGLY) Description: Alyssandra Taylor identifies as a trans feminine and non-binary woman depending on how they feel. She uses they/them and she/her pronouns and was assigned male at birth. They’re nicknames include A... -
Interview with Amanda Beech
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Beech, Amanda Date: Mar. 3, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Cheerleading, Clothing, Coming out, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Health insurance, Hormones, Jews, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Orgasm, People with disabilities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual practices, World war II Subject: Cullan Markland, Donna Ewing Description: Amanda Beech is a 48-year-old woman who was assigned male at birth. Beech went to school in the little town of Ellendale, Minnesota and lived in Bath, Minnesota. From a young age friends and family... -
Interview with Ameriah Neal
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Neal, Ameirah Date: Dec. 1, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Child abuse, Colleges, Discrimination, Division, Drug abuse, Employment policies, Etymology, Families, Femininities, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Intersectionality (Sociology), Language, Passing (Gender), Politics, Prejudices, Race relations, Sexual orientation, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM) Description: Ameirah Neal is a 27 years old straight transgender woman of color who was assigned male at birth. She grew up on the southeast side of Washington, D.C. She realized from the young age of 5 that sh... -
Interview with André Pérez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pérez, André Date: Oct. 20, 2016 Topics: Abuse, Aggression, AIDS activists, Assigned gender, Civil rights, Feminism, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Immigration, Lesbians, Machismo, Masculinities, Poverty, Sexual assault, Sports, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Violence Subject: Cacina Queen, Greta Martela, Nina Chaubal, Sasha Perez, Story Corps, Trans Lifeline, Trans Oral History Project, Vagina Monologues Description: André Pérez was 28 at the time of the interview, identifies as trans, uses they/them and he/him pronouns, and was assigned female at birth. They were a tomboy growing up liking sports and being ver... -
Interview with Andre Reed
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Reed, Andre Date: Sep. 6, 2017 Topics: Adoption, African American transgender people, Appearance, Children of military personnel, Clothing, Drag, Employment discrimination, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Homophobia, Identification cards, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Men, Black, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Racism, Religions, Sexism, Sports, Transgender prostitutes, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Description: Andre Reed identifies as a trans male and was assigned female at birth. He was born in Indiana. His dad was stationed in Georgia at Fort Benning where he lived. His father was later stationed in Ge... -
Interview with Andrea Abi-Karam
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Abi-Karam, Andrea Date: Jun. 21, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anti-fascism, Body image, Capitalism, Childhood, Counterculture, Depression, Divorce, Family members, Gender minorities, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Insurance, LGBTQ+ poetry, Masculinities, Neofascism, Oppression, Physicians, Prisons, Psychiatrists, Religions, Suburbs, Surgery, Tattoos, Terrorism, Transgender people, Zines Subject: Ana Mendieta, Elizabeth Bishop, Ghost Ship Fire, GQ, Maryanne Moore, Mills College, New York Police Department (NYPD), Nighboat Books, Sister Spit, Spraytan, Sylvia Plath, They/Them -
Interview with Andrea Anderson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Andrea, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Apr. 26, 2016 Topics: Childhood, Communities, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Harassment, Hormones, Immigration, Latinos, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Machismo, Marriage, Misogyny, MtFs, Politics, Racism, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people Subject: Andrea Anderson, Westside Clinic Description: In this oral history Andrea Anderson reflects on her experiences as a Latina trans woman. Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the U.S. at around age 15 and the difficulties ... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Divorce, Families, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Marriage, Prisons, Separation, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: CeCe McDonald, Center for Gender Spectrum Health, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, My Momma's Gonna Call Me Anna, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Rainbow Health Initiative Description: Andrea Jenkins identifies as a transgender female and was assigned male at birth. Her mother and father were separated by the time she was about five. Their separation wasn’t necessarily by choice ... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 25, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Depression, Divorce, Ethnicity, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Historians, Hormones, Labour, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, People with disabilities, Politics, Pronoun, Prostitution, Religions, Sexism, Sexual assault, Social advocacy, Social media, Therapies, Transgender people, Two-spirit people, Women, Black Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Lisa Vecoli, Program in Human Sexuality, Trans Equity Summit, Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andrea Jenkins identifies as a transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. She was an employee at the city of Minneapolis and was involved in a project called the Trans Equity Summit which is... