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Akasha Barker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Barker, Akasha, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 12, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Beauty schools, Body image, Change of name, Education, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Isolation, LGBTI community, Mental health, Music, NGOs, Police brutality, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people Description: In this conversation with interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu, entertainer Akasha Barker (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) discusses her journey with her gender identity during the HIV/AIDS epid... -
Alejandra Rodriguez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Rodriguez, Alejandra, Oloya-Santiago, Tamara Date: Aug. 21, 2017 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Hormones, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Community Healthcare Network (CHN) Description: In this oral history, Alejandra Rodriguez speaks about immigrating from Mexico to the United States as a young adult to escape the intense discrimination they were suffering. Alejandra speaks about... -
Alyssa Pariah Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Pariah, Alyssa Date: Jan. 16, 2018 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Arrests, Bathrooms, Bullying, Capitalism, Child abuse, Childhood, Clothing, Communities, Detention, Direct action, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Occupy movement--New York (State)--New York, Police, Schools, Sexuality, Social movements, Socialism, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Alyssa Pariah, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Description: Alyssa Pariah recounts her difficult childhood in New Jersey, her involvement in trans women of color and sex worker communities in New York, and her radicalization as a revolutionary socialist. Sh... -
Amanda Hurtado Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hurtado, Amanda, Oloya-Santiago, Tamara Date: Mar. 15, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Cultures, Families, Gender identity, Immigrants, Language, MtFs, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Make the Road Description: Amanda Hurtado speaks with Tamara Oyola Santiago about her life in Ecuador and the change she experienced upon coming to the United States. In this intimate conversation, Amanda shares her history,... -
Amaree Jael Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jael, Amaree, Maya, Elliott Date: Aug. 15, 2016 Topics: Bigender people, Black people, Bullying, Homophobia, Isolation, Parents of transgender people, Poverty, Race identity, Racism, Sexuality, Slavery, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Verbal abuse, Visibility Subject: Amaree Jael Description: Amaree Jael recounts their life growing up in New York City as a transmasculine person of color. Beginning on 125th Street between 5th and Lennox, Amaree describes their early life in a changing ne... -
An Interview with Cheon Jae-woo (Chorus Boy)
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Jae-woo, Cheon Date: Jun. 2, 2010 Topics: Activists, Asian cultures, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Gay men, Gay men's choirs, HIV/AIDS, Lesbians, Physicians, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: G-Voice Description: Physician Cheon Jae-woo ruminates on his experiences as a part of G-Voice, the first gay chorus ever to be formed in Korea. He says that the main object of the gay chorus is to communicate gay prid... -
An Interview with CHOI Hyun-sook and MONG Choi
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Hyun-sook, CHOI, Choi, MONG Date: Jun. 3, 2010 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Asian cultures, Capitalism, Discrimination, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Politicians, Politics Description: CHOI Hyun-sook, a former political candidate, and MONG Choi discuss their experiences as sexual minority activists. They describe the policies they are trying to change and those they are trying to... -
An Interview with Diana Navarro
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Navarro, Diana, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 15, 2010 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Change of name, Crossdressers, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Identification cards, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Queer theory, Sex education, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transsexual people Subject: Option for the Right to Do and the Duty to Do Corporation Description: Diana Navarro, the director of the Option for the Right to Do and the Duty to Do Corporation, discusses her experiences as a transgender women and sex worker in Bogotaá, Colombia. As an activist,... -
An Interview with Fernando Serrano
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Serrano, Fernando, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 18, 2010 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Femininities, Gender identity, LGBTI rights, LGBTI rights policy, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Planeta Paz Description: Anthropologist Fernando Serrano talks to Carlos Motta about his work with the LGBT Community Centers Strategy, which seeks the development of a series of services for that specific community and fo... -
An Interview with Hanmuji
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos Date: May 30, 2010 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Femininities, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Identification cards, Intersex, LGBTI community, Malpractice, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Medical interventions, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Politics, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexualism Description: Hanmuji, an FTM trans man, discusses his experience as a trans person and the structures and policies surrounding the transgender community in Korea. -
An Interview with Hossein Alizadeh
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Alizadeh, Hossein Date: Feb. 18, 2011 Topics: Activists, Arrests, Crimes, Discrimination, Gender identity, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Middle East, Sexual orientation Subject: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Description: Hossein Alizadeh, the Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), discusses the persecution of LGBTI people in Iran thro... -
An Interview with Joshua Pimiento Montoya
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Montoya, Joshua Pimiento Date: Mar. 19, 2010 Topics: Activists, Higher education, Intersex, LGBTI community, Organisations, Physicians, Religions, Transsexualism Description: Joshua Pimiento Montoya, an anthropologist from the National University of Colombia, discusses his research in and activism surrounding the treatment of intersex individuals by the medical community. -
An Interview with Kenyon Farrow
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Farrow, Kenyon, Motta, Carlos Date: Feb. 22, 2011 Topics: Activists, Capitalism, Christianity, LGBTQ+ movement, Patriarchy, Poverty Subject: Queers for Economic Justice -
An Interview with Mara Viveros
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Viveros, Mara, Motta, Carlos Date: Mar. 17, 2010 Topics: Anthropology, Ethnic groups, Feminism, Gender, Research, Sexuality, Sociology, Travel Description: Mara Viveros begins her interview by saying, "my initial training was as an economist but I later became an anthropologist, I like to mention this because it also explains who I am, that is, a pers... -
An Interview with Ruin
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos Date: Jun. 3, 2010 Topics: Coming out, Gender role, MtFs, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Ruin begins this interview saying: "My name is Ruin and I usually introduce myself as an MTF transgender lesbian. I’m also a vegetarian and a cat lover. I started thinking about gender issues in 20... -
Anaïs Duplan Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Duplan, Anaïs Date: Jun. 18, 2019 Topics: Afro-caribbeans, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Indeterminacy (Linguistics), Intimacy, LGBTQ+ poetry, Time perception, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Gennady Aygi, Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus, Paul Celan, Take This Stallion, Terrance Hayes -
Armani (ArmaniDae) Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Armani Date: Nov. 29, 2021 Topics: Black transgender people, Family, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual orientation, Transgender community Description: An interview with Amani, a trans man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Ash Stephens Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ash Stephens Date: Apr. 19, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Butches, Change of name, Childhood, Christianity, Education, Family members, Femininities, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Higher education, Lesbian culture, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Military, Older people, Police patrol--Surveillance operations, Politics, Pronoun, Religions, Social classes, Soft butches, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Bible Belt, Black Hollywood, Brooklyn Bail Fund, Georgia Southern University, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, University of Illinois at Chicago Description: Ash recounts growing up in a southern Bible Belt community. He details his journey from Georgia to Chicago where he completed his higher-level education and met his “chosen family.” Ash is currentl... -
B. Hawk Snipes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Snipes, B. Hawk Date: Mar. 28, 2019 Topics: Artists, Bars, Black people, Childhood, Cocaine, Drug abuse, Education, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay community centers, Gay liberation, Gay pride, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hospitals, Housing, Jews, Latinos, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Neighborhood government, Police, Police raids, Prisons, Pronoun, Stonewall riots, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Unemployment, White people, Women, Youth, Youth organisations Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Amanda Milan, Amy's Bread, Anderson Cooper, Bawdy Audie Josie, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Covenant House Rite of Passage (ROP), Fenced Out, Greenwich Village Youth Council (GYC), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Iris House, James Street Hotel, JD Melendez, John Cameron Mitchell, Kate Barnhart, March of Dimes, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Peter Green, Project Reach, Rosie Perez, Sets, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Garden Left Behind, Trans Health Conference, Trans in Action, Transy House, Wilson Cruz, Zendo's Description: B. Hawk Snipes discusses their growing in the Bronx, their time at the La Guardia High School of the Performing Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, and eventually becoming an entertainer ... -
Bianey Garcia Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Garcia, Bianey Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Discrimination, Families, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Immigration, Immigration law, Imprisonment, Latin american cultures, Lawyers, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Bianey Garcia, Make the Road Description: Bianey Garcia is a community organizer at Make the Road New York, a non-profit organization providing services and advocacy for Latinx and working class communities. Born in Veracruz, Mexico and ra... -
Brenda Holder Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Holder, Brenda, Keyes, Anna Date: Apr. 4, 2018 Topics: Drag balls, Drag community, Drag queens, Homelessness, Intolerance, Latinos, LGBTI community, Military, Role models, Transsexual people Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Dupree, Pepper Labeija Description: Army veteran and drag queen Brenda Holder discusses finding community in the drag world through her journey as a Hispanic trans woman. Holder tells interviewer Anna Keyes of her relationships with ... -
Brigitte Jamilette Hernandez Martinez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Hernandez Martinez, Brigitte Jamilette Date: Aug. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Beauty operators, Discrimination, Education, Families, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Safer sex, Self-acceptance, Sexual abuse, Transgender people Description: Lorenzo Van Ness entrevista a Brigitte Jamilet Hernández Martínez sobre su vida, quien comparte detalles de su niñez y adolescencia que recalcan la importancia que tiene su familia, sobre todo sus ... -
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... -
Cameron Overton
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: House of History Creator: Date: Feb. 23, 2024 Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans men Subject: Cameron Overton Description: An interview with Dr. Cameron Overton. Cameron Overton is a transgender man who works as a pastor at the Zao MKE Church. In the interview, Overton discusses living in Milwaukee and coming out, as w... -
Capri Kasai Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kasai, Capri Date: Mar. 19, 2019 Topics: Black people, Body image, Child abuse, Childhood, Climatic changes, Conservatism, Disaster medicine, Divorce, Environmental justice, Environmentalism, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Masculinities, Military, Misogyny, Moving, Household, Music, Politics, Polygamy, Public health, Queer theory, Racism, Religions, Skinheads, Southern States, Visibility, Writers Description: Capri recounts their childhood in a military family and the resulting relocations that their family underwent. They address family dynamics that continue to affect their inner monologue and relatio... -
Carla Roldos Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Roldos, Carla, Keyes, Anna Date: Apr. 18, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Death and dying, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Nursing, Passing (Gender), Politics, Public safety, Role models, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Gay mother Description: In an interview with Anna Keyes, trans woman Carla Roldos talks about her experiences transitioning and becoming a member of the trans community in New York City. Roldos specifically discusses the ... -
