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  1. Ben Singer papers, 1989-2007 : Ms.Coll.51

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Creator: John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Date: Jul. 17, 2019
    Topics: Civic leaders, Educators, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), SM, Trans men, Transgender people
    Subject: Au Courant, Ben Singer, Bridges to Coalition, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Female Trouble, Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative, Gay Games, Leslie Nelson, LGBT Health Awareness Week, Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Philadelphia Metropolitan Area HIV/Transgender/Transsexual Caucus, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Prevention Point Philadelphia, Towards a Transgender Sublime: The Politics of Excess in Trans-specific Cultural Production, Trans Health Action Coalition, Trans-health Information Project (TIP), Transgender Day of Remembrance, Transworld, We X-Ist
    Description: Ben Singer was an active voice in the Philadelphia transgender community from the 1990s to 2000s and beyond. The Singer papers collection spans 1989 to 2007 and is comprised of organizational paper...
  2. 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...
  3. 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
  4. Donna Mae Stemmer photographs and ephemera, 1989-2010 : Ms.Coll.42

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Creator: John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Date: Feb. 23, 2021
    Topics: Clothing, Fashion, Korean War, 1950-1953, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ veterans, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: AIDS Walk Philly, CBLSL Steve Lehman Community Service Award, City of Brotherly Love Softball League (CBLSL), Donna Mae Stemmer, Lambda Awards, Leslie Phillips, Millennium March on Washington, Phillips v. Plotkin, Philly Aids Thrift, The Jaded Lounge, Venture Inn, Westbury Bar and Restaurant
    Description: Donna Mae Stemmer was a lawyer, Korean War veteran, fashion icon, and trans activist from Pennsauken, New Jersey. The collection includes thousands of 3 1/2 x 5 in. and 4 x 6 in. color photographs ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 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...
  7. FTM Newsletter #48

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Green, Jamison, Davis, Masen, Levine, Joel, Doherty, Abe, McCann, Connor, Burns, Christine, Gould, Daniel, Mears, P.J., Gino, Alex, Rea, Ray, Starwalker, Jamie, Craffey, Brynn, Vick, Lyon
    Date: Autumn 2000
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: A Boy Named Sue, As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl, Camp Trans, Gerald P. Mallon, Jackie Kay, Jason Cromwell, John Colapinto, Julie Wyman, Lyric Conference, San Francisco, Michigan Women's Music Festival, Missionary, National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC), Padraig Nathaniel Hall, Ray Rea, Rose Tremain, Sacred Country, Sean Gardner, Seattle FTM Conference, Social Services with Transgendered Youth, SOFFA VOICE, Stephen Whittle, Straight Boy Lessons, The Transgender Debate: The Crisis Surrounding Gender Identity, Transmen & FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders & Sexualities, Trumpet
    Description: Issue #48 of FTM International published in Fall 2000. This book review and movie issue includes a series of reviews of recent trans-related books and movies; a letter from the president of FTMI; a...
  8. FTMi Newsletter #51

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Manley, Dion, Altrows, Dale, Michiko, Bailey, Levine, Joel, Shafer, Leah, Tanis, Justin, Rachlin, Katherine, Carter, Eric, Spade, Dean, Boots, Chris, Wilder, Marty, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Spring 2002
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Bisexual people, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ films, Passing (Gender), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender artists
    Subject: Androgel, Ben Singer, Eric Carter, FTM International, GLAAD Media Awards, Hiromasa Ando, Jamison Green, Kantaras v. Kantaras, Kit Rachlin, Leah Schaefer, Trans Unity 2000 of Los Angeles, Transgender Law Project
    Description: Issue #51 of FTM International published Spring 2002. This issue features a letter from the FTMI president; a statement from the cover artist; an article about returning to work post-medical transi...
  9. Guide to the Mama Galore Drag Photograph Album, 1980s-1995

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
    Date: Sep. 2015
    Topics: Female impersonators, Homosexuality
    Subject: Mama Galore
    Description: Collection comprises a photograph album featuring 405 color photographs (ranging in size from 2.5" x 3.5" to 4" x 6", primarily 3.5" x 5") and black-­and-­white publicity stills documenting members...
  10. Guide to the Mariette Pathy Allen Photographs and Papers, 1968-2003

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
    Date: Mar. 2010
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Transgender people, Transsexuals
    Subject: Mariette Pathy Allen
    Description: Documentary photographer based in New York City. Collection contains five portfolios of Allen's work, dating from the 1960s to 2003, totaling 131 color and black and white prints that document aspe...
  11. Guide to the Photo Albums Of Philadelphia Lesbian Couple, 1950-1955

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
    Date: 2003
    Topics: Gay couples, Lesbians, Same-sex marriage, Weddings
    Description: Photograph albums from the estate of an unidentified lesbian couple. Two albums contain photographs directly related to the Feb. 15, 1953 wedding of two of their gay male friends. The name "Merle" ...
  12. 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
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. Interview with Eli Nixon

