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Mia Yamamoto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Yamamoto, Mia Date: Apr. 17, 2017 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American lawyers, LGBTQ+ veterans, Trans women, Transphobia Subject: Aiden Aizumi, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Black Lives Matter (BLM), Christine Jorgensen, Civil Rights Movement, Concentration Camp, Cornel West, Donald Trump, Ellen Kameya, Emililo Aguinaldo, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fred Korematsu, Frederick Douglass, Gordon Hiranbayashi, Harold Kameya, Harvey Milk, Ho Chi Min, Jacqueline Nquyen, Jamison Green, Marsha Aizumi, Mia Yamamoto, Mitsuye Endo, UCLA Law School, Vietnam War Description: OUTWORDS interview with Mia Yamamoto conducted by Mason Funk on April 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. At age 60 she came out as publicly as transgender. Since then, she has been an ardent advocate and ... -
Michelle Esther O'Brien Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kerr, Ted Date: Jan. 16, 2017 Topics: Activists, Anarchism, Colleges, Coming out, Communism, Direct action, Environmentalism, Ethnic groups, Feminism, Gender diversity, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian separatism, Libraries, Mental health, MtFs, Organisations, Political movements, Politics, Racism, Science fiction, Sexuality, Social law, Sociology, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Travel, Welfare benefits Subject: bell hooks, Michelle Esther O'Brien Description: In this interview, Michelle O’Brien discusses milestones in her politicization: Ancient Forest Defense Network in the Pacific Northwest, highway blockades in Minnesota, trans healthcare organizing ... -
Milo Degoosh Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: DeGoosh, Milo, Hohman, May Date: Dec. 7, 2018 Topics: Coming out, Deadnaming, FtMs, Gay men, Gender dysphoria, Hormones, Lesbian parents, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Transgender relationships Subject: Maggie Nelson, Milo DeGoosh, National Campaign for Marriage Equality, Planned Parenthood, The Argonauts, Ursula Daley Ward Description: Milo Degoosh is a 28 year old FTM transgender adult. He works at Bard Coffee Shop in Portland, and competes in National Barista competition. He elaborates on how the Queer community has influenced ... -
Miss Major, "Everybody Transitions"
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Date: Apr. 3, 2015 Topics: Adolescence, Gender identity, Older transgender people, Role models, Self-acceptance, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Miss Major Description: Miss Major Griffin-gracy, spoke to Trans Oral History Project about her fierce trans identity being fiercely visible. This visibility was recognized by the police who beat and arrested her at the 1... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Major, Lewis, AJ Date: Dec. 16, 2017 Topics: Care, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Law, Legal aid, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Stigmatisation, Transgender people, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Angels for Care, Christine Jorgensen, Griffin Gracy Historical Retreat and Resource Center, Harry Benjamin, Major Griffin-Gracy, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sylvia Rivera, Tenderloin AIDs Resource Project, Trans Gender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project Description: In this interview, Miss Major talks about the culture of transwomen sex workers in New York City and Chicago during the 1960's through 1980's as well as her care-work and advocacy during the rise o... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women... -
Miss Major on Role Models
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Date: Jan. 4, 2015 Topics: Adolescence, Communities, Older transgender people, Role models, Transgender people Subject: Miss Major Description: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a trans woman activist and community leader for transgender rights. She serves as the Executive Director for the Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project, whic... -
Miss Major on Stonewall
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Date: Jun. 27, 2015 Topics: Activists, Arrests, Courts, Gay culture, Night life, Police, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Miss Major Description: Miss Major, an anti prison activist for decades, reflects on her experience during the Stonewall Riots of 1969. -
Moira Airington and Nicole White Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Towne, Tyler, Airington, Moira, White, Nicole Date: Apr. 15, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Ambulance drivers, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Discrimination, Educators, Families, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Parents of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Moira Airington, Nicole White Description: Moira Airington and Nicole White are a married couple who both identify as trans women. They discuss their experience with family, education, and the working world, as well as the story of how they... -
Monwabisi Diniso Collection, 1996 to 2001
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: GALA Queer Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 2003 Topics: Bars, Family members, Friends, Initiation, Photographs Subject: Monwabisi Diniso Description: The collection consists of colour reproductions of 37 of Diniso's personal photographs. Subjects include Diniso undergoing initiation, friends and family, Miss Gay Eastern Cape 2000, and the ... -
Morgan Gus Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gus, Morgan, Honkasalo, Julian Date: May 20, 2018 Topics: Communities, FtMs, Gentrification, Hormones, Lesbians, Music, Music groups, Plastic surgery, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Morgan Gus, interviewed by Julian Honkasalo, talks about growing up in a community neighborhood of New York City where their mother was supportive of gender expression. Gus remarks about the changi... -
Morgan Hunlen Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hunlen, Morgan Date: Aug. 7, 2019 Topics: Aeronautics, African American universities and colleges, Anime, Bathrooms, Childhood, City planning, Coming out, Conferences, Gay community centers, Gender diversity, Gender studies, Hormones, LGBTI community, Local transit, Mental health, Microaggressions, Police, Public safety, Religions, Sexuality, Stealth (Transgender), Suicide, Transgender people Subject: Ferguson, Kiwi Herring, Nashville Cares, Scout Schultz, Sean Hake, Stonewall, Trans Day of Remembrance, Transit, Vanderbilt Univeristy -
Mountain Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Silverman, Aviva Date: Dec. 30, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Childhood, Christianity, Gender identity, Intersex, Surgery, Tattoos, Transgender identity Description: Mountain is interviewed by Aviva Silverman, and talks about their gender non-conforming identity. Mountain defines their gender as "gender agnostic". They talk about growing up in a Christian house... -
Mx. Enigma Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Enigma, Mx. Date: Mar. 3, 2019 Topics: Arab-Israeli conflict, Change of name, Class struggle, Coming out, Gender diversity, Gender role, Homophobia, Jews, Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Pronoun, Religions, Spirituality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Zionism Subject: Ali Forney Center, Art and Acceptance, Footsteps, Manhattan Neighbor and Network, Marsha's House Description: Mx.Enigma aka Je'Jae Cleopatra Daniels (They/Them) discusses their ostracism growing up in a Orthodox Jewish community for their race, class & gender, their later experiences of homelessness, findi... -
My Tender Gender
Collection: Zines Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project Creator: Katana, Noa Date: 2009 Topics: Drag, Gender, Lesbians, Nude art, Photography, Transgender people