Cayden Betzig Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Betzig, Cayden Date: Jun. 12, 2019 Topics: Childhood, Education, Family members, Gay men, Gender diversity, Health insurance, Hinduism, Homophobia, Hormones, Labour movement, Language, LGBTI community, Politics, Psychotherapy, Religions, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Callen-Lorde's Health Outreach to Teens Program, City Year, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), George Mason University, Hunter College, New York University (NYU), Student Labor Action Movement, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Description: Cayden discusses his work as an untenured and trans educator. He reflects on his involvement in the NYC’s teacher’s union the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the UFT’s social justice caucus... -
Cecilia Gentili Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Gentili, Cecilia Date: Jul. 14, 2017 Topics: Addictions, Childhood, Clothing, Dictatorships, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Immigration, Immigration policy, Imprisonment, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Cecilia Gentili, Gay Men's Health Crisis Description: Cecilia Gentili is the Director of Policy at Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). In this wide-ranging interview, she reflects on the relationships and experiences that inform her story of struggle, res... -
Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Nova, Cyd, Doroshow, Ceyenne Date: Feb. 19, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Age, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gay community, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, Language, LGBTI community, Loneliness, MtFs, Racism, Representation, Riots, Roman catholicism, Sexual assault, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Ceyenne Doroshow, Miss Major Description: Ceyenne Doroshow shares her experience developing a supportive relationship with her family, enduring ignorance and discrimination, first meeting another transwoman, learning about hormones, and di... -
Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Doroshow, Ceyenne, Mukerjee, Lucy Date: Feb. 25, 2022 Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender autobiographies, Transmisogynoir Subject: 96 West, Andre's, Ceyenne Doroshow, Cooking in Heels: A Memoir, Flawless Sabrina, Gays and Lesbians Living In A Transgender Society ( G.L.I.T.S.) Description: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence and transphobic language. -
Chanel Lopez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lopez, Chanel, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 31, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Appearance, Change of name, Christianity, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Mental health, Role models, Schools, Self-acceptance, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community Subject: Anti Violence Project, Bronx Community Pride Center, Crash Club Description: Transgender communities liaison Chanel Lopez details her experience as a Latinx trans woman in both New York and the Dominican Republic. Lopez opens up to interviewer Sebastian Castro Niculescu abo... -
Charley Burton Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Burton, Charley, Bliss, Tom Date: Feb. 10, 2023 Topics: Black transgender people, Electroshock therapy, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with substance use disorders, LGBTQ+ support groups, Segregation, Stealth (Transgender), Trans men, Transgender authors, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Alcoholics Anonymous, Black Trans Man Incorporated, Charley Burton, Morehouse College, The Boy Beneath My Skin: A Black Trans Man Living in the South, University of Virginia Hospital Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to sexual assault, child abuse, suicide, and transphobic language. -
Che Gossett Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gossett, Che Date: May 3, 2019 Topics: AIDS education, Arab-Israeli conflict, Archivists, Baptist church, Black people, Black studies, Colonialism, Community centres, Cross-cultural relationships, Education, Femininities, Film, Gay clergy, Gender, Gender studies, Gentrification, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Justice, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Military, Politics, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Segregation, Thai boxing, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP Philly, All of Us or None, Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Black Panthers, Center for Reserach on Women at Barnard, Critical Resistance, Darby Hickey, David Farwell, Detroit: Yes I Do Mind Dying, Different Avenues, Fox News, Fred Milton, Galaei, George Jackson, Hearts on a Wire, James Baldwin, Jerry Brown, Lambda Literary Retreat, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Gurden, Native Son, Philadelphia FIGHT, Project Home, Roxbury, Ryan Smith, Ryan White Youth Conference, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Trans Health Conference, Uphams Corner Health Clinic, Yuri Kochiyama Description: Che Gossett shares on the left political history of their parents, their time spent in multiple abolitionist, black and queer organizing groups, and their becoming a critical scholar of trans studi... -
Chichi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Oloya-Santiago, Tamara, Chichi Date: Aug. 21, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Education, Families, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Naturalisation, Self-acceptance, Siblings, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Waiters Description: This interview, conducted in Spanish, is conducted by Tamara Oloya-Santiago. Chici, the interviewee, tells their story of immigrating from Peru to Queens, New York and the discrimination they suffe... -
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 -
Crisosto Apache Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Apache, Crisosto Date: Jul. 21, 2016 Topics: Apache Indians, Child abuse, Chiricahua Indians, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples--Languages, Intersectionality, Intersex, LGBTQ+ poetry, Mescalero Indians, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Navajo Indians, Sexual identity, Substance abuse, Two-Spirit people Subject: A Bridge Still in the Water, Crisosto Apache, Diné Bizaad, Gensis, Indian Health Service (IHS), James Thomas Stevens, Ndé Bizaa, Ndé’isdzan, Salt Clan, Sesame Street, Todd, Towering House People Clan Description: OUTWORDS interview with Crisosto Apache conducted by Mason Funk on July 21, 2016 in the home he shares with his husband, Todd, in Lakewood, CA. Crisosto is a Native LGBTQI and Two Spirit advocate, ... -
Daphne Banks Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Banks, Daphne Date: Mar. 17, 2023 Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, QTPOC, Religion, Trans women, Transfeminine people Description: An interview with Daphne Banks about her life and experiences. -
Denne Michele Norris Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Norris, Denne Michele Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Authors, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community Description: Denne Michele Norris is a writer, figure skater and musician. In this interview she discusses her writing practice, how figure skating relates to writing, nonlinear time, and growing up in Clevelan... -
Dioganhdih Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Dioganhdih Date: Nov. 12, 2019 Topics: Hip-hop, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Queer artists, Transgender community, Two-Spirit people Description: An interview with Dioganhdih. They were born on sovereign Haudenosaunee territory of Onondaga Nation and identify as a two-spirit, queer, hip-hop artist, public speaker and producer. In this interv... -
Dynasty Scott
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: House of History Creator: Date: Dec. 22, 2022 Topics: African American transgender people, Ball culture, Ballroom families, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women Subject: Dynasty Scott, House of History Description: An interview with Dynasty Scott. Dynasty Scott is a transgender woman who is a legend for winning pageants, crowns and state titles. In the interview, Scott discusses her transition, coming out, a... -
Earline Budd Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Budd, Earline, Mendy, Nix Date: Nov. 11, 2022 Topics: AIDS death and dying, AIDS education, Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Trans women, Transgender rights Subject: Dee Curry, Earline Budd, Frank Kameny, Gay Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA), HIV Community Coalition (HCC), Inner City AIDS Network (ICAN) Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language. -
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 ... -
El Roy Red Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Red, El Roy, Holmes, Zoe Date: Mar. 30, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Body image, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Higher education, Immigration, Isolation, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Substance abuse Subject: El Roy Red, Ponderosa Movement and Discovery, University of Pittsburgh Description: El Roy Red is a poet who has lived in New York City for three years. Red begins the interview by discussing her self-expression through a unique sense of style and how she found her voice as a writ... -
Elia Chinó Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Chinó, Elia Date: Sep. 11, 2020 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Christianity, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Elia Chinó, Latin American Foundation for Social Action (FLAS) Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elia Chinó conducted by Andrew Lush on September 11, 2020 in Huston, TX. Elia Chinó was born on April 24, 1962 in La Huacana, Michoacan, Mexico. In 1989, when she learned he... -
Elle Halo
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: House of History Creator: Date: Feb. 24, 2024 Topics: African American transgender people, Ballroom families, Black transgender people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender rights Subject: Elle Halo, House of History, SHEBA Description: An interview with Elle Halo. Elle Halo is a transgender woman who is a trans activist in Milwaukee. In the interview, Halo discusses her mother's influence on her and her work with multiple activis... -
Fainan Lakha Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lakha, Fainan, Maya, Elliott Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Islam, Liberation movements, MtFs, Oppression, Politics, Representation, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Fainan Lakha, Laverne Cox Description: Fainan Lakha is a student at Columbia majoring in Comparative Literature and Society. She grew up in a Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim community in Seattle and became involved in the Oneness University a... -
Felicita ‘Felli’ Maynard Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Maynard, Felicita Date: Dec. 12, 2019 Topics: Black transgender people, Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ artists, QTPOC, Spirituality, Transgender community Description: An interview with Felicita ‘Felli’ Maynard, a trans identifying visual artist from Brooklyn, New York. -
Francois Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Francois, Kümm, Paige Date: Jun. 28, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Body image, Colleges, Coming out, Employment discrimination, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Racism Description: Paige Kümm interviews Francois, a gender fluid Haitian person who was born and raised in New York City, and still resides there. They talk about the gentrification of Francois's neighborhood and ho... -
Free CeCe McDonald Panel
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cox, Laverne, Gares, Jac, McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe) Date: Aug. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Actors, Black people, Feminism, Film industry, Gender dysphoria, Imprisonment, Oppression, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Anti Violence Project, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Free CeCe, In The Life, Musical Chairs, Orange is the New Black, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sayuri Hernandez, The Exhibitionist, Transforming, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Unraveled Description: Laverne Cox is the executive producer of the Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black. She plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Cox is a renowned speaker... -
Gage Spex Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Spex, Gage Date: Dec. 2, 2022 Topics: Art schools, Fashion, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ artists, Nightlife, Non-binary people, Transgender community Subject: Dreamhouse, Spectrum Description: Gage Spex discusses growing up in Western Massachusetts, where, at a young age, they fell in love with fashion through older movies, like those of Judy Garland. Gage later moved to San Francisco to... -
Geleni Fontaine Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Fontaine, Geleni Date: Feb. 5, 2019 Topics: Alternative medicine, Gentrification, Martial arts, Transgender community, Transgender people, Working class Subject: Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts, Center for Anti-violence Education, Imani Henry, Leslie Feinberg, Metropolitan Gender Network, Sylvia Rivera Description: Geleni Fontaine is an acupuncturist, RN and healer based on Brooklyn. In this interview, they share on their growing up in a working class Cuban family in Park Slope, Brooklyn, prior to the neighbo... -
Genevieve Tatum Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Tatum, Genevieve, Dicken, Matthew Date: Jul. 22, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, LGBTI community, Liberation movements, Music, Parents of transgender people, Politics, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Genevieve Tatum, Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall Description: Genevieve Tatum, a transgender woman, retells her experiences as an adolescent in The Village in New York City. She describes the aftermath of the Stonewall riot, the Civil Rights movement, and the... -
Gia Love Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Love, Gia Date: Apr. 11, 2019 Topics: African diaspora, African-americans, Black people, Bullying, Butches, Childhood, Crossdressing, Debates, Drag balls, Femininities, Foster children, Gender, Gender diversity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mothers, Racism, Sexism, Sexual abuse, Soft butches, Special education, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Women Subject: Butch Queen, City College, Destination Tomorrow, Ginovia, Greenlight Hub, Harlem United, Harvard University, House of Bacardi, House of Juicy, House of Louboutin, House of McQueen, Islan Nettles, Kalem Lord, Malcolm X, Marist College, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), Paris Is Burning, Sundance, TQ, Uber Description: Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a sup... -