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cunningham, Phillipe, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Nov. 27, 2017 Topics: Activists, African American transgender people, Black people, Elections, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Political campaigns, Politicians, Politics, Race, Social advocacy, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Althea Garrison, Barack Obama, Minneapolis’ Youth Violence Prevention Executive Committee, Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Monica Roberts, Trans Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Description: Andrea Jenkins grew up in Chicago, Illinois and went to college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the Oral Historian for the Transgender Oral History Project at the GLBT Tretter Collection. She wor... -
Interview with Andrew Ahl
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ahl, Andrew, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 1, 2016 Topics: Air force, Army, Atheism, Bartending, Bathrooms, Christianity, Coming out, Depression, Divorce, Drag, Employment, Families, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Internet, Marriage, Military, Parents of transgender people, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Andrew Ahl, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, National Security Administration, Target Corporation Description: Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a transgender man in his mid-thirties living in St. Louis Park, MN. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious, military household with his dad, his time serv... -
Interview with Ani Koch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Koch, Ani Date: Jan. 6, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Butches, Drag, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Lesbians, Marriage, Masculinities, Monogamy, Social exclusion, Soft butches, Sports, Tomboys, Transgender people Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Rainbow Health Initiative Description: Ani Koch identifies as genderqueer, trans masculine, and nonconforming, and they were assigned female at birth. They grew up in Dubuque, Iowa with two older brothers. As a kid they were a tomboy, o... -
Interview with Anne Hodson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hodson, Anne, Jenkins, Andrea Date: May 19, 2016 Topics: Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Marines, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Politics, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Anne Hodson, Program in Human Sexuality Description: Anne Hodson was born and raised in Minneapolis. In this oral history, she shares her experiences negotiating her gender identity from an early age, eventually digging in to explore her trans identi... -
Interview with Anthony Ceballos
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ceballos, Anthony Date: May 1, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Appearance, Bullying, Families, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Ojibwa Indians, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people, Verbal abuse Subject: Lynnette Reini-Grandell, Transgender Oral History Project, Venus de Mars Description: Anthony Ceballos grew up in Minneapolis, MN and identifies as gay, androgynous, and Native. In this oral history, he talks about his experiences with femininity; being bullied in middle school for ... -
Interview with Aria Said
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Said, Aria Date: Jun. 6, 2017 Topics: Adopted children, African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Catholic Church--Education, Drag queens, Film, Foster parents, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Imprisonment, Language, Mental health, MtFs, NGOs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Self-acceptance, Serial killings, Sexuality, Social media, Therapies, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visibility Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Isis King, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sojurner Truth Leadership Circle Fellowship for Transformational Leadership, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, TGI Justice Project Description: Aria Said identifies as a black heterosexual transsexual female or trans woman, and she was assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon as well as Beaverton, Oregon, which i... -
Interview with Arin McNeese
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McNeese, Arin Date: Jan. 12, 2017 Topics: Alcoholism, Dating, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Medication, Transgender people, Transgender youth Subject: Aliveness Project, Cherokee, Loretta Worthington, Minnesot Priority Populations, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Pride Institute, Shades of Color, Trans Family Support Services Description: Arin McNeese identifies as Mixed Native American and as a trans male originally from Minnesota. They currently live in San Diego and have been a part of multiple LGBT organizations in both San Dieg... -
Interview with Ash (Ashley) Scott
