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  1. 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 identifies as a black polyamorous transmasculine genderqueer demiboy and was assigned female at birth. His gender is very fluid but also grounded in being trans masculine. They prefer h...
  2. Interview with Venus DeMars part 1

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: DeMars, Venus
    Date: May 3, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Autobiographies, Breast, Bullying, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Hormones, Marriage, MtFs, Musicians, Nose--Surgery, Pronoun, Puberty, Transgender people
    Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Venus de Mars
    Description: Venus de Mars was born in 1960 and grew up as a closeted trans kid, describing herself as a “little boy with a secret.” She didn’t grow up female since she was assigned male at birth but feels comp...
  3. Interview with Ty Yule

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Yule, Ty
    Date: Aug. 20, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Bullying, Businesses, Butches, Coming out, Family members, Femininities, FtMs, Gay culture, Gay pride, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intolerance, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Punk, Same-sex marriage, Self-destructive behavior, Social movements, Soft butches, Suicidal behavior, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women's bars
    Subject: ACT UP, Cher, Queer Nation, The L Word
    Description: Ty Yule identifies as a trans man or trans person assigned female at birth. He started transitioning 4 years ago at the time of the interview at age 41. He was born in Minnesota, then moved to Iowa...
  4. 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 ...
  5. Interview with Tamlyn Murray

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Murray, Tamlyn
    Date: Dec. 27, 2016
    Topics: Asexuality, Bisexuality, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Electrolysis, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Health care, Intersex, Mental illness, Misogyny, Psychic trauma, Sexuality, Surgery, Plastic, Transphobia
    Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
    Description: Tamlyn Murray grew up in Centerville, Minnesota, a country town with farms that Murray describes as having zero resources for trans people. She has two younger sisters and two younger brothers. Gro...
  6. Interview with T. Aaron Hans

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hans, T. Aaron
    Date: Feb. 25, 2017
    Topics: Activists, AIDS activists, Bullying, Coming out, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Family members, Femininities, FtMs, Gay identity, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Identity, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Medication, Passing (Gender), Social norms, Sports, Transgender community, Transgender people, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Creating Change, Gay and Lesbian Antiviolence Program, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Minnie Bruce Pratt, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Shadow Morton, Title IX, Trans Youth Support Network, Trump Administration
    Description: T. Aaron Hans describes themselves as a butch transmasculine person. Ze has worked for 20 year as a national organizer for LGBTQIA justice and has worked with and been party of organizations such a...
  7. Interview with Selena Meza

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Meza, Selena
    Date: Nov. 19, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Families, Feminists, Femmes, Ho Chunk women, Latinos, Mexican American women, Migration, Transgender people, Transphobia, Women's studies
    Subject: bell hooks, Liv Mickla, Planned Parenthood, Project Runway
    Description: Selena Meza identifies as a Mexican-American queer trans femme assigned male at birth. She uses they/them and she/her pronouns. She’s from Chicago, Illinois originally and then moved to Nekoosa, Wi...
  8. 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, Authority, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, MtFs, Police, Police brutality, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network
    Description: Rehema Mertinez is a trans woman of color from Minneapolis, MN, though she lived for several years in Perth, Australia as a child. In this oral history, she shares her experiences with being kicked...
  9. 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, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ radio, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Pronoun, Schools, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Brown College, Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, University of Minnesota
    Description: Quinn Villagomez identifies as a biracial female and trans woman. She was assigned male at birth and was born and raised in north Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has an older sister who struggles with ...
  10. Interview with Nicole Vanderheiden

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Vanderheiden, Nicole
    Date: May 17, 2017
    Topics: Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexual women, Bisexuality, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Conservatism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Evangelisation, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Religions, Self-repression, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Shame, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Alic Bitney, CeCe McDonald, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HB2, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queer Veterans Support Group, Reese Rathgen, SPARTA, Sylvia Rivera, Vote No Campaign
    Description: Nicole Vanderheiden identifies as a bisexual woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Marquette, Michigan and has 3 brothers who she got along with as a kid. Her parents relocated to D...
  11. 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: Assigned gender, Bullying, Drag, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Navajo Indians, Sexual assault, Sexuality, 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
    Description: Nick Metcalf is a 44-year-old assigned male at birth two-spirit person. They were born and raised in Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota which Metcalf describes as rural and isolating since they co...
  12. Interview with Nichole Moravec

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Moravec, Nichole
    Date: Mar. 30, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Bathrooms, Binders (Materials), Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Divorce, Family members, Gender diversity, Internet, Intersectionality (Sociology), Lesbian identity, Masculinities, Pronoun, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Mumbletech
    Description: Nichole Moravec is 23 and grew up in Faribault, Minnesota. Their parents divorced when they were fifteen. They were assigned female at birth and identify as non-binary and genderqueer. To them bein...
  13. 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 identifies as a black queer trans man, and he was assigned female at birth. He was 22 at the time of the interview. He has a twin sister and 7 other siblings. He grew up with his grandmo...
  14. Interview with Marcus Waterbury