Gogo Graham Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Graham, Gogo Date: May 10, 2019 Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Childhood, Christianity, Clubs, Coming out, Fashion designers, Fashion--Japanese influences, Gay identity, Harassment, Hormones, Internet, Media, Microaggressions, MtFs, Music, Plastic surgery, Pop music, Rape, Social media, Step families, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse, Violence Subject: Asian Pacific Island Community Health Association (APICHA), Cecilia Gentilly, Hussein Chalayan, Kaden Ho, Raygun Hugo, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, Spectrum, The University of Texas - Austin, Tumblr, Yohji Yamamoto -
Grace Detrevarah Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Detrevarah, Grace, Keyes, Anna Date: Feb. 21, 2018 Topics: Dancers, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Religions, Social integration, Transgender people, Writers Subject: Candy Labeija, LaRoque Bey Description: Grace Detrevarah, a self-proclaimed "spiritual black trans woman" talks to Anna Keyes about her supportive parents and rebellious adolescence, and growing up in an environment far removed from a tr... -
Gykyira Shoy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Shoy, Gykyira Date: Feb. 15, 2017 Topics: Abuse, AIDS education, Drag queens, Education, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Music, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Description: Gykyira Shoy is the Program Director of New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she describes her experience as a trans person of color and her work as an activist, engaged in justice st... -
Hoshina Seki Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Seki, Hoshina, Funk, Mason Date: Jan. 21, 2020 Topics: Buddhism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Japanese Americans, Partners of transgender people, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941, Transgender Buddhists, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: American Buddhist Academy, Hoshina Seki, New York Buddhist Church Description: Hoshina Seki was born in 1941 in New York City. Her father founded the New York Buddhist Church in 1938 and Hoshina buried questions about her gender identity under the pressure to “set an example”... -
Iman Le Caire Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Le Caire, Iman Date: Feb. 17, 2023 Topics: Artists, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Police harassment, QTPOC, Religion, Sexual violence, Trans women, Transfeminine people Description: An interview with Iman Le Caire a trans woman from Cairo, Egypt. Iman talks about her life and experiences. -
Imani Henry Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Henry, Imani Date: Mar. 8, 2019 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Arrests, Black people, Christianity, Cults, Discrimination, Gay pride, Gender minorities, Middle class, Peace movement, Police, Racism, Religions, School facilities, Slavery, Social media, Street violence, Transgender people, Violence, Working class, Youth Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Black Student Organization, Boston Tech, Christine Lewis, Domestic Workers United, Emerson College, English High, Equality for Flatbush, ICE, James Dobson, Keith Kyler, Ken Livingston, Kimani Grey, Latin Academy, Latin Boston, Malcolm X, National School Walkout Day, Patrick Dorsman, Peoples Monday, Rodney King, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell, Trish Marinara, University of Massachusetts - Lowell (UMass Lowell) -
Interview with Enzi Tanner
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Tanner, Enzi, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Dec. 12, 2015 Topics: Black people, Coming out, Community life, Conversion therapy, Dating, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay community, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care, Hormones, Judaism, Love, Men, Mental health, Mentoring, Police, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Role models, Roman catholicism, Sex, Social workers, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transitioning (Gender), Work Subject: Brown Boi Project, Enzi Tanner, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about... -
Interview with Agaiotupu Viena
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Viena, Agaiotupu Date: Jul. 24, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Fa'afafine, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Pacific Islander American LGBTQ+ people, Pacific Islander American transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people of color Subject: Pride Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project, TRANSform Culture, United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (UTOPIA) Description: An interview with Agaiotupu Viena, a fa'afafine and trans woman from Amerika Samoa, educator, advocate, and community organizer based in the Seattle area. At the time of these interviews, she was P... -
Interview with Albert Beck
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Chartrand, Seneca Date: Unknown Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit people Subject: Albert McLeod, International Two-Spirit Gathering, Manitoba Aboriginal AIDS Task Force, Métis Nation, Ontario Aboriginal HIV Strategy, Sixties Scoop, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Interview with Duane (Albert) Morrisseau-Beck about residential schools, HIV/AIDS, and indigenous activism. Interviewer is Seneca Chartrand. -
Interview with Aldita Gallardo
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Gallardo, Aldita Date: Jan. 16, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ youth, Public health, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community centers Subject: Borealis Philanthropy, El/La Para Translatinas, Fund for Trans Generations Description: An interview with Aldita Gallardo, a Latinx trans woman, community organizer, and former youth worker based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, she served as a Senior Program Ass... -
Interview with Alex Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lee, Alex Date: Nov. 17, 2019 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Legal services, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Police harassment, Prisoners--Civil rights, Social justice, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transmasculine people Subject: Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC), TransAction Description: An interview with Alexander Li-Hua Lee, an Asian American trans masculine activist and attorney from Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he was the Project Director for the Grantmak... -
Interview with Alexis Paige
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Paige, Alexis Date: Sep. 23, 2016 Topics: Activism, Asian transgender people, Bisexuals, Breast, Community centres, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Korean Americans, LGBTQ+ partners, Machismo, Passing (Gender), Psychotherapy, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Same-sex marriage, Sexism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, White, Work Subject: Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade AIDS Project, Corey Paige, Lambda Legal, RuPaul, Trans Lifeline, Transgender Working Groups, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Alexis Paige is a mixed Korean and white trans woman from Nevada and Oregon. At the time of this interview, she was working as a Legal Aid at Lambda Legal. In this oral history Paige spends a signi... -
Interview with Alonzo Wesley
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wesley, Alonzo Date: Aug. 13, 2015 Topics: Black people, Black people--Race identity, Celebrities, Coming out, Disabilities, Discrimination, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Law enforcement, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Transgender people Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Alonzo Wesley is a Black transgender man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Wesley was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Wesley reflects on his experiences living in Minneapo... -
Interview with Alyssandra Taylor
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Taylor, Alyssandra Date: May 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Education, Family members, Femininities, Friendships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Oppression, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Alyssandra Taylor is a Black trans woman or sometimes a trans feminine nonbinary person from Boston. She discusses coming out as gay at a young age, and being kicked out when she came out as trans.... -
Interview with Ameriah Neal
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Neal, Ameirah Date: Dec. 1, 2016 Topics: Art, Assigned gender, Ball culture, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Child abuse, Colleges, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Discrimination, Division, Drag, Drug abuse, Employment policies, Etymology, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Intersectionality (Sociology), Language, LGBTQ+ communities, Passing (Gender), Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Politics, Prejudices, Race relations, Sex work, Sexual orientation, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ameirah Neal is a Black woman from Washington, DC. At the time of this interview she was working as a Peer Ed Coordinator with a nonprofit organization in DC. In this oral history she speaks at len... -
Interview with André Pérez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pérez, André Date: Oct. 20, 2016 Topics: Abuse, Aggression, AIDS activists, Art, Assigned gender, Civil rights, Discrimination, Family relationships, Feminism, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Immigration, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ visibility, Machismo, Masculinities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Poverty, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sexual assault, Sports, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Violence, White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Cacina Queen, Greta Martela, Nina Chaubal, Sasha Perez, Story Corps, Trans Lifeline, Trans Oral History Project, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vagina Monologues Description: André Pérez is a mixed White and Puerto Rican trans person based out of Chicago who goes by they and he. At the time of this oral history, Pérez was working as a documentary filmmaker. They spend a... -
Interview with Andre Reed
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Reed, Andre Date: Sep. 6, 2017 Topics: Adoption, African American transgender people, Appearance, Black people--Race identity, Children of military personnel, Clothing, Drag, Drag performance, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Homophobia, Identification cards, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Masculinities, Men, Black, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Racism, Religions, Sexism, Sports, Transgender prostitutes, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andre Reed is a Black man of trans experience from Indiana and Georgia. He talks about growing up and his family relationships, and transitioning at work. He recounts his experience and successes i... -
Interview with Andrea Abi-Karam
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Abi-Karam, Andrea Date: Jun. 21, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anti-fascism, Body image, Capitalism, Childhood, Counterculture, Depression, Divorce, Family members, Gender minorities, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Insurance, LGBTQ+ poetry, Masculinities, Neofascism, Oppression, Physicians, Prisons, Psychiatrists, Religions, Suburbs, Surgery, Tattoos, Terrorism, Transgender people, Zines Subject: Ana Mendieta, Elizabeth Bishop, Ghost Ship Fire, GQ, Maryanne Moore, Mills College, New York Police Department (NYPD), Nighboat Books, Sister Spit, Spraytan, Sylvia Plath, They/Them -
Interview with Andrea Anderson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Andrea Date: Apr. 26, 2016 Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Childhood, Communities, Discrimination, Drag performance, Emigration and immigration law, Employment discrimination, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Immigration, Latin Americans, Latinos, Law enforcement, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Love, Machismo, Marriage, Middle West, Misogyny, MtFs, Politics, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Sex, Sexism, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people, Work Subject: Andrea Anderson, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Westside Clinic Description: Andrea Anderson is a Latina trans woman from Mexico City and Minnesota. In this oral history, Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the United States. She also speaks about he... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 25, 2017 Topics: Activism, African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Black people--Race identity, Depression, Divorce, Education, Ethnicity, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Health, Historians, Hormones, Labour, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, People with disabilities, Politics, Pronoun, Prostitution, Religions, Sexism, Sexual assault, Social advocacy, Social media, Social movements, Therapies, Transgender people, Two-spirit people, Women, Black, Work Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Lisa Vecoli, Program in Human Sexuality, Trans Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the second of ... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Divorce, Families, Family, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Marital status, Marriage, Parenthood, Prisons, Separation, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: CeCe McDonald, Center for Gender Spectrum Health, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, My Momma's Gonna Call Me Anna, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Rainbow Health Initiative, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the first of t... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cunningham, Phillipe, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Nov. 27, 2017 Topics: Activists, African American transgender people, Black people, Elections, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Political campaigns, Politicians, Politics, Race, Social advocacy, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Althea Garrison, Barack Obama, Minneapolis’ Youth Violence Prevention Executive Committee, Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Monica Roberts, Trans Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Description: Andrea Jenkins grew up in Chicago, Illinois and went to college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the Oral Historian for the Transgender Oral History Project at the GLBT Tretter Collection. She wor... -