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Scott, Ash (Ashley) Date: Oct. 29, 2015 Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Bullying, Communication, Dating, Disabilities, Discrimination, Drag kings, Femininities, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Language, Masculinities, Military, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Schools, Surgery, Therapies Description: Ash Scott identifies as a black female to male trans guy who was assigned female at birth. He is an Air Force brat. He was born in California at the Castle Air Force Base. He also lived in Louisian... -
Interview with Ash Farah
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Farah, Ash Date: Jun. 1, 2017 Topics: Bisexuality, Black people, Exorcism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hijab (Islamic clothing), Homelessness, Intersex, Migrants, Misogyny, Racism, Religions, Same-sex marriage, Transgender youth Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Barack Obama, CeCe McDonald, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out Front, Roxanne Anderson Description: Ash Farah identifies as a bisexual black trans man and was born with an intersex condition with gonads that were surgically enhanced. He was assigned female at birth and was born in the middle part... -
Interview with Ashley Finch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Finch, Ashley Date: Apr. 5, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Anxiety disorders, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Change of name, Cisgender people, Coming out, Depression, Families, Gender identity, Gender studies, Gender-nonconforming people, Homosexuality, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ parents, Marriage, MtFs, Politics, Race, Racism, Religions, Schools, Self-mutilation, Siblings, Substance abuse, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people Subject: Augsburg College, El Sontule, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Global Center of Education, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Sandinista Campaign Description: Ashley Finch was born and raised in St. Paul, MN and identifies as a trans woman. In this oral history, she shares her experiences negotiating her gender identity from an early age and exploring he... -
Interview with Ashley Meyers
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Meyers, Ashley Date: Jan. 13, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Adolescence, Assigned gender, Chromosomes, Contraception, Dyslexia, Educators, Endocrinology, Estrogen--Therapeutic use, Family members, Gender identity, Genitals, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Human growth, Intersex people, Learning difficulties, Medicalisation, Menstruation, Normalization, Puberty, Turner's syndrome Subject: Intersex Organization of North America, Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis, Orson Wells, The Grapes of Wrath Description: Ashley Meyers identifies as an intersex woman, and she was assigned female at birth. She was diagnosed with non-verbal learning disorder and tends to be a slower reader. She hasn’t dealt with bully... -
Interview with Awen Briem
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Briem, Awen Date: Dec. 28, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Politics, Religions, Schools, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Surgery, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota Description: Awen Briem identifies as transgender and as male if he’s not out to them. He was assigned female at birth and grew up in Syracuse, New York. His family then moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He experience... -
Interview with Barbara Satin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Satin, Barbara Date: Oct. 13, 2015 Topics: African Americans, Age, Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Business people, Coming out, Discrimination, Femininities, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Housing for older people, Jet planes--Piloting, Latin Americans--United States, Marriage, MtFs, Public relations, Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Therapies Subject: 1993 Human Rights Protection for GLBT, Caitlyn Jenner, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Clare Housing, Deputy Faith Work Director, GLBT Generations, National LGBTQ Task Force, Out Front, P Fund, Patricia Wynn, Powderhorn Residence Group, Spirit of the Lakes Church, St. Thomas College, Training to Serve, United Church of Christ (UCC) Description: Barbara Satin is a bisexual trans woman assigned male at birth. She was born in 1934 as the youngest of four kids and raised Catholic in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since her father died when she was a ba... -
Interview with Ben Singer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Singer, Ben Date: Nov. 24, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Oppression, Public health, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition Description: Ben Singer identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born and raised in Sterling, Illinois in a working-class family. For the past 25 years he’s been estranged from his fam... -
Interview with Billie Sage Ashton
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ashton, Billie Sage, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Apr. 2, 2016 Topics: Activists, Children, Divorce, Legal name, Marriage, MtFs, Roman catholicism, Sexuality Subject: Be All, Billie Sage Ashton, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Delta Airlines, Southern Comfort Conference, Wild Side Description: Billie Sage Ashton describes her early life as a skinny child who liked to play sports. Billie grew up in the 1960 and 70s in Austin, MN. She came out in the 1980s and became involved with the City... -
Interview with Billy Navarro Jr.
