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Interview with Sayuri Hernandez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hernandez, Sayuri, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Sep. 12, 2016 Topics: Addictions, Child abuse, Dating, Exercise, Feminism, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Racially mixed people, Spirituality, Stores, Retail, Substance abuse, White people, Women Subject: Loyola University, Sayuri Hernandez Description: Sayuri Hernandez describes herself as a Puerto Rican, German and Irish heterosexual female. In this oral history, Hernandez reflects upon her early experiments in “drag,” childhood abuse, addiction... -
Interview with Selena Meza
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Meza, Selena Date: Nov. 19, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Families, Feminists, Femmes, Ho Chunk women, Latinos, Mexican American women, Migration, Transgender people, Transphobia, Women's studies Subject: bell hooks, Liv Mickla, Planned Parenthood, Project Runway Description: Selena Meza identifies as a Mexican-American queer trans femme assigned male at birth. She uses they/them and she/her pronouns. She’s from Chicago, Illinois originally and then moved to Nekoosa, Wi... -
Interview with Vanessa Sheridan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sheridan, Vanessa Date: Jul. 12, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Families, Fundamentalism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Performing arts, Racism, Religions, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Crossing Over, HB2, Jerry Springer Show, Laura Jane Grace, Laverne Cox, Liberating the Transgendered Christian, Maury Povich, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pulse Night Club, RuPaul, The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace, Virginia Prince, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Description: Vanessa Sheridan identifies as transgender and was assigned male at birth. She knew she was different from the age of 2 or 3 but didn’t understand what it meant at the time since she had no framewo... -
Interview with Yvonne Cook-Riley
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Cook-Riley, Yvonne, Taylor, Evan Date: Jan. 7, 2020 Topics: Crossdressers, Education, Identity politics, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Non-binary people, Shamanism Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Yvonne Cook-Riley Description: Oral history with Yvonne Cook-Riley discussing spirituality, activism, and the military. -
J. Soto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Soto, J., Milks, M. Henry Date: Oct. 20, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Arts, Childhood, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gay community, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Language, LGBTQ+ relationships, Migration, Night life, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: J. Soto Description: J. Soto recounts his evolving understanding of gender and identity along his eastward migration across the United States. Born and raised in the Bay Area, J. attended graduate school in Chicago, IL... -
Jackson Reddy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Reddy, Jackson Date: May 29, 2019 Topics: AIDS activists, Alcoholism, Anti-transgender violence, Artists, Black people, Buddhism, Childhood, Comedians, Coming out, Education, Family members, Fathers, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, Media, Music, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Sexual abuse, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Writers Subject: Black Trans TV, Malcolm X, Marsha P. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Shayna Matteski, Soka Gakkai International, Sylvia Rivera Description: Jackson Reddy reflects on their family dynamics and how these relationships shaped their growth. They also touch upon the role of trauma and the process of healing, especially in terms of self-care... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 1, 2016 April 9
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: Apr. 9, 2016 Topics: Detransitioning, Gay community, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Retransitioning, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Transgender-owned businesses Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Janice Covington Allison, Lavender Panthers Description: In this first in a series of interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years and her early adult life. She recal... -
Jennifer Pritzker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Pritzker, Jennifer, Funk, Mason Date: Nov. 11, 2021 Topics: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, Israel-Arab War, 1973, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ veterans, Public bathroom bills Subject: Barry Winchell, Calpernia Addams, Jennifer Pritzker Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Joanne and Julie Nemecek Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Nemecek, Julie, Nemecek, Joanne Date: Jul. 17, 2017 Topics: LGBTQ+ Baptists, Marriage, Transgender people Subject: Bethel College, Christine Jorgensen, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Joanne Nemecek, Julie Nemecek, Michigan Equality, PFLAG, Renee Richards, Roberts Wesleyan College, Soulforce, Spring Arbor University, Susan Stanton Description: OUTWORDS interview with Joanne and Julie Nemecek, conducted by Mason Funk on July 17, 2017 in their home in Spring Arbor, Michigan. Julie is a proud grandmother, Presbyterian church elder, and publ... -
Juliana Moraes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Moraes, Juliana, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 18, 2018 Topics: Childhood, Dance, Discrimination, Education, Femininities, Hormones, Immigrants, Latinos, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Machismo, Mental health, MtFs, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Juliana Moraes tells interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu about her family immigrating to New Jersey from Brazil, and how growing up as a dark-skinned gender non-confirming child has had lasting ... -
LadyLike No. 63
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2005 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Alice in Genderland, Dante Difranco, Lowla Valentine, The Drag Race at Roscoe's Tavern Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Lowla Valentine -- Her royal rights -- Book review: Alice in genderland -- Current queens -- Roxanne Van Ness -- Be... -
LadyLike No. 65
Collection: LadyLike Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Creative Design Services Date: 2006 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Beauty and the Beach 2005, Dianne Richards, Foxy Roxy, Stanley Biber, Transgender Forum Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Dianne Richards -- Dr. Stanley Biber obituary -- Beauty and the beach 2005 -- Bad tinkerbell -- Tapestry of broken ... -
LGBTQIA Survival Guide
Collection: Zines Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project Creator: Munizzi, BriElle, Martsch, Allen, Pierce, Rebecca, Weslake, Tayler, Yost, Russel Date: 2011 Topics: Arts, Biology, Guidebooks, Illustration of books, Passing (Gender), Religions, Survival, Transgender people, Virginity Subject: Columbia College Chicago -
Lisa Oakley Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Oakley, Lisa, MacCarthy, Jack Date: Feb. 4, 2022 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender wheelchair users Subject: Lisa Oakley Description: Lisa Oakley was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. For as long as she could remember, Lisa felt that she should have been born a girl. Lisa entered into the military at age nineteen for four years,... -
Marlow Monique Dickson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Dickson, Marlow Monique Date: Jun. 19, 2021 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Older transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Jewel Box Revue, Josephine Baker, Marlow Monique Dickson Description: OUTWORDS guest interviewer Zackary Drucker interviewed Marlow Monique Dickson in Chicago in 2021. In the 1960s, Marlow moved from Chicago to New York, performing in bars around Greenwich Village. S...