Interview with Andy Marra
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Marra, Andy Date: Feb. 26, 2021 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Gender non-conforming people, Interracial adoption, Korean American women, LGBTQ+ activism, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) Description: An interview with Andy Marra, a Korean-American trans woman, activist, educator, and public policy advocate based in New York City. At the time of this interview, she was the Executive Director of ... -
Interview with Anthony Ceballos
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ceballos, Anthony Date: May 1, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Appearance, Art, Bullying, Coming out, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Latin Americans, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mentoring, Native American . . ., Ojibwa Indians, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Sex, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people, Verbal abuse, Work Subject: Lynnette Reini-Grandell, Transgender Oral History Project, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Venus de Mars Description: Anthony Ceballos is a Native and Hispanic androgynous person raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Ceballos was living and working in Minnesota. In this oral history he t... -
Interview with Aria Said
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Said, Aria Date: Jun. 6, 2017 Topics: Activism, Adopted children, African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Catholic Church--Education, Community life, Drag queens, Family relationships, Film, Foster parents, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Imprisonment, Language, Mental health, Mentoring, MtFs, NGOs, Pacific Coast (North America), Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Representation (Philosophy), Self-acceptance, Serial killings, Sexuality, Social media, Social movements, Therapies, Transgender community, Transgender people, Two thousands (Decade), Visibility Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Isis King, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sojurner Truth Leadership Circle Fellowship for Transformational Leadership, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, TGI Justice Project, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Aria Said is a Black American and Ethiopian woman of trans experience from Oregon. At the time of this interview she lived and worked in San Francisco. In this oral history she talks at length abou... -
Interview with Arin McNeese
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McNeese, Arin Date: Jan. 12, 2017 Topics: Alcoholism, Coming out, Dating, Drug addiction, Friendship, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Medical care, Medication, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Race, Racism, Social work with transgender youth, Transgender people, Transgender youth Subject: Aliveness Project, Cherokee, Loretta Worthington, Minnesot Priority Populations, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Pride Institute, Shades of Color, Trans Family Support Services, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Arin McNeese is a mixed Native American and white trans male from Minnesota who uses he, she, and they. At the time of this interview, McNeese was living in California. In this oral history, McNees... -
Interview with Ash (Ashley) Scott
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Scott, Ash (Ashley) Date: Oct. 29, 2015 Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Black, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Communication, Dating, Disabilities, Discrimination, Drag kings, Drag performance, Family relationships, Femininities, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Health, Hormone therapy, Language, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Masculinities, Medical care, Mental health, Middle West, Military, Native American transgender people, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Schools, Surgery, Therapies, Veterans, Whites--Race identity Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ash Scott is a Blackfoot Indian/Irish/African American trans guy living in Minneapolis. He discusses his early life, family relationships, and being in the army when he identified as a lesbian duri... -
Interview with Ash Farah
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Farah, Ash Date: Jun. 1, 2017 Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Bisexuality, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Emigration and immigration, Exorcism, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hijab (Islamic clothing), Homelessness, Intersex, Intersex people, Love, Middle West, Migrants, Misogyny, Nativism, Racism, Religion, Religions, Same-sex marriage, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender youth Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Barack Obama, CeCe McDonald, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out Front, Roxanne Anderson, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ash Farah is a East African/Black trans man who has lived in New York, Minnesota, and "the middle part of East Africa". A the time of this interview he was attending college in Minneapolis. In this... -
Interview with Ashlee Sapalaran
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sapalaran, Ashlee Date: May 16, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Anti-transgender violence, Appearance, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Bathrooms, Catholic schools, Celebrities, Christianity, Church--Unity, Colorism, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Identity, Immigration, Katoeys, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Linguistics, Love, Occupations, Pacific Islander American LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Politicians, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychiatrists, Religion, Same-sex marriage, Self-acceptance, Sex, Skin--Bleaching, Social advocacy, Social privilege, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender people, Translations, Visas, Work Subject: Barack Obama, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ashlee Saparalan is a Filipina female from the Philippines. She talks about her family and growing up in the Philippines, and compares life in the Philippines to her experiences in the United State... -
Interview with Billy Navarro Jr.
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Navarro, Billy Jr. Date: Feb. 19, 2016 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Jews, Racism, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Transphobia, Volunteering Subject: Beyond the Binary, Black Lives Matter (BLM), CeCe McDonald, Clothing Shelf, District 202, Free CeCe, Gender Gear Program, Holly Wood, La Clinica, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michelle Alexander, Minnesota Aids Project, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out for Equity, Rainbow Health Initiative, Shot Clinic, Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Youth Support Network Description: Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed Puerto Rican and white gender-queer trans-man from Mound, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Navarro was a youth worker and teacher at the Minnesota Transgender ... -
Interview with Bran Fenner
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fenner, Bran Date: Nov. 12, 2021 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ youth, Nurses, Transmasculine people Subject: Education for Liberation Project, FIERCE, The Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Bran Fenner, a Black transmasculine activist, consultant, educator, and ER and hospice nurse based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, he was Director of People ... -
Interview With Breatta Bee Amore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Amore, Breatta Bea Date: Feb. 16, 2017 Topics: African Americans, AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Bathrooms, Christianity, Coming out, Dating, Drug abuse, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Film mini-series, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, MtFs, Pornographic films, Self-acceptance, Single parent families Description: Breatta Bee Amore is a Black trans female from Chicago and Milwaukee. At the time of this interview, she was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Amore touches upon topics suc... -
Interview with Carter Brown and Diamond Stylz
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Carter, Stylz, Diamond Date: Jan. 17, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender employment, Transgender people of color Subject: Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC), Black Trans Women, Inc., Black Transmen, Inc., Marsha's Plate Description: An interview with Carter Brown and Diamond Stylz. Carter Brown is a Black trans man, activist, and community organizer from Dallas, Texas. Brown is the founder of Black Transmen, Inc., and served ... -
Interview with Catalina Velasquez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Velasquez, Catalina Date: Dec. 9, 2016 Topics: Augmentation mammaplasty, Change of name, Citizenship, Colombian Americans, Dating, Development, Employment, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Illegal aliens, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, MtFs, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Xenophobia Subject: Audre Lorde, Casa Ruby, Laverne Cox Description: Catalina Velasquez identifies as a straight transgender woman attracted to cis men and goes by Queen Goddess Sister. She is Colombian, was born in Cali, Colombia, and has a sister. She came to the ... -
Interview with Cathy Kapua
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kapua, Cathy Date: Oct. 29, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Decriminalization, Imprisonment, Sex work, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Kulia Na Mamo, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua, a Native Hawaiian māhūwahine and trans woman, community organizer, and public health advocate based on O'ahu. At the time of this interview, she was Deput... -
Interview with Charlene Bradshaw
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bradshaw, Charlene Date: Jan. 12, 2016 Topics: Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Education, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Homophobia, Lesbians, Masculinities, Military, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Volunteering, Writers Subject: Charlene Bradshaw, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Description: Charlene Bradshaw is a Black lesbian born and raised in Hawaii. In this oral history, Bradshaw speaks about his experiences being a Black transgender person in Minneapolis, alongside serving in the... -
Interview with Chishaun (CeCe) McDonald
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe) Date: Nov. 27, 2015 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Christianity, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femmes, Gay boys, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Neonazism, Physical violence, Prisons, Racism, Role behavior, Sissies, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse Subject: Angela Davis, Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Dean Spade, Dorothy Day Shelter, Free CeCe, George Zimmerman, Honey Bear Royal, Howard Brown Center, Jerry Springer Show, Laverne Cox, Magic Johnson, Marci Bowers, Matthew Shepherd, Normal Life, The New Jim Crowe, Trayvon Martin Description: CeCe McDonald is a Black-Boricua-Taíno woman from the South Side of Chicago. At the time of this oral history, she was working in Minneapolis as a barista, activist, and social instigator. In this ... -
Interview with Christopher J. Cuevas
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cuevas, Christopher J. Date: Sep. 28, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, Non-binary people, Queer community, Queer people of color, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: QLatinx, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Christopher J. Cuevas, an Indigenous-Latinx, non-binary community organizer, educator, and peace practitioner based in Orlando, Florida. Since co-founding the organization in 2016... -
Interview with CJ Vondal
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vondal, CJ Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: Gender diversity, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Lesbians, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: CJ is a mixed Native American and white trans man from Grand Forks, North Dakota. At the time of the interview they were a freshman at UND Grand Forks. They discuss how their first exposure to thin... -
Interview with Connie Merasty
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Murdock, Nicole Date: Unknown Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Ojibwa language, Two-Spirit people, Two-Spirit youth Subject: Cree Nation Tribal Health Center, Sunshine House, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Nicole Murdock interviews Connie Merasty about her two-spirit journey about queer youth challenges, finding trusted community, and the loss of loved ones. -
Interview with Crispin Torres
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Torres, Crispin Date: May 27, 2016 Topics: Coming out, Education, Educators, Gay community, Gay culture, Gay families, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Latinos, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mexican Americans, Misogyny, Musicians, Political movements, Roman catholicism, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Lambda Legal Description: Crispin Torres is a Latino trans masculine person. At the time of this oral history, Torres was working for Lambda Legal. In this oral history, Torres speaks at length about his childhood, coming o... -
Interview with Damion Mendez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mendez, Damion Date: Jun. 17, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Bullying, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gay men, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, Latinos, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ death and dying, Masculinities, Medicalisation, Men, Passing (Gender), Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Racism, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Barack Obama, Family Tree Clinic, Human Sexuality Program, Janet Byrstrom, Jendeen Forberg, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Mondo Queer Beach Party, Pamela Anderson, Prince, Pulse Night Club, Roxanne Anderson Description: Damion Mendez is a Latino trans masculine identified person from St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Mendez was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Mendez speaks about transra... -