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Navarro, Billy Jr. Date: Feb. 19, 2016 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Jews, Racism, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Transphobia, Volunteering Subject: Beyond the Binary, Black Lives Matter (BLM), CeCe McDonald, Clothing Shelf, District 202, Free CeCe, Gender Gear Program, Holly Wood, La Clinica, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michelle Alexander, Minnesota Aids Project, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out for Equity, Rainbow Health Initiative, Shot Clinic, Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Youth Support Network Description: Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed race, genderqueer trans man from Mound, MN. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with being raised on a farm; learning about community care from his grandmot... -
Interview with Brawen Zakariasen
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Zakariasen, Brawen Date: Mar. 21, 2017 Topics: Bisexuality, Bullying, Child abuse, Divorce, Drag, Emotional incest, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Marriage, Monogamy, MtFs, Psychological abuse, Self-destructive behavior, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Video games industry, Violence Subject: Center for Sexual Health at the University of Minnesota, William S. Burroughs Description: Branwen Zakariasen identifies as a monogamous queer trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She has one older sister. She took her wife’s last name to fully express how meaningful her wife and ... -
Interview With Breatta Bee Amore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Amore, Breatta Bea Date: Feb. 16, 2017 Topics: African Americans, AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Bathrooms, Christianity, Coming out, Dating, Drug abuse, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Film mini-series, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, MtFs, Pornographic films, Self-acceptance, Single parent families Description: Breatta Bee Amore was 58 at the time of the interview. She is a black trans female living with AIDS and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin, predominately raised in Chica... -
Interview with Calum Evoniuk
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Evoniuk, Calum, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: Coming out, FtMs, Gender identity, Language, Rural areas, Transgender people Subject: Calum Evoniuk, Dismantling Walls Conference, Ryan Sallans Description: Cal Evoniuk shares his story at the Dismantling Walls Conference at North Dakota State University. Evoniuk identifies himself as male. In this oral history, Evoniuk shares his experience of growing... -
Interview with Carter Thurmond
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Thurmond, Carter Date: Aug. 27, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Bisexuality, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Discrimination, Domestic partnerships, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Same-sex marriage, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Social media, Social movements, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia Description: Carter Thurmond identifies as an assigned female at birth trans dyke. They grew up in Slidell, LA. In this oral history, Thurmond discusses things such as community building, coming out to family, ... -
Interview with Catalina Velasquez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Velasquez, Catalina Date: Dec. 9, 2016 Topics: Augmentation mammaplasty, Change of name, Citizenship, Colombian Americans, Dating, Development, Employment, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Illegal aliens, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, MtFs, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Xenophobia Subject: Audre Lorde, Casa Ruby, Laverne Cox Description: Catalina Velasquez identifies as a straight transgender woman attracted to cis men and goes by Queen Goddess Sister. She is Colombian, was born in Cali, Colombia, and has a sister. She came to the ... -
Interview with Chad Pitts
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pitts, Chad Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Sexual orientation, Social norms, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Dismantling Walls Conference, GPACC Dismantling Walls Conference Description: Chad Pitts identifies as a straight transgender man assigned female at birth. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona and now lives in Fargo, North Dakota as a student at NDSU, North Dakota State Universit... -
Interview with Charlene Bradshaw
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Bradshaw, Charlene Date: Jan. 12, 2016 Topics: Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Education, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Homophobia, Lesbians, Masculinities, Military, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Volunteering, Writers Subject: Charlene Bradshaw, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Description: In this oral history, Charlene Bradshaw reflects on his experiences living in Minneapolis, MN as a Black transgender person. Bradshaw describes himself as a ‘baby transgender,’ at the beginning of ... -
Interview with Chishaun (CeCe) McDonald
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe) Date: Nov. 27, 2015 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Christianity, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femmes, Gay boys, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Neonazism, Physical violence, Prisons, Racism, Role behavior, Sissies, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse Subject: Angela Davis, Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Dean Spade, Dorothy Day Shelter, Free CeCe, George Zimmerman, Honey Bear Royal, Howard Brown Center, Jerry Springer Show, Laverne Cox, Magic Johnson, Marci Bowers, Matthew Shepherd, Normal Life, The New Jim Crowe, Trayvon Martin Description: CeCe McDonald identifies as a black woman and was assigned male at birth. Her full name is Chrishaun Reed Mai’luv McDonald. She was 27 at the time of the interview and is the oldest of seven siblin... -
