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Abigail B. Thomas Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ortiz, Natalia, Thomas, Abigail B. Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Gender diversity, LGBTI community, Mental health, Passing (Gender), People with disabilities, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual child abuse, Sexual orientation, Special education, Transgender children, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Abigail B. Thomas, Janet Mock Description: Abigail Thomas, who identifies as non-binary trans-feminine, reflects upon their experiences of growing up as a disabled child in New York City. Xie explores the circumstances that shaped their jou... -
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 Armstrong Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Armstrong, Amanda Date: Mar. 21, 2019 Topics: Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Bullying, Childbirth, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communism, Counseling, Counterculture, Death penalty, Education, Family members, Feminists, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Hormones, Labour, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Menstruation, Middle class, Motherhood, MtFs, New Left, Police, Politics, Psychology, Religions, Resistance movements, Rural areas, Sexual assault, Socialism, Sports, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism, Visibility, White people Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Academic Workers for a Democratic Union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), Karl Marx, Occupy Oakland, Oscar Grant, Ralph Nader, Swarthmore College, Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF), University of California Student-Workers Union (UAW) Description: Amanda Armstrong recounts her organizing as a graduate student militant in the 2009-2012 protest wave in Berkley and Oakland. She joined occupations and building take-overs organized by students an... -
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... -
Anna Keyes Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Maya, Elliott, Keyes, Anna Date: Jul. 14, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Bullying, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Depression, Ethnic groups, Families, Film, Film studies, Gender identity, Gender relations, Gender role, Health care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Public facilities, Representation, Self-acceptance, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Anna Keyes Description: Anna Keyes discusses the textured and representational aspects of her films, her process of self realization and the embodiment of her womanhood through online community, her family and being out i... -
Dylan Kapit Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Zavidow, Evan, Kapit, Dylan Date: Jun. 18, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Childhood, Coming out, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Special education Subject: Barnard College, Dylan Kapit -
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 ... -
Eli Oberman Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Oberman, Eli, Milks, M. Henry Date: Feb. 20, 2017 Topics: Breast cancer, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homophobia, Hormones, Loneliness, Misogyny, Musicians, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Therapies, Transphobia Subject: Eli Oberman, The New School Description: Eli Oberman—one of, if not the first, trans-identified students at Eugene Lang— talks about coming out as one of two very different trans children to a family of feminists, misogyny in transmasculi... -
Forever April
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Cleave, Maureen Date: Apr. 25, 1982 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Bullying, Clothing, Discrimination, Divorce, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Hormones, Intersex, Law, Marriage, Masculinities, MtFs, Myocardial infarction, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Self-acceptance, Suicide, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett, Coccinelle, Corbett v. Corbett, European Commission on Human Rights, National Council for Civil Liberties, Salvador Dali Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Gender Questioning Teen in Cleveland Ends the Pain
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Date: Apr. 1999 Topics: Bullying, Gender expression, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ suicide, Queer youth Subject: Cleveland News-Herald, Nicole Seely Description: A clipping from the April 1999 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Gender Questioning Teen in Cleveland Ends the Pain" discussing the life of fifteen-year-old Nicole Seely. Content Warnin... -
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... -
Guide to the Pauline Layton Papers, 1967-1999
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Date: Apr. 11, 1998 Topics: Bisexuality, Bullying, Gay college students, Gender identity, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Lesbians, Transsexualism, Transvestism Subject: Ben Curtis, Cornell University, Pauline Layton Description: Pauline Layton is a native Ithacan who studied mathematics at Cornell, but later became a musician, writer, and videographer. Member of Cornell's Student Homophile League, 1968-1970; member of Univ... -
Hannah E. Simpson Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Simpson, Hannah E, Ramsay, Grace Date: Mar. 22, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, Higher education, Hormones, Labour, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Social norms, Transgender families, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Hannah E Simpson Description: Hannah E. Simpson is an activist who draws on her education and harassment during medical school to inspire her advocacy work. She was one of the first trans individuals to speak in front of offici... -
Head Made Boy Dress As Girl
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Jun. 2, 1968 Topics: Bullying, Clothing, Crossdressing, Schools Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