Interview with Dee Dee Chamblee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Chamblee, Dee Dee Date: Feb. 7, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Black people, Busing for school integration, Drag, Educators, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Imprisonment, Marriage, Mothers, MtFs, Role models, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transgender youth Subject: Auburn Seminary Sojourner Truth Leadership Circle for Black Trans Women, Dee Dee Chamblee, Lady Chablis, LaGender Description: Dee Dee Ngozi Chamblee is a Black trans woman from Georgia and the founder of LaGender Inc. At the time of this interview, Chamblee was the Executive Director of LaGender. In this oral history, Cha... -
Interview with Destinee Salinas
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Salinas, Destinee Date: Sep. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bathrooms, Bullying, Catholic schools, Clothing, Cosmetics, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Gender identity, Gender role, Health insurance, Hispanic Americans, Hormones, Language, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, Mexican Americans, Police, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Popular culture, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Racism, Social media, Transgender people Subject: Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summer Description: Destinee Salinas is a Hispanic female from Indiana. She talks about her experiences growing up, doing drag, and some of the obstacles she has faced as a trans woman. She also discusses relationship... -
Interview with Devi Peacock
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Peacock, Devi Date: Feb. 24, 2021 Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ people of color, Non-binary people, Restorative justice, South Asian transgender people, Transgender artists Subject: Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA), Peacock Rebellion, Queer Cultural Center Description: An interview with Devi Peacock, a South Asian non-binary storyteller, performing artist and community organizer based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, they were the founding A... -
Interview with Dioganhdih
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Dioganhdih Date: Nov. 12, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Gender diversity, Native americans, Native language and education, Rap (Music), Transgender people, Two-Spirit people Subject: Puff Puff Passion, Pussy Vortex Description: Dioganhdih was born on sovereign Haudenosaunee territory of Onondaga Nation. They are a two-spirit, queer, hip-hop artist, public speaker and producer. In this interview, they speak about their com... -
Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Chilko, Dominic Giovon Date: Jun. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Art, Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Corrective rape, Disabilities, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Social movements, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Dominic Giovon Chilko is a bi-racial Afro-Latinx trans man from Eagan, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood, relationships, and experiences of transition, his thoug... -
Interview with Dominique Morgan
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Morgan, Dominique Date: Jan. 29, 2021 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Prison abolition movements, Trans women, Transgender political activists Subject: Black and Pink, Nebraska Pride, Nebraska Youth Pride Description: An interview with Dominique Morgan, a Black trans woman, prison abolition activist, and artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this interview, Morgan was the Executive Director of Black an... -
Interview with Dre Tarleton
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: Tarleton, Dre Date: Sep. 4, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Non-binary people Description: An interview with Dre Tarleton, who identifies as non-binary / genderqueer and uses they/them pronouns. Tarleton talks about discovering gender language, practicing rootwork, and being trans in Lou... -
Interview with Elle Hearns
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hearns, Elle Date: Feb. 7, 2017 Topics: Activists, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay identity, Gender role, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ activism, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexual assault, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people, Verbal abuse, Violence Subject: Anita Moore, Betty Skinner, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brittany Nicole Kidd-Stergis, Cemia Dove, Cherno Biko, Dom Mockings, Erin Lange, GetEQUAL, John Crawford, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Michael Brown, Michael David Battle, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Sylvia Rivera, TGNCF, Tiffany Edwards, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tras Health Care Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Wriply Bennet Description: Elle Hearns, founder of the Marsha P Johnson Institute and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, was assigned Black at birth. At the time of this interview Hearns was organizing in O... -
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... -
Interview with Emmett Schelling
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schelling, Emmett Date: Dec. 1, 2020 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transitioning (Gender), Transmasculine people Subject: San Antonio Gender Association (SAGA), Transform Houston, TransFORWARD, Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) Description: An interview with Emmett Schelling, a transmasculine activist based in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this interview, Schelling was the Executive Director of the Transgender Education Network o... -
Interview with Essence Thompson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Thompson, Essence Date: Aug. 7, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Family members, Harassment, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender people of color, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Equality Virginia, Nationz Foundation Description: An interview with Essence Thompson, a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbr... -
Interview with Farah N.
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: N., Farah Date: May 22, 2019 Topics: African cultures, Aggression, Capitalism, Childhood, Coming out, Cultures, Family members, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gujarati diaspora, Health care, Homophobia, Insurance, Islam, Labour movement, LGBTI community, Machismo, Marxism, Microaggressions, Pronoun, Religions, Trade unions, Transphobia Subject: Callen-Lorde Health Center, LIES, Teen Cosmo, Teen Vouge Description: Farah N. discusses living at the intersection of being non-binary, Ismaili Muslim and an atheist. They are the co-founder of LIES, a materialist feminist journal exploring theories and experiences ... -
Interview with Gabriel Foster
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Foster, Gabriel Date: Nov. 19, 2019 Topics: Black queer people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ youth, LGBTQ+ youth centers, Transgender activism, Transgender youth, Transmasculine people Subject: American Friends Service Committee, Lambert House, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Gabriel Foster, a Black queer and trans activist, youth worker, and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Trans ... -
Interview with Gayle Pruden
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Chartrand, Seneca Date: Aug. 3, 2018 Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Gayle Pruden details her experiences as a two-spirited individual while at the 2018 Two-Spirit Gathering in Beausejour. -
Interview with Geena Rocero
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rocero, Geena Date: Nov. 16, 2016 Topics: Anthropology, Art, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Celebrities, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Femmes, Filipino American women, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ visibility, Medical care, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Sexual harassment, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Asian Pacific Wellness Center, Babaylan, Bakla, Beutiful as I Want to Be, Caitlyn Jenner, Ferdinand Magellan, Gender Proud, Janet Mock, Jazz Jennings, Jeffrey Caliendo, Lauren Foster, Mahu, Papuan, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Geena Rocero is a Filipino trans woman and supermodel from Makati City in the Philippines. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, her career as a model and founder of the prod... -
Interview with George Hoagland
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hoagland, George Date: Aug. 24, 2017 Topics: Androgyny, Art, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Change of name, Christianity, Dating, Depression, Education, Effeminacy, Families of military personnel, Family members, Family relationships, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Heteronormativity, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Marriage, Mental disorders, Mental health, Police, Race, Reduction mammaplasty, Religion, Schools, Separation, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys Subject: Queer, Trans, Intersex, People of Color and Indigenous People Studies (QTIPOCI), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In thi... -
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... -
Interview with Grecia Magdaleno
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Magdaleno, Grecia Date: Dec. 4, 2020 Topics: Cults, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ youth, Non-binary people Subject: Planned Parenthood, Safe Schools Alliance Description: An interview with Grecia Magdaleno, a Latinx non-binary advocate, organizer, and interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this interview, they were the Policy and Adovcac... -
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 ... -
Interview with Ignacio Rivera
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rivera, Ignacio Date: Nov. 7, 2015 Topics: Activists, Androgyny, Art, Artists, Assigned gender, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Polyamory, Race, Racism, Sex, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Work, Writers Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ignacio Rivera is a Black-Boricua-Taíno transgender Two-Spirit person from Brooklyn. At the time of this interview, Rivera was working as an Educator, Activist, and Performer based out of New York.... -
Interview with Imara Jones
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jones, Imara Date: Apr. 25, 2019 Topics: Activists, Ageism, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Future, Gender identity, Gentrification, Journalists, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marxism, Mass media, Politics, Representation, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Audre Lorde, Black Trans Future, Color Lines, David French, Donald Trump, Free Speech Television, Governor's House, Happy Birthday, Marsha, Marsha Clark, Marsha P. Johnson, Morehouse College, New York Women's Studies Association Conference, Pose, Saidiya Hartman, The Anti-Violence Project (AVP), The Last Sip, The New York Women's Foundation, Tourmaline, Tovia Smith, Trans Slash Description: Imara Jones reflects on the challenges and rewards of producing independent media for diverse millennial audiences, including her talk show The Last Sip and her docuseries Translash. She addresses ... -
Interview with JAC Stringer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Stringer, JAC Date: Feb. 17, 2017 Topics: Activism, Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Childhood and youth, Coming out, Community life, Counseling, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Drag, Education, Femininities, Friendship, Gender binaries, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Race, Roman catholicism, Social movements, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Tran... -
Interview with Jae Bates
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bates, Jae Date: Jun. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Activism, Adoption, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Education, Family relationships, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Medical care, Middle West, Partners of transgender people, Race, Racism, Sexuality, Social movements, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse, Youth Subject: Korean War, OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vietnam War Description: Jae Bates is a Korean American trans man who grew up near Hopkins, Minnesota. In this oral history, Bates details childhood experiences of gender and race, including narratives of bullying, transph... -
Interview with Jay Corprew
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Corprew, Jay Date: Jul. 16, 2020 Topics: Black transgender people, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Queer people of color, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transmasculine people Subject: LGBT Life Center, Organizing for the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia Description: An interview with Jay Corprew, a Black trans man, activist, poet, and mentor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Organizing for the Transgender ... -
Interview with Jenna Rapues
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rapues, Jenna Date: Jun. 21, 2021 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ migrants, LGBTQ+ older people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Public health, Trans women, Transgender political activists Subject: Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), Gender Health SF, Openhouse, U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Jenna Rapues, MPH, a Filipina trans woman, activist, and leader in public and transgender health in government, research, academic and public health institutions. She lives in San... -
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... -
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... -
Interview with June Remus, Part 1 of 2
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Remus, June Date: Aug. 5, 2015 Topics: Activists, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Celebrities, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, Middle West, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sex, Sexuality, 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. This is the first of two oral histories the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and Remus. At the time... -