Interview with Chloe Alexa Landry
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Landry, Chloe Alexa, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 22, 2015 Topics: Educators, Family members, Lesbian identity, Marriage, MtFs, Photographers, Surgery, Veterans Subject: Society for the Second Self Description: In this oral history, Chloe Alexa Landry shares her experiences about growing up with an awareness of her gendered difference in Minneapolis, MN. -
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... -
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 Crispin Torres
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Torres, Crispin, Jenkins, Andrea Date: May 27, 2016 Topics: Coming out, Education, Educators, Gay community, Gay culture, Gay families, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Latinos, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mexican Americans, Misogyny, Musicians, Political movements, Roman catholicism, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Lambda Legal Description: Crispin Torres has been an LGBT advocate and worked to support LGBT people with national organizations for much of his professional career. In this oral history, Torres shares his personal story, f... -
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 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 Darcy Corbitt
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Corbitt, Darcy, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 17, 2016 Topics: Crossdressing, Education, Health care, Home schooling, Ministers, MtFs, Spirituality, Transgender people Subject: Darcy Corbitt, Family Tree Clinic Description: Darcy Corbitt is a is a 24-year-old transgender woman currently pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at North Dakota State University. Born and raised for most of her life in the Deep South, she... -
Interview with Daye Pope
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pope, Daye Date: May 20, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Family members, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Hair, Health, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Politics, Poverty, Pronoun, Schools, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Environnmental Justice Community, Trans Union, Victory Fund Description: Daye Pope identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Centerville, Iowa and spent part of her childhood on a farm outside Nashua, Iowa. She spent the bulk of her school ye... -
Interview with Dean Spade
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spade, Dean Date: Nov. 9, 2019 Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Nonprofit organizations, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender political activists, White transgender people Subject: Sylvia Rivera Law Project Description: An interview with Dean Spade, a white trans activist, writer and teacher. He founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, int... -
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 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 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 Diana Green
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Green, Diana, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Aug. 8, 2015 Topics: Bisexual identity, Divorce, Lesbian identity, Transsexual people, Unemployment, Working class Subject: Crompton Cafeteria, OutFront MN, Tranny Towers, TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism Description: Diana Green is a white trans woman assigned male at birth. Around 5 or 6 she remembers hiding with her sister when she was supposed to get her haircut because she didn’t want to get one. When her m... -
Interview with Dioganhdih
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Dioganhdih Date: Nov. 12, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Gender diversity, Native americans, Native language and education, Rap (Music), Transgender people, Two-Spirit people Subject: Puff Puff Passion, Pussy Vortex Description: Dioganhdih was born on sovereign Haudenosaunee territory of Onondaga Nation. They are a two-spirit, queer, hip-hop artist, public speaker and producer. In this interview, they speak about their com... -
Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Chilko, Dominic Giovon Date: Jun. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Assigned gender, Children, Corrective rape, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made Description: Dominic Giovon Chilko identifies as a biracial straight trans man and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and was adopted as a baby by his parents. Around the age of 7... -
Interview with Dona Ewing
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Ewing, Dona Date: Apr. 5, 2016 Topics: Alcohol, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Medical care, Surgery--Complications, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Dona Ewing Description: Dona Ewing shares stories about growing up in Crookston, MN and making a home in the Twin Cities. Dona worked for 22 years at the Gay 90’s, a Minneapolis club, as a coat check and shares stories ab... -