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Nixon, Eli
    Date: Apr. 29, 2020
    Topics: Gender non-conforming people, Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Performance art, Puppet theater, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transgenderqueer people
    Description: An interview with Eli Nixon. Nixon is a transqueer person; parent; artist and puppeteer. Topics in order of discussion include: growing up in South County of Rhode Island; living and working as a p...
  16. 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;...
  17. Interview with JD Davids

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Davids, JD
    Date: Jan. 16, 2020
    Topics: AIDS activists, Journalists, LGBTQ+ people with chronic illnesses, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender people, White transgender people
    Subject: ACT UP Philadelphia
    Description: An interview with JD Davids, a white trans journalist, writer, AIDS activist, and advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS and chronic illnesses. At the time of this interview, he was director of J...
  18. Interview with Mara Keisling

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Keisling, Mara
    Date: Jan. 20, 2017
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Electrolysis, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Human rights, Sexual reorientation, Shame, Surgery, Plastic, Transgender people, Transphobia, White people
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
    Description: Mara Keisling, born in 1959 and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a white transgender woman assigned male at birth. She started thinking about gender as a toddler. Despite not wanting to be on...
  19. Interview with Naiymah Sanchez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sanchez, Naiymah
    Date: Jan. 21, 2017
    Topics: AIDS (Disease), Appearance, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Bathrooms, Children of immigrants, Citizenship, Clothing, Cosmetics, Cubans, Depression, Ethiopians, Ethnic relations, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Identification cards, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Manic-depressive illness, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychology, Pathological, Puerto Ricans, Race, Racially mixed people, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Transgender people, Unemployment
    Description: Naiymah Sanchez identifies as a heterosexual Afro-Latina transgender female of color who was assigned male at birth. She is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Ethiopian immigrant decent. She was born in 1...
  20. Interview with Nico Amador

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Amador, Nico
    Date: Jan. 22, 2021
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender community
    Subject: Fund for Trans Generations, Trans Justice Funding Project
    Description: An interview with Nico Amador, a Latinx trans man, community organizer, trainer, educator, and writer based in Vermont. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Operations at People's ...
  21. Interview with Tamara Urban

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Urban, Tamara
    Date: Jan. 22, 2017
    Topics: Child sexual abuse, Dating, Electrolysis, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hypospadias, Intersex, Murder, Suicide, Transgender people
    Subject: Board of Directors of Equality South Dakota, Trans Action South Dakota, Trans Justice Funding Project
    Description: Tamara Urban identifies as a transsexual female and was assigned male with an intersex condition when she was born in 1953. She was 63 at the time of the interview. She grew up in Sioux Falls and F...
  22. Jaci Adams memorial collection, 2012-2014 : Ms.Coll.55

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Creator: John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Date: Jul. 17, 2019
    Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS activists, Awards, Condolence notes, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, HIV-positive people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: AIDS Law Project, Center City Crime Victim Services, Jaci Adams, Keystone Award, LGBT Elder Initiative, LGBT Youth Conference, Mazzoni Center, Miss Jaci, Morris Home, Nizah Morris, Philadelphia FIGHT, Philadelphia Gay News, Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia Police LGBT Liaison Committee, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, POZ 100, Temple University Community Advisory Board, Transgender Health Awareness Day
    Description: Jaci Adams was a vocal transgender and HIV/AIDS activist in Philadelphia from 2001 to 2014. The Jaci Adams collection spans 2012 to 2014, and is comprised of awards she was given, official governme...
  23. 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...
  24. JD Davids Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Davids, JD
    Date: Mar. 11, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Internet, LGBTI community, Politics, Pregnancy, Schools, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender parents
    Subject: ACT UP, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), JD Davids, Project TEACH
    Description: JD Davids, a writer, health activist, and communication strategist, recounts his experiences as a member of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS activist movement and subsequent move to New York City. A Phila...
  25. Kate Bornstein Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Bornstein, Kate
    Date: Nov. 4, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Actors, Buddhism, Cancer, Chat rooms, Childhood, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crowdsourcing, Cults, Death and dying, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Film, FtMs, Fundraising, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Health care, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Overweight people, Postmodernism, Religions, Scientology, SM, Suicide, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, World war II, Wrestling, Writers, Youth
    Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, A Thousand and One Ways to Live Without Working, America Online (AOL), B'hai, Barbara Carrellas, Christine Jorgensen, Church of Scientology, Gazebo, Gender Just for the Fun of it: Compassionate Gender Strategies for Divisive Times, Gender Outlaw, Hello Cruel World, I Am Cait, Jamison Green, Laura Vogel, Lee Sullivan, On Our Backs, Power Surge, Tuli Kupferberg, We Croak
    Description: Kate Bornstein discusses her life as a writer and actor. Moving between growing up in a Jewish family on the New Jersey shore, studying acting in school, joining the Church of Scientology, finding ...