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... -
Interview with Kayla Gore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Gore, Kayla Date: Nov. 19, 2020 Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Criminalization, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, Public health personnel, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: My Sistah’s House, Tennessee Department of Health's Transgender Task Force, Trans Justice Funding Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Kayla Gore, a Black trans woman, community organizer, housing activist, and public health worker based in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this interview, she served as the Sout... -
Interview with Kelly Houle
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Foidart, Jenny Date: Oct. 15, 2022 Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Ojibwa Indians, Powwows, Two-Spirit people Subject: Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Sage House, T.E.R.F (Transistion, Education, and Reasources for Females), Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault, domestic violence, and racist trauma. -
Interview with Kēr
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Chippeway, Darrell Date: Aug. 4, 2018 Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Gender affirming surgery, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Intersex people of color, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ neurodivergent people, Queer people of color Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Interview with Kēr discussing her experience living in Canada in Black & Indigenous communities and her gender journey. -
Interview with Kiyan Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Williams, Kiyan Date: Jun. 26, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Artists, Black people, Black studies, Childhood, Drag balls, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gentrification, Liberty, Transgender youth, Visual arts Subject: Black Feminism, Breakthrough US, Cachous, Cherrie Moraga, Chi Chiz, Columbia University, Gay-Straight Alliance, Gloria Anzaldua, John Morgan, Lambda Literary Award, No Ashes in the Fire, Rashad Newsome, Rutgers Newark, Shade Chronicles, Stonewall -
Interview with Kiyomi Fujikawa
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fujikawa, Kiyomi Date: Jan. 15, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Intersectionality, Multiracial transgender people, Queer people, Transfeminine people, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender youth Subject: Fund for Trans Generations, Third Wave Fund Description: An interview with Kiyomi Fujikawa, a mixed-race queer trans femme and activist based in Seattle. At the time of this interview, she served as Co-Director of Third Wave Fund, an activist philanthrop... -
Interview with Kris Hayashi
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hayashi, Kris Date: Nov. 17, 2019 Topics: Asian American transgender people, BIPOC, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Transgender Law Center (TLC), Youth United for Community Action Description: An interview with Kris Hayashi, an Asian American trans man, community organizer, and activist. At the time of this interview, he was the executive director of the Transgender Law Center (TLC.) Pr... -
Interview with Kya Concepcion
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Concepcion, Kya Date: Oct. 24, 2017 Topics: Activism, Battering, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Cherokee women, Clubs, Cocaine, Coming out, Community life, Drug addiction, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Healing, Homelessness, Intersex, Intersex people of color, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Middle West, Native American . . ., Native American transgender people, People with disabilities, Psychotherapy, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Religion, Rural development, Sex work, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to child abuse and sexual assault. -
Interview with Kye Allums
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Allums, Kye Date: Sep. 4, 2015 Topics: Activists, Bisexuals, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Education, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mentoring, Middle West, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Sexual orientation, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Fearless Project, Gay and Lesbian Sports Education Network, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hancock Recreation Center, Jeff Sheng, National Black Justice Coalition, RECLAIM!, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Kye Allums is a Black queer fluid trans person from Minnesota who goes by he and they. In this oral history, Allums speaks at length about playing Division I basketball for George Washington Univer... -
Interview with Kylar Broadus
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Broadus, Kylar Date: Jan. 14, 2016 Topics: Activists, Black people, Coming out, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Malpractice, Masculinities, Oppression, Parenthood, Race, Racism, Religion, Sex, Sexism, Sexuality, Social movements, Social privilege, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Work Subject: Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, Billy Tipton, Christine Jorgensen, Creating Change, HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, John Alexander Goodrum, Karen Broadus, Renee Richards, The Program on Human Sexuality, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Kylar Broadus is a Black male from Fayette, Missouri. At the time of this interview, Broadus was working as a lawyer and an activist based out of Washington D.C. In this oral history, Broadus discu... -
Interview with LaSaia Wade
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wade, LaSaia Date: Jan. 18, 2020 Topics: Afro-Latin American transgender people, Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discrimination in employment, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color Subject: Afro-Puerto Rican people, Black Trans Gender Nonconforming Collective, Brave Space Alliance, Tennessee Trans Journey Project (TTJP) Description: An interview with LaSaia Wade, an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Dir... -
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... -
Interview with Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lee Date: Nov. 6, 2019 Topics: Audiovisual media, Capitalism, Dictatorships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Human geography, Spanish language, Transgender people, Violence Description: [Bilingual interview in English and Spanish/Entrevista bilingüe en Español y Inglés] /// Lee, a Brooklyn-based musician, journalist, and MFA candidate, reflects on living outside their home country... -
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... -
Interview with Lourdes Ashley Hunter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hunter, Lourdes Ashley Date: Mar. 22, 2017 Topics: Activism, Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Christianity, Community life, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Genocide, Hair--Removal, Healing, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Mentoring, Middle West, Race, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex work, Social movements, Social work with youth, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Barack Obama, Creating Change, Ellie Ford, Islan Nettles, Laverne Cox, Queers for Economic Justice, Slyvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice, Trans Youth Group, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Women's March Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a Black trans woman from Detroit, Michigan. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, her visions and thoughts on trans politics, and her decades of work in Black tr... -
Interview with Maariu Costa
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Chippeway, Darrell Date: Unknown Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit people Subject: Batoche, Cree, Peepeekisis First Nation, Saskatchewan, Saultaux, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Audio interview with Maariu Costa that discusses two-spirit experiences in connection with the land and indigeneity within Canada. Interviewer is Darrell Chippeway. -
Interview with Ma-Nee Chacaby
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Beardy-Linklater, Brielle Date: Aug. 4, 2018 Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ events, Off-reservation boarding schools, Ojibwa language, Two-Spirit authors, Two-Spirit community, Two-Spirit families, Two-Spirit people Subject: Sixties Scoop, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to domestic abuse -
Interview with Mariah Moore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moore, Mariah Date: Jul. 6, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gentrification, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transphobia Subject: Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), House of Tulip, LGBTQ Task Force, Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Mariah Moore a National Organizer at Transgender Law Center and also a Co-director at House of Tulip. Her work includes fighting to ensure equity, equality and safety for the tran... -
Interview with Marjorie Beaucage
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Foidart, Jenny Date: Unknown Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Homophobia, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Ojibwa language, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Two-Spirit films , Two-Spirit people, Two-Spirit survivors of bullying Subject: Dragonfly Society, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc., World AIDS Day Description: Interview with Marjorie Beaucage discussing her films, advocacy work, and her Two Spirit journey. -
Interview with Melinda Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lee, Melinda Date: Aug. 17, 2017 Topics: Activism, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Atlantic Coast (North America), Dating, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Labeling, Language, LGBTI community, Love, Middle West, Politics, Pronoun, Race, Racism, Rape, Schools, Sex, Sexual orientation, Social media, Social movements, Surgery, Transphobia, Violence, White supremacy movements--United States, Work Subject: Black and Pink, Khmer Rouge, Lobby Days, OutFront Minnesota, The Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans, Trans Advisory and Action Team, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they... -
Interview with Merrick Moses
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Date: Jan. 17, 2017 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Latino/a/x transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people of color Subject: Merrick Moses Description: Merrick Moses is a mixed Black and Latino trans man from Queens, New York. At the time of this interview, Moses was living in Maryland. In this oral history, Moses speaks about his relationship wit... -
Interview with Micah King
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: King, Micah Date: Dec. 23, 2015 Topics: Alcohol, Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Black people, Bullying, Coming out, Coping behaviour, Depression, Drawings, Emotions, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Group therapy, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Psychology, Racism, Self-mutilation, Sexuality, Singers, Social work, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins Subject: Booth Brown House, Janet Byrstrom, RECLAIM!, Super America Description: Micah King is a Black trans man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working at a SuperAmerica located in Minnesota. In this oral history he talks extensively about mental health, a... -
Interview with Micky Bradford
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bradford, Micky Date: Oct. 4, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Assigned gender, Coming out, Dating, Drag, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Health facilities, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbian community, Medical interventions, Migration, Military, Passing (Gender), Prisons and race relations, Racism, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOC), Transgender Law Center Description: Micky Bradford is a Black queer non-binary trans woman based in Atlanta who co-founded and organized the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival. At the time of this interview, she was an organizer wit... -
Interview with Monet (Kisha) Martin
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Martin, Monet (Kisha) Date: May 18, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Cannabis, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Rape, Sexual relationships, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Surgery, Transgender people, Violence Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Interview with Monica Cross
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cross, Monica, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Feb. 6, 2017 Topics: Black people, Clergy, Counseling, Discrimination, Gender minorities, Grandparents, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Navy, Passing (Gender), Spirituality, Suicide, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), White nationalism, White supremacy movements Subject: Authenticity and Imagination in the Face of Oppression, Monica Cross, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Tapestry Ministries, The Collaborative Community Planning Council Description: Monica Joy Cross is a Black trans woman raised in California. At the time of this oral history, Cross was the Pastor at First Christian Church of Oakland and an Associate Pastor at Tapestry Ministr... -
Interview with Na Choih
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Choih, Na Date: Oct. 9, 2020 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Environmental justice, Non-binary people, Transgender political activists Subject: Climate Generation, Korean people Description: An interview with Na Choih, a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Ci... -
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 Ariana Sanchez is a Afro-Latina transgender female from the Bronx and Philadelphia. At the time of this oral history, Sanchez worked as the Trans Justice Coordinator with the American Civil... -
Interview with Nasreen Mohamed