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Waterbury, Marcus
    Date: Jan. 8, 2016
    Topics: Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, Dating, Family members, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Heterosexual men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Plastic surgery, Psychotherapy, Sexism, Soft butches, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Voice therapy (Gender), Women's movement
    Subject: Mount Holyoke, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
    Description: Marcus Waterbury identifies as a transgender man and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and has a little sister. He wanted no part in feminine activities and ins...
  15. 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: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Families, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genocide, Hair--Removal, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Self-acceptance, 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, Women's March
    Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a black trans woman who was born in 1976 in Detroit, Michigan where they* lived for twenty-six years. They are a gender non-conforming, non-binary gender abolitionist and s...
  16. 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: Battering, Black people, Bullying, Cherokee women, Clubs, Cocaine, Coming out, Education, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Intersex, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Psychotherapy, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people
    Description: Kya Concepcion identifies as a black pansexual trans femme non-binary tomboy and was assigned male at birth. They also have an intersex condition. Professionally they use she/her pronouns but prefe...
  17. 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, Bullying, Christianity, Clothing, Dating, Femininities, Film, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Migration, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sexism, Sexual identity, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Julienne Brown “Mizz June,” grew up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She describes her strong relationship with her grandfather and her challenges with her mother’s adherence to her Jehovah’s W...
  18. 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, Adoption, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Partners of transgender people, Racism, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Korean War, OutFront Minnesota, Vietnam War
    Description: Jae Bates identifies as a queer trans man or trans male and was assigned female at birth. He has one older brother who is adopted. He was born in South Korea in 1996 and grew up around Hopkins, Min...
  19. 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: Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Counseling, Depression, Discrimination, Drag, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Roman catholicism, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: JAC Stringer identifies as part Native American and genderqueer on the trans masculine spectrum and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio in a city neighborhood close to down...
  20. Interview with Isabelle Wedin

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Wedin, Isabelle
    Date: Oct. 31, 2016
    Topics: Androgyny, Anxiety, Assigned gender, Biotechnology, Bisexuals, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Employment discrimination, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Heteronormativity, Heterosexuality, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Indigenous peoples, Intersex, Law, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Plays, Police, Racially mixed people, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Social justice, Spironolactone, Support groups, Swimwear, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-spirit people, Volunteering
    Subject: Alliance Defending Freedom, Allina Health Systems, Avery Edison, Catherine Graffam, Free CeCe, Google Hangouts, Informational Technology, Julia Serano, June Taylor, MetaFilter, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), RJ Reynolds Tobacco
    Description: Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed i...
  21. Interview with Haylee Veazey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Veazey, Haylee
    Date: Dec. 1, 2016
    Topics: Bisexual identity, Bullying, Christianity, Clinics, Coming out, Conservatives, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gay-straight alliances, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical policy, MtFs, Overweight people, Religions, Sexism, Stress, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women
    Subject: Affordable Care Act, Hennepin County Medical Center
    Description: Haylee Veazey identifies as a bisexual transgender woman assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Farmington, New Mexico and grew up in a conservative Christian home. She has an older bro...
  22. Interview with Hannah Stein

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Stein, Hannah
    Date: Oct. 27, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Capitalism, Classical music, Clothing, Coming out, Employees, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Internet, Intersex, Middle class, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Repression (Psychology), Robbery, Schools, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Suicide, Theatre, Therapists, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: 20% Theatre, Door to Dooor Canvasing, Environment Minnesota, Lawrence University, Lebanese Restaurant, Mixed Blood Theater, The Naked I
    Description: Hannah Stein identifies as a trans woman assigned male at birth. She has a younger sister and grew up in Athens, Georgia in a middle-class household. Her mom worked for the hospital as a cancer nur...
  23. Interview with Gaebriel Lyrek

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Lyrek, Gaebriel
    Date: Aug. 7, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Biology, Bullying, Child abuse, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Phalloplasty
    Description: Gaebriel Lyrek identifies as a straight male and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Montrose, Minnesota on a dairy farm in the middle of a cornfield and went to school in Buffalo, Minnesot...
  24. Interview with Erica Fields

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fields, Erica
    Date: Sep. 8, 2015
    Topics: Adoption, African Americans, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bullying, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, Educational institutions, Family members, Feminists, Gender bending, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, Marriage, Privilege (Social psychology), Race identity, Race relations, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Socio-economic status, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine McGinn, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Ellen Krug, Gender Justice, Gender Outlaws, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, GLBT Chamber of Commerce, Gonzaga University, Hedda Gabler, Hidden Agenda, Hidden Agender, Hogan's Heroes, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Janet Mock, Jenny Boylan, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Leigh Smythe, Mara Keisling, Marcus Waterbury, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, NASA, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Northwest Bible College, Of Mice and Men, Old Bedlam Theatre, Star Trek, The Miser, The Taming of the Shrew, Trans, Women's Employment and Security Act (WESA)
    Description: Erica Fields is a business woman from Edina, MN who began her gender transition in 2007 at the age of 53. Her oral history is rich with bits of local history and culture. Fields lives a life in com...
  25. Interview with EJ Olson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Olson, EJ
    Date: Dec. 16, 2016
    Topics: AIDS organizations, Allies, Appearance, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Communities, Counseling, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Marriage, Masculinities, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Women's colleges
    Subject: Callen Lorde, Chatham College, Family Tree Clinic, Garden State Equality, LGBT Task Force, LGBTQ Center, Rainbow Health Initiative, Riot Girl Feminism, Trans Hormone Care Program
    Description: EJ Olson was 37 at the time of the interview and was assigned female at birth. They identify as genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and gender fluid and grew up in Empire, Michigan. They are the ol...