Interview with Donna Ewing part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ewing, Dona Date: May 1, 2017 Topics: AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Anti-racism, Assigned gender, Biology, Cannabis, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Drag queens, Drug traffic, Electrolysis, Entertainers, Ethnicity, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, Intersex people, Investments, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual practices, Strippers, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Copper Squirrel, Donald Hastings, G.I. Act, Laverne Cox Description: Donna Ewing is a trans woman assigned male at birth. She was 84 years old at the time of the interview. She traveled a lot and lived a reckless life, she explains. She’s been to Holland, England, C... -
Interview with Dr. Aren Aizura
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Aizura, Aren, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 13, 2016 Topics: Biphobia, Childbirth, Coming out, Drag, Educational institutions, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Higher education, History, Hormones, Identity politics, Justice, Language, Parents of transgender people, Politics, Pregnancy, Racism, Sociology, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Aren Aizura, Leslie Feinberg, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Virginia Prince Description: Dr. Aren Aizura is an Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, who primarily works in the field of transgender studies. Originally b... -
Interview with Dr. Eli Coleman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Coleman, Eli, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Feb. 29, 2016 Topics: Care, Education, Educators, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Occupations in health care and social care, Transitioning (Gender), Youth Subject: Eli Coleman, University of Minnesota Medical School, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Dr. Eli Coleman is a professor and director of the Program in Human Sexuality, one of the first programs in the country of its kind, at the University of Minnesota Medical School, as well as the fi... -
Interview with Dr. Katie Spencer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Katie Date: Feb. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Feminism, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, Medicalisation, Misogyny, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Racism, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Deb Thorp, Eli Colman, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Keith Ellison, OutFront Minnesota, Park Nicollet, Riki Wilchins, Roxanne Anderson, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Transsexual Menace, Xavier Schmidt Description: Dr. Katie Spencer identifies as a female identified cisgender woman and femme assigned female at birth. She lived in Farmington, Missouri as a kid with her parents and two brothers. As a little gir... -
Interview with Dr. Walter Bockting
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bockting, Walter, Jenkins, Andrea Date: May 12, 2016 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Patients, Psychology, Puberty blockers, Research, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Anton Verschoor, Columbia University, Eli Coleman, Harry Benjamin Association, Program for the Study of LGBT Health, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality, Walter Bockting, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Dr. Walter Bockting is Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University. In this interview, Dr. Bockting narrates a history of the evolution of medical transitional care from his perspective ... -
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 Ejay Jack
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jack, Ejay, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Sep. 15, 2015 Topics: FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Partners of transgender people, Polyamory, Reproductive health, Social workers, Surgery, Transgender people Subject: Ejay Jack, Red Door Clinic Description: Ejay Jack grew up in rural Pennsylvania. It was in college at Penn State University that he first began exploring his trans identity, identifying as genderqueer for a decade before taking testoster... -
Interview with Eli Clare
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Clare, Eli Date: Mar. 1, 2016 Topics: Bullying, Cerebral palsy, Clinical medicine, Diagnosis, Disability studies, Employment, Gay community, Gender minorities, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Passing (Gender), People with disabilities, Public buildings--Restrooms, Rural areas, Small cities, Stonewall riots, Surgery, Working class, Writers Subject: Americans with Disabilities Act, Compton's Cafeteria Riots, Eli Clare, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues Description: Eli Clare is a genderqueer disability advocate, writer and poet. In this oral history, Clare discusses how language gets re-claimed, taken up, or not; tensions in lesbian community around trans mas... -
Interview with Elle Hearns
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hearns, Elle Date: Feb. 7, 2017 Topics: Activists, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Gay identity, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transgender people, Verbal abuse, Violence Subject: Anita Moore, Betty Skinner, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brittany Nicole Kidd-Stergis, Cemia Dove, Cherno Biko, Dom Mockings, Erin Lange, GetEQUAL, John Crawford, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Michael Brown, Michael David Battle, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Sylvia Rivera, TGNCF, Tiffany Edwards, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tras Health Care Summit, Wriply Bennet Description: Elle Hearns identifies her gender as Black and her assigned birth as Black. She’s also identifies herself as a black trans woman. She was always tiny, she says, but in her mind, she was always big.... -
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 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: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people Subject: Call for Justice, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change Description: An interview with Ellie Krug, a white trans woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, family, and relationships, her memoirs and experiences of tra... -