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mohamed, Nasreen Date: Jun. 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Bathrooms, Clothing, Colonization, Coming out, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Faith, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Government policy, Homophobia, Intersectionality (Sociology), Islam--Customs and practices, Islamophobia, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mass shootings, Muslims, Parenthood, Puberty, Religions, Sexuality, Social justice, Student passports Description: Nasreen Mohamed is Tanzanian gender non-conforming person from the coast of Dar es Salaam. At the time of this interview, Mohamed was working in the field of post-secondary education. In this oral ... -
Interview with Nemo Siqueiros
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Siqueiros, Nemo Date: Oct. 14, 2016 Topics: Academic education, Acceptance, Artificial insemination, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism spectrum disorders, Aztec calendar, Bullying, Clothing, Colonialism, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gender role, Gender swapping, Genderfluid identity, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Indigenous peoples, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Medication, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, Mexico--Civilization, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Psychiatry, Racism, Schools, Scoliosis, Sexism, Suicide, Terminology, Third gender, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Finding Me, Mexi DashCamm People's Press Project, Muxe of the Zapotec, National Coming Out Description: Nemo Siqueiros is a Native Indigenous/Mexica/Purepecha trans male from Iowa who uses he and they. Nemo explains their process of naming, experiences being bullied as a child, and how autism shapes ... -
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... -
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 ... -
Interview with Ola Osaze
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Osaze, Ola Date: Nov. 21, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black queer people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ migrants, LGBTQ+ people of color, Queer authors, Transgender people, Transmasculine people Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), Queers for Economic Justice, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC), Uhuru Wazobia Description: An interview with Ola Osifo Osaze, a transmasculine queer of Edo and Yoruba descent. At the time of this interview, Osaze was the Director for the Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP) and had been a... -
Interview with Osiris Coleman
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Coleman, Osiris Date: Sep. 21, 2015 Topics: Assigned gender, Atlantic Coast (Middle Atlantic States), Bisexuals, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Celebrities, Change of name, Child abuse, Coming out, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Lesbians, Medical care, MtFs, Ovariectomy, Passing (Gender), Phalloplasty, Police, Pregnancy, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Work Subject: Curtis Crane, Janet Mock, Loren Cameron, New York City Department of Sanitation, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Osiris Coleman is a Black trans man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood in West Philadelphia and family relationships, his relocation to New ... -
Interview With Owen Marciano
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Marciano, Owen Date: Dec. 5, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Menstruation, Mental health, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Self-acceptance, Sex, Suicide Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming... -
Interview With Paulina Angel
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Angel, Paulina Date: Dec. 8, 2016 Topics: Abuse, Activism, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, Linguistics, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Online social networks, Passing (Gender), Politics, Pronoun, Role behavior, Self medication, Self-acceptance, Social advocacy, Social movements, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Work Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman from Indio, California. At the time of this interview, Angel was working as the Executive Director of the Transgender Community Project. In this interview sh... -
Interview with Phillipe Cunningham
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cunningham, Phillipe, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Sep. 25, 2015 Topics: Black people, Bullying, Ethnic groups, Ethnic relations, FtMs, Gay community, Gender minorities Description: In this powerful oral history, Phillipe Cunningham shares his experiences as Black trans man with a complicated history of gendered and sexual identities. -
Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Alexander, Qui Dorian Date: Sep. 11, 2017 Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Ball culture, Bible, Black people, Black transgender people, Community life, Dating, Depression, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Multiracial transgender people, Oppression, Parenthood, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Adrienne Maree, Brown Boi Project, Charlene Arcila, Emergent Strategy, Mazzoni Center, Reg Ju, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Tiq Milan, Trans Health Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and ... -
Interview with Quinn Villagomez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Villagomez, Quinn Date: Sep. 17, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art, Assigned gender, Biracial LGBTQ+ people, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ radio, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Pronoun, Schools, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transphobia, Work Subject: Brown College, Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Description: Quinn Villagomez, also nicknamed Shimmer, is a biracial Hispanic female based in Minnesota. In this interview Villagomez talks about the field of radio and broadcasting, including her work co-hosti... -
Interview with Quinton Neal
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Neal, Quinton Date: Feb. 23, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Appearance, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people--Race identity, Discrimination, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTI community, Medical interventions, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American . . ., Native American LGBTQ+ people, Online dating, Police, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Problem-oriented policing, Psychic trauma, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Rape, Religion, Religions, Religious institutions, Role behavior, Rural areas, Schools, Self-care, Health, Sexual freedom, Sexual orientation, Sexual violence, Sexuality, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender community Subject: Black Liberation Projects, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Caitlyn Jenner, Delta Phi Upsilon, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Quinton Neal is a Black and Native American gender-fluid person from Peoria and Philadelphia who goes by she and he. At the time of this interview, Neal was a student in graduate school. In this or... -
Interview with Raquel Willis
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Willis, Raquel Date: Jun. 7, 2017 Topics: Activists, Art, Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Coming out, Counseling, Dating, Drag, Drag kings, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ activism, Love, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Queer people, Race, Religions, Religious texts, Role behavior, Sex, Sexism, Social movements, Southern States, Sports, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: Black Girl Dangerous, RuPaul, Trans Advocacy Organization, Transgender Law Center, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Raquel Willis is a Black trans woman from Augusta, Georgia. At the time of this interview Willis was living in Oakland, CA. She is a writer, activist, and media maker, and, starting in 2018, the Ex... -
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,... -
Interview with Renata Garcia and Jennicet Gutierrez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Garcia, Renata, Gutierrez, Jennicet Date: Oct. 3, 2015 Topics: Activists, Alien detention centers, Catholic Church, Dating, Families, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Illegal residents, Immigrants, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, MtFs, Nativism, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexuality, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people Subject: Bamby Salcedo, Barack Obama, FAMILIA Trans Queer Liberation Movement, Jennicet Gutierrez, Renata Garcia, Sylvia Rivera, Trans Latina Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican ... -
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... -
Interview with Roxanne Anderson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Roxanne Date: Jul. 23, 2015 Topics: Activism, Activists, Adoption, Appearance, Artists, Community life, Discrimination, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hormones, Law enforcement, Middle West, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racially mixed people, Social movements, Social work with youth Subject: queer identity, Transmasculine, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota.... -
Interview with Roxanne Anderson, Part 2
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Roxanne Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Activism, Ball culture, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Community life, Discrimination, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender non-conforming people, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Mentoring, Middle West, Police, Prisons, Queer community, Race, Racial profiling in law enforcement, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Social movements, Transmasculine people, Work, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota.... -
Interview with Ryan Buffalo
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Chartrand, Seneca Date: Unknown Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous queer people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-spirit people Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Ryan Buffalo shares his story as a two-spirited person with an interviewer at the Two-Spirit Gathering in Beausejour, Manitoba. -
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... -
Interview with Sand Chang
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Chang, Sand Date: Sep. 6, 2019 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Chinese Americans, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ health education, Non-binary people Subject: The Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (The GALAP), Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Sand Chang, a nonbinary Chinese American psychologist/psychotherapist and educator from Oakland, California. Chang co-authored A Clinician's Guide to Gender Affirming Care (New Ha... -
Interview with Sandy James
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: James, Sandy Date: Sep. 29, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black people--Race identity, Census, Colonization, Creative activities and seat work, Discrimination, Education, Emigration and immigration, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender diversity, Health, Immigrants, Linguistics, Medical care, Police, Poor, Prisons, Private schools, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Religion, Role behavior, Social advocacy, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Sports, Statistics, Transgender people, Transphobia, Work Subject: Forth Annual Trans Equity Summit, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Sandy James is a Black trans man raised in England. At the time of this interview, James was working as a researcher, a student and a lawyer based out of Maryland. In this oral history, James speak... -
Interview with Sayuri Hernandez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hernandez, Sayuri Date: Sep. 12, 2016 Topics: Addictions, Armed Forces, Child abuse, Classism, Dating, Exercise, Family relationships, Feminism, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ visibility, Medical care, Mental health, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Slurs, Spirituality, Stores, Retail, Substance abuse, Tucking (Phallus), White people, Women, Work Subject: George Michael, Lana Del Ray, Loyola University, Rihanna, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sayuri Hernandez Description: Sayuri Hernandez is a Puerto Rican trans woman from Houston, Texas. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, experiences of addiction and recovery, her thoughts o... -
Interview with Selene Means
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library Creator: Means, Selene Date: Unknown Topics: Gender identity, Intersectionality, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ support groups, Mexican American families, Non-binary people, Political activists, Social justice Description: An interview with Selene Means. Means is a Latinx, non-binary person. He / They is an activist as well as a photographer and filmmaker who focuses on documenting social justice and activist work in... -
Interview with Shauntelle Hammonds
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hammonds, Shauntelle Date: Jul. 20, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Halfway houses, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Black Trans Lives Matter, Peter's Place Description: An interview with Shauntelle Hammonds, a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Pe... -
Interview with Shawn Demmons
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Demmons, Shawn Date: Apr. 23, 2021 Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans men, Transgender activism Subject: California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), LA Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Shawn Demmons, MPH, a Black trans man, community organizer, public health and HIV/AIDS advocate, and trans health activist based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interv... -
Interview with Sherenté Harris
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library Creator: Harris, Sherenté Date: May 27, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Coming out, Decolonization, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ youth, Misgendering, Narragansett Indians, Powwows, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people Description: An interview with Sherenté Harris. Harris is a two-spirit indigenous person, member of the Narragansett Tribe, artist, cultural educator, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: growin... -
Interview with Shey Rivera
