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  1. 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, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Community life, Drug abuse, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Korean Americans, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, Masculinities, Medical care, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Online dating, Parents, White, Racism, Role behavior, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Therapies, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Elliot Winter is a Korean male who grew up in Georgia but also spent time in Ohio, California, and New Jersey. In this interview, Winter talks at length about participating in online trans communit...
  2. Interview with Gloria Allen

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Allen, Gloria
    Date: Apr. 26, 2016
    Topics: Actors, Art, Biracial transgender people, Black people, Church, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Entertainers, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Love, Marriage, Mentoring, Middle West, Nurses, Older people, Racially mixed people, Religion, Sex, Singers, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Work
    Subject: Center on Halstead, Charm (play), Charm school, Gloria Allen, Mixed Blood Theater, Precious Davis, Trans 100 Legacy Award, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Gloria Allen, also known as "Mama Gloria", is a biracial woman from Bowling Green Kentucky and Chicago. in this interview she speaks at length about founding the Charm School at the Center on Halst...
  3. 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: Activism, Anti-transgender violence, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Community life, Cooks, Deaf people, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, Hormones, Law enforcement, LGBTQ+ Deaf people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Medical care, Middle West, Parents of transgender people, Police brutality, Prisons, Race, Racism, Sex, Social movements, Surgery, Transgender people, Work
    Subject: Hunta Williams, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 ...
  4. Interview with Jessi Brandon

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Brandon, Jessi
    Date: Nov. 27, 2016
    Topics: Autism spectrum disorders, Bisexuality, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Boarding schools, Christianity, Community life, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Education, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender minorities, Gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ disabled people, Masculinities, Neurotic disorders, Politics, Religion, Resistance movements, Sexual orientation, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people
    Subject: Jessi Brandon, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Trump Administration
    Description: Jessi Brandon is a Black non-binary demiboy from Germany and Alabama. At the time of this interview, Brandon was a student at Macalester College. In this oral history, Brandon speaks at length abou...
  5. Interview with Julienne Brown (Mizz June)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Brown, Julienne (Mizz June)
    Date: May 6, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Allies, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bullying, Celebrities, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Creative ability, Creative activities and seat work, Dating, Education, Femininities, Film, Friendship, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Love, Migration, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity), Race, Religion, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sex, Sexism, Sexual identity, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility
    Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Julienne Brown, also known as “Mizz June”, is a Black trans woman raised in New York. At the time of this oral history, Brown was working as a musician and an actor. In this oral history she speaks...
  6. Interview with June Remus, Part 2 of 2

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Remus, June
    Date: Sep. 2, 2016
    Topics: Activists, Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, LGBTQ+ families, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sexuality, Slurs, Social integration, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Strippers, Transgender youth, Transsexual people, Women
    Subject: June Remus, Transgender Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality
    Description: June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of this interview, Remus was a retired caregiver living in Minnesota. This is the second of two...
  7. Interview with Lawrence Tanner Richardson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Richardson, Lawrence Tanner
    Date: Jun. 10, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Black people--Race identity, Child abuse, Christianity, Community life, Depression, Drug abuse, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Homeless people, Identity, Language, Law enforcement, Loneliness, Love, Marriage, Menstruation, Mental disorders, Middle West, Police, Prisons, Puberty, Race, Racism, Religion, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Separation, Sex, Sexual orientation, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people
    Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Lawrence Tanner Richardson is a Black trans man from St. Paul, Minnesota. He talks about his childhood, including being raised by his grandmother and being very involved in the Southern Baptist chu...
  8. Interview with Lee Livingston Perine

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Perine, Lee Livingston
    Date: Dec. 22, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Butch-femme relationships, Children, Coming out, Community life, Divorce, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Marriage, Masculinities, Misogyny, Race, Racism, Sexuality, Social privilege, Sports, Suicide, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins, Work
    Subject: Donald Trump, Prince, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Lee Levingston Perine is a Black genderqueer person from St. Louis, Missouri. They talk about their early life, college, and grad school, as well as having a very supportive family. They talk at le...
  9. Interview with Nick Metcalf

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Metcalf, Nick
    Date: May 10, 2016
    Topics: Activism, Assigned gender, Bullying, Community life, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender identity, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Middle West, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Navajo Indians, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Social movements, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Afro Elegance, American Indian Movement, Brandon Lacy Campos, Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, Gay Student Association, Man to Man, Minnesota Men of Color, Richard La Fortune, RuPaul, Ryan White Program, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Nick Metcalf is an American Indian Two-Spirit person born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation located in South Dakota. At the time of this interview, Metcalf was working in the Twin Cities. In th...
  10. Interview with Rehema Mertinez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mertinez, Rehema
    Date: Mar. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Authority, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Celebrities, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Depression, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Latin Americans, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Media, Medical care, Mental health, MtFs, Multiracial transgender people, Police, Police brutality, Prisons, Racially mixed people, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sex, Sexuality, Spirituality, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Youth
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity,...
  11. Interview with Reneka Evans

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Evans, Reneka
    Date: Aug. 21, 2016
    Topics: Activism, AIDS (Disease), Bars (Drinking establishments), Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Drag balls, Drag performance, Education, Educators, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, HIV infections, Hormones, Law enforcement, Love, Medical care, MtFs, Prisons, Religion, Sex, Sex work, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work
    Subject: Red Door Clinic, Reneka Evans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality
    Description: Reneka Evans is a Black trans female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving...
  12. Interview with Ryan Li Dahlstrom

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Dahlstrom, Ryan Li
    Date: Mar. 28, 2016
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Communities, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, LGBTI community, Liberation movements, Love, Middle West, Pacific Islander American LGBTQ+ people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Race relations, Racially mixed people, Sex, Social movements, Transgender people, Violence, White people--Race identity--United States, Work
    Subject: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Board, Gender Blur, Transgender Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ryan Li Dahlstrom is a mixed Asian and white trans masculine person from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Dahlstrom was working as a consultant. In this oral history, Dahlstrom discusses c...