Interview with Elliot Winter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Winter, Elliot Date: Jun. 8, 2016 Topics: Adopted children, Anti-transgender violence, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Korean Americans, Masculinities, Online dating, Parents, White, Racism, Role behavior, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Therapies, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Elliot Winter identifies as a transgender male and was assigned female at birth. One of his earliest memories is fighting his parents to wear clothing that suited him as a child. He moved around a ... -
Interview with Erica Anderson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Erica Date: Sep. 6, 2019 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Medical care, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, White transgender people Subject: U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Erica Anderson, a white trans woman and clinical psychologist. At the time of this interview, she was President of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH... -
Interview with Erica Fields
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fields, Erica Date: Sep. 8, 2015 Topics: Adoption, African Americans, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bullying, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, Educational institutions, Family members, Feminists, Gender bending, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, Marriage, Privilege (Social psychology), Race identity, Race relations, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Socio-economic status, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine McGinn, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Ellen Krug, Gender Justice, Gender Outlaws, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, GLBT Chamber of Commerce, Gonzaga University, Hedda Gabler, Hidden Agenda, Hidden Agender, Hogan's Heroes, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Janet Mock, Jenny Boylan, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Leigh Smythe, Mara Keisling, Marcus Waterbury, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, NASA, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Northwest Bible College, Of Mice and Men, Old Bedlam Theatre, Star Trek, The Miser, The Taming of the Shrew, Trans, Women's Employment and Security Act (WESA) Description: Erica Fields is a business woman from Edina, MN who began her gender transition in 2007 at the age of 53. Her oral history is rich with bits of local history and culture. Fields lives a life in com... -
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 Farah N.
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: N., Farah Date: May 22, 2019 Topics: African cultures, Aggression, Capitalism, Childhood, Coming out, Cultures, Family members, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gujarati diaspora, Health care, Homophobia, Insurance, Islam, Labour movement, LGBTI community, Machismo, Marxism, Microaggressions, Pronoun, Religions, Trade unions, Transphobia Subject: Callen-Lorde Health Center, LIES, Teen Cosmo, Teen Vouge Description: Farah N. discusses living at the intersection of being non-binary, Ismaili Muslim and an atheist. They are the co-founder of LIES, a materialist feminist journal exploring theories and experiences ... -
Interview with Faye Seidler
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Seidler, Faye Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: AIDS education, Assigned gender, Bullying, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormones, Hospitals, Insurance, Isolation, Legal name, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Polyamory, Puberty, Sexuality, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Working class, Writers Subject: Grey Ace Trans Woman, The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference Description: Faye Seidler identifies as a gray ace transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. She mostly grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and in many other towns within North Dakota. She was bullied in sch... -
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 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 Gabriel Foster
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Foster, Gabriel Date: Nov. 19, 2019 Topics: Black queer people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ youth, LGBTQ+ youth centers, Transgender activism, Transgender youth, Transmasculine people Subject: American Friends Service Committee, Lambert House, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Gabriel Foster, a Black queer and trans activist, youth worker, and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Trans ... -
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 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 George Hoagland
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hoagland, George Date: Aug. 24, 2017 Topics: Androgyny, Assigned gender, Black people, Change of name, Christianity, Dating, Depression, Effeminacy, Families of military personnel, Family members, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Heteronormativity, Marriage, Mental disorders, Police, Reduction mammaplasty, Schools, Separation, Tomboys Subject: Queer, Trans, Intersex, People of Color and Indigenous People Studies (QTIPOCI) Description: George Hoagland identifies as black and androgynous. They were assigned female at birth and use all pronouns. There were born on a naval base in Yokosuka, Japan. They grew up in San Diego, Californ... -
Interview with Gloria Allen
