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  1. Kylar W. Broadus Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Broadus, Kylar
    Date: Aug. 7, 2016
    Topics: Authors, Gender dysphoria, Law, LGBTQ+ activists, Political science, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Billy Tipton, Central Methodist University, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Freedom Center of Social Justice, Kylar Broadus, Lavender Law Conference, National Enquirer, National LGBTQ Task Force, Pioneer Award, Sue J. Hyde Award for Longevity in the Movement, Trans People of Color Coalition, University of Missouri School of Law
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Kylar W. Broadus, conducted by Mason Funk on August 7th, 2016 outside the Lavender Law conference in Washington D.C. Kylar is a lawyer, professor, activist, public speaker, ...
  2. 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, Black people, Butch-femme relationships, Children, Coming out, Divorce, Families, Femininities, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Masculinities, Misogyny, Racism, Sexuality, Sports, Suicide, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins
    Subject: Donald Trump
    Description: Lee Levingston Perine identifies as a black genderqueer and trans person and was assigned female at birth. They were 38 at the time of the interview. They have an older brother and a fraternal twin...
  3. Lix Z Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Z, Lix
    Date: Jul. 17, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Anarchists, Archives, Black people, Body adornment, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Drag, Education, Eroticism, Exhibitionism, Fetishism, Gay pride week, Gender diversity, Heterosexuals, Leather community, Police, Punk, SM, Trade unions, Transgender community, Writers, Zines
    Subject: Blue Stocking, DIY Spaces, FTP Gay, Happy Fun Hideaway, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Maya Songbird, Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC), Queer/Trans Zinefest (QTZFest), Silent Barn, Socrates Sculpture Park, Telepathic Children, Time is the Thing a Body Move Through, Trans Play Party
  4. Lorenzo Van Ness Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Acquaye-Reynolds, Cleopatra
    Date: Oct. 29, 2018
    Topics: Childhood, Families, Gender identity, Human rights, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Social classes, Transgender people, Travel
    Description: Lorenzo Van Ness, a trans identifying individual, defines their gender as "super cute". They talk about their upbringing in a Dominican-American family, and their struggle with finding acceptance f...
  5. Louis "L.J." Mitchell Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network
    Creator: Mitchell, Louis, Moultrie, Monique
    Date: Oct. 31, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Christianity, Clergy, Parenthood
    Description: Rev. Louis Mitchell talks about his roles as an elder, advocate, teacher, student, minister, parent and friend. He is an "intentional man" and advocates for people with various gender identities in...
  6. Marcus Arana Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Arana, Marcus
    Date: Jul. 26, 2016
    Topics: Biphobia, Bisexuality, Child abuse, Coming out, Feminism, FtMs, Gender identity disorder, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Intersex genital mutilation, Intersex people, Lesbian separatism, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Poverty, Public bathroom bills, Queer people, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Advocates for Informed Consent, Anita Bryant, Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS), Briggs Initiative, Center for Individual Responsibility, Christine Jorgensen, City College of Fresno, Claire Skiffington, Community United Against Violence (CUAV), Dan White, David Harris, David Rubin, Donald Laub, Dubcoe Park, Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Human Rights Commission of San Francisco, Humboldt State University, James Green, Joan Baez, John Briggs, Larry Baskin, Lina, Marcus Arana, Octavian Haight, People's Union Co-Op Farm, Pinocchio, Queer Nation, Renee Richards, Rock Hudson, Ronald Reagan, Running Eagle, Steve Dain, Stonewall Parade, Tom Ammiano, Tom Waddell Clinic, Trans March, University of California San Francisco
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Marcus Arana conducted by Mason Funk on July 26, 2016 in San Francisco. In 1976, Marcus moved to the “queer paradise” of San Francisco, falling immediately in love with the ...
  7. 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...
  8. Marty Hernandez Avedon Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Hernandez Avedon, Marty, Van Ness, Lorenzo
    Date: Apr. 1, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Colleges, Coming out, Dating, Demonstrations, Diversity, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Foster families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Stereotypes, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Marty Hernandez Avedon
    Description: Marty Hernandez Avedon discusses growing up in the foster care system only to be adopted by a family who rejected him at the age of 10, reconnecting with his biological parents, and what the name H...
  9. 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 ...
  10. Mikail Khan Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Khan, Mikail
    Date: Dec. 19, 2022
    Topics: Family violence, Gender non-conforming identity, Language, QTPOC, Queer community, Sexual orientation, South Asian transgender people
    Description: An interview with Mikail Khan, a trans identifying person from Dhaka, Bangladesh. They talk about their life and experiences.
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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.