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library Creator: Rivera, Shey Date: Unknown Topics: BIPOC, Decolonization, Intersectionality, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x queer people, LGBTQ+ artists, Non-binary people, Puerto Ricans, Queer people, Taino Indians, Transphobia Description: An Interview with Shey Rivera. Shey is a queer and non-binary multidisciplinary artist from Puerto Rico. Shey studied Psychology and Sociology at the Universidad de Puerto Rico and Contemporary Med... -
Interview with Steinarr Harriday
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Harriday, Steinarr Date: Apr. 20, 2016 Topics: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Biracial LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Education, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Lutheranism, Medical care, Men, Passing (Gender), Religion, Social privilege, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Sportspersons, Transgender people Subject: Aydian Dowling, BECAUSE Conference, Laith Ashley, Out Front, Steinarr Harriday, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Steinarr Harriday describes himself as biracial and pansexual trans male. In this oral history he discusses playing on the boy’s football team in school, the passing of his father, learning how to ... -
Interview with Stephanie Luz Hernandez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Luz Hernandez, Stephanie Date: Aug. 20, 2021 Topics: BIPOC, Femmes, Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormone therapy (Gender), Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Medical care, Queer people Subject: Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (GALAP) Description: An interview with Stephanie Luz Hernandez, LMFT, a queer Latinx trans-femme licensed mental health therapist, gender health specialist, and trans health activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area... -
Interview with T Sharp Dopler
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Chippeway, Darrell Date: Unknown Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-spirit people Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: T Sharp Dopler details their journey of finding their identity, founding Two Spirits in Motion, advocating within the HIV/AIDS movement, and serving in the military during the "military purge" by t... -
Interview with Taffy Johnson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Johnson, Taffy Date: Nov. 19, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, Fa'afafine, Gender non-conforming identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, Pacific Islander American transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people of color Subject: United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (UTOPIA) Description: An interview with Taffy Johnson, a fa'afafine and trans woman of color from Sāmoa. Taffy is also a queer and trans activist and community organizer in the Pacific Islander communities of South King... -
Interview with Taya Mitchell
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mitchell, Taya Date: Apr. 6, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Black race--Color, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Identification cards, Inclusive education, Language, Medical care, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Representation, Reproduction, Schools, Social media, Surgery, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Taya Mitchell is a performance artist and community organizer who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. In this oral history, she shares many of her experiences with being homeschooled; bullying ... -
Interview with Thalia Fontan
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fontan, Thalia Date: Feb. 12, 2016 Topics: Celebrities, Education, Family relationships, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mental health, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Puerto Rican women, Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Social privilege, Trans women, Transgender victims of bullying, Transgender youth, White transgender people, Work Subject: Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Thalia Fontan is a Puerto Rican and white transwoman from Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Fontan was a student at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Fontan speaks at length... -
Interview with Thalia Forton
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Forton, Thalia Date: Feb. 12, 2016 Topics: Bullying, Dating, Depression, Families, Harassment, Hormones, MtFs, National characteristics, Puerto Rican, Passing (Gender), Racially mixed people, Sexual violence, Stress, Students, Transgender people Subject: Thalia Forton Description: Thalia Forton shared her story in her dorm room at the University of Minnesota. Forton identifies herself as a queer trans woman of color. In this oral history, Forton shares her experiences with d... -
Interview with the Reverend Louis Mitchell
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mitchell, Louis Date: Nov. 18, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ religious people, Older transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender clergy Subject: Chris Paige, TransFaith Description: An interview with Reverend Louis Mitchell, a Black trans man, trans activist and advocate.At the time of this interview, he was the executive director and co-founder of TransFaith, a multi-traditio... -
Interview with Theo Syrette
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Lavoie, Sadie-Pheonix Date: Unknown Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Families, Genderfluid people, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Lateral oppression, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit families, Two-Spirit people Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Interview with Theo Syrette, a Two Spirit person discussing Two Spirit gatherings and family relationships. -
Interview with Tiq Milan
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Milan, Tiq Date: Nov. 2, 2017 Topics: Anti-Blackness, Art, Autobiographies, Bars, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Butches, Children, Coming out, Creative activities and seat work, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Families, Friendships, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ partners, Racism, Roman catholicism, Social privilege, Soft butches, Sports, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Working class Subject: Brian Michael Smith, Bronx Community Pride Center, Buzzfeed, CeCe McDonald, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hetrick Martin Institute, Huffington, Lambda Legal, MTV, National Anti Violence Project, Niagara University, Power and Privilege Series, Queen Sugar, Redefining Masculinity, Rolling Stone, Source Magazine, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), The Guardian, The New Yorker, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vibe Magazine Description: Tiq Milan is a Black trans man who grew up in Buffalo, New York. At the time of this interview, Milan was working as a writer based out of New York. In this oral history he talks about growing up i... -
Interview with Tona Brown
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Tona Date: Sep. 22, 2016 Topics: Art, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Classical music, Coming out, Counseling, Creative activities and seat work, Discrimination, Entertainers, Family members, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Religion, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people, Violinists, Work Subject: Carnegie Hall, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Tona Brown is a African American transgender woman from Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of this interview, Brown was working as a musician, a teacher, and a world-class performer. In this oral hi... -
Interview with Toni-Michelle Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Willliams, Toni-Michelle Date: Jun. 7, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activism, AIDS (Disease), Androgyny, Arrests, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Courts, Drag, Drag performance, Drag queens, Family relationships, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Heterosexuals, HIV infections, Hormone therapy, Law enforcement, Legal process, Love, Prisons, Race, Racism, Sex, Social movements, Southern States, Transgender people Subject: Access Aids Health Care, Barack Obama, Emerging Leaders Initiative with the National Black Justice Coalition, Jasmine Dyree, Jasmine Gray, Jim Crowe, Kimberly Waldon, Laverne Cox, Leading the Education of Gay and Straight Individuals (LEGSI), Morgan Harrison, National Organization for Women (NOW), Rob Burr, RuPaul, Sojourner Truth, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, T Girls Empowerment, Tijuana Michelle Ponder, Toni Braxton, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Toni-Michelle Williams is a Black woman of trans experience who has spent time in Georgia and Norfolk, Virginia. In this interview, Williams touches upon topics such as drag, family relationships, ... -
Interview With Tracie Jada O'Brien
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Tracie Jada Date: Jan. 13, 2017 Topics: Adult child abuse victims--Mental health, African American transgender people, African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc, Assigned gender, Blacks--Segregation, Bullying, Christianity, Cosmetics, Counselors, Depression, Mental, Drag queens, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, MtFs, Police raids, Religions, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Transgender prostitution Subject: Affordable Care Act, Christine Jorgensen, Miss Fannie's Ball, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tenderloin, The Center for Special Problems Description: Tracie Jada O'Brien is a Black female who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, she was doing social work in San Diego. In this oral history O'Brien talks at length about h... -
Interview with Tristan "TK" Morton
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Morton, Tristan "TK" Date: Dec. 4, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Coming out, Education, Higher, LGBTQ+ people of color, Queer people, Racial justice in education, Transgender activism, Transgender people Description: An interview with TK Morton is a Black queer trans higher education professional, advocate, and activist based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, ze was the Assistant Director o... -
Interview with Tygra Slarii
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Slarii, Tygra Trinity Date: Jan. 26, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Ballroom dancing, Biological parenthood, Choirs, Drag, Drag community, Families, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Twins Subject: Aquarius, Brody Bartlett, Damon Kelsey, Michelle Obama, On the Roof, Puttin on the Ritz Description: Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also disc... -
Interview with Valerie Spencer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Valerie Date: Oct. 5, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Exorcism, Families, Families, Black, Femininities, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Identity politics, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labeling, Language, Marriage, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Racism, Role behavior, Role models, Schools, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center of Color Description: Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her di... -
Interview with Vanessa Tait
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Merasty, Connie Date: Aug. 5, 2018 Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Cree women, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit people Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Description: Vanessa Tait discusses her first two-spirit gathering, family connections and her connections to the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation. -
Interview with Wahira LaBelle
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: LaBelle, Wahira Date: Dec. 7, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ migrants, Queer people, Transfeminine people, Women, Somali Subject: Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), Black Trans Migrants United (BTMU) Description: An interview with Wahira LaBelle, a trans fem queer of Somali descent, community organizer, migrant justice activist, and advocate based in California. At the time of this interview, she was the Ba... -
Interview with Xaundra Nawa
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Nawa, Xaundra Date: Aug. 29, 2017 Topics: Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Definitions, Discrimination, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gay identity, Genderfluid identity, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Non-monogamous relationships, Police, Poor, Racism, Racism in language, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Unemployed Description: Xaundra Nawa is Black fluid demigirl from Minnesota. In this interview they talk extensively about their childhood experiences with gender presentation, their relationship with their parents and br... -
Interview with Zakia McKensey
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McKensey, Zakia Date: Jul. 21, 2020 Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS education, Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Nationz Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Zakia McKensey, an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-ba... -
Interview with Zeam Porter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Porter, Zeam Date: Dec. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Age, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Mental disorders, Poetry, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Sexual orientation, Sports Subject: Gender Revolution 8, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Zeam Porter is a Black and Blackfoot demiboy from Minnesota who goes by they/he/Z. At the time of this oral history, Porter was a student at Macalester College living in Minnesota. In this oral his... -
Izzy Mustafa Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Mustafa, Izzy Date: Apr. 11, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Coming out, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gender diversity, Identity, Intersex, Islam, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Politics, Religious right, Representation, Social norms, Training programs, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Description: Izzy's family-life intertwines heavily with his oral history and coming out process. The middle child of a Muslim-Palestinian man and Christian-American woman, he talks about the particular ways ea...