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Allen, Gloria, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Apr. 26, 2016 Topics: Actors, Black people, Church, Entertainers, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Nurses, Older people, Singers, Transitioning (Gender), Women Subject: Center on Halstead, Charm (play), Charm school, Gloria Allen, Mixed Blood Theater, Precious Davis, Trans 100 Legacy Award Description: Best known as the founder of Charm School at the Center on Halstead, an LGBT community center in Chicago, IL, Gloria Allen shares 70 years worth of experiences in the rich oral history. Allen, or “... -
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 Hannah Stein
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Stein, Hannah Date: Oct. 27, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Capitalism, Classical music, Clothing, Coming out, Employees, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Internet, Intersex, Middle class, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Repression (Psychology), Robbery, Schools, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Suicide, Theatre, Therapists, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: 20% Theatre, Door to Dooor Canvasing, Environment Minnesota, Lawrence University, Lebanese Restaurant, Mixed Blood Theater, The Naked I Description: Hannah Stein identifies as a trans woman assigned male at birth. She has a younger sister and grew up in Athens, Georgia in a middle-class household. Her mom worked for the hospital as a cancer nur... -
Interview with Harvey Katz
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Katz, Harvey Date: Jan. 29, 2016 Topics: Colleges, Educators, Entertainers, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Jewish transgender people, LGBTQ+ poetry, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Representation, Storytelling, Visibility, White people Subject: Athens Boys Choir Description: "Harvey Katz describes himself as a “Man with a transgender history.”. Katz is a performer and educator best known for his storytelling act, Athens Boys Choir which performs across the U.S. on coll... -
Interview with Hayden Mora
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mora, Hayden Date: Sep. 26, 2016 Topics: Alcoholism, Assigned gender, Clothing, Educational institutions, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender role, Health, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Lesbian identity, Marriage law, Masculinities, Physical health, Pluralism, Politics, Poverty, Pronoun, Racism, Testosterone, Therapies, Transgender people, Working class, Xenophobia Subject: Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Description: Hayden Mora is an organizer originally from Boston, MA, working in Washington, DC. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with things like addiction and sobriety; having a narrative that i... -
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 Hunta Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Williams, Hunta, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 18, 2016 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Cooks, Deaf people, Families, FtMs, Health care, Hormones, Parents of transgender people, Police brutality, Surgery, Transgender people Subject: Hunta Williams Description: Hunta Williams is a deaf, black trans man. Williams grew up in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Minneapolis to attend culinary school. From a young age, he felt “different” than his peers, always playing ... -
Interview with Ignacio Rivera
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rivera, Ignacio Date: Nov. 7, 2015 Topics: Activists, Androgyny, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Writers Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back Description: Ignacio Rivera identifies as a transgender queer, two-spirit person who was assigned female at birth. They are an internationally known performance artist, activist, sex educator, writer, and blogg... -
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 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 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 Jae Bates
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bates, Jae Date: Jun. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Partners of transgender people, Racism, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse Subject: Korean War, OutFront Minnesota, Vietnam War Description: Jae Bates identifies as a queer trans man or trans male and was assigned female at birth. He has one older brother who is adopted. He was born in South Korea in 1996 and grew up around Hopkins, Min... -
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 Jamison Green
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Green, Jamison, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Mar. 20, 2016 Topics: Activists, Human rights advocacy, Identity politics, Masculinities, Parenthood, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Jamison Green, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Dr. Jamison Green is a policy consultant, educator, author and public speaker, who has been out as transgender and an activist for 50 years. In this oral history, he discusses his early experiences... -
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 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 Jessi Brandon
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brandon, Jessi, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Nov. 27, 2016 Topics: Autism spectrum disorders, Bisexuality, Black people, Boarding schools, Christianity, Gender diversity, Gender minorities, Masculinities, Neurotic disorders, Politics, Resistance movements, Sexual orientation, Transgender people Subject: Jessi Brandon, Trump Administration Description: Jessi Brandon is freshman studying at Macalester College, who recently moved from Enterprise, Alabama to St. Paul, Minnesota. In this interview, they discuss growing up in Germany; early childhood ...