I Was a Transsexual Now I'm a Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Keady, Wendy Date: Feb. 3, 1983 Topics: Bereavement, Bullying, Childhood, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Masturbation, MtFs, Psychiatry, Rape, Roman catholicism, Sexual child abuse, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Wendy Keady Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Interview with Amanda Beech
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Beech, Amanda Date: Mar. 3, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Cheerleading, Clothing, Coming out, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Health insurance, Hormones, Jews, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Orgasm, People with disabilities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual practices, World war II Subject: Cullan Markland, Donna Ewing Description: Amanda Beech is a 48-year-old woman who was assigned male at birth. Beech went to school in the little town of Ellendale, Minnesota and lived in Bath, Minnesota. From a young age friends and family... -
Interview with Ani Koch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Koch, Ani Date: Jan. 6, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Butches, Drag, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Lesbians, Marriage, Masculinities, Monogamy, Social exclusion, Soft butches, Sports, Tomboys, Transgender people Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Rainbow Health Initiative Description: Ani Koch identifies as genderqueer, trans masculine, and nonconforming, and they were assigned female at birth. They grew up in Dubuque, Iowa with two older brothers. As a kid they were a tomboy, o... -
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, Bullying, Families, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Ojibwa Indians, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people, Verbal abuse Subject: Lynnette Reini-Grandell, Transgender Oral History Project, Venus de Mars Description: Anthony Ceballos grew up in Minneapolis, MN and identifies as gay, androgynous, and Native. In this oral history, he talks about his experiences with femininity; being bullied in middle school for ... -
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, Bullying, Communication, Dating, Disabilities, Discrimination, Drag kings, Femininities, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Language, Masculinities, Military, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Schools, Surgery, Therapies Description: Ash Scott identifies as a black female to male trans guy who was assigned female at birth. He is an Air Force brat. He was born in California at the Castle Air Force Base. He also lived in Louisian... -
Interview with Ashley Finch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Finch, Ashley Date: Apr. 5, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Anxiety disorders, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Change of name, Cisgender people, Coming out, Depression, Families, Gender identity, Gender studies, Gender-nonconforming people, Homosexuality, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ parents, Marriage, MtFs, Politics, Race, Racism, Religions, Schools, Self-mutilation, Siblings, Substance abuse, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people Subject: Augsburg College, El Sontule, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Global Center of Education, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Sandinista Campaign Description: Ashley Finch was born and raised in St. Paul, MN and identifies as a trans woman. In this oral history, she shares her experiences negotiating her gender identity from an early age and exploring he... -
Interview with Awen Briem
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Briem, Awen Date: Dec. 28, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Politics, Religions, Schools, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Surgery, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota Description: Awen Briem identifies as transgender and as male if he’s not out to them. He was assigned female at birth and grew up in Syracuse, New York. His family then moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He experience... -
Interview with Ben Singer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Singer, Ben Date: Nov. 24, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Oppression, Public health, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition Description: Ben Singer identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born and raised in Sterling, Illinois in a working-class family. For the past 25 years he’s been estranged from his fam... -
Interview with Brawen Zakariasen
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Zakariasen, Brawen Date: Mar. 21, 2017 Topics: Bisexuality, Bullying, Child abuse, Divorce, Drag, Emotional incest, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Marriage, Monogamy, MtFs, Psychological abuse, Self-destructive behavior, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Video games industry, Violence Subject: Center for Sexual Health at the University of Minnesota, William S. Burroughs Description: Branwen Zakariasen identifies as a monogamous queer trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She has one older sister. She took her wife’s last name to fully express how meaningful her wife and ... -
Interview with Charlene Bradshaw
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, 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: In this oral history, Charlene Bradshaw reflects on his experiences living in Minneapolis, MN as a Black transgender person. Bradshaw describes himself as a ‘baby transgender,’ at the beginning of ... -
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, Masculinities, Medicalisation, Men, Passing (Gender), 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 who mostly grew up in St. Paul, MN. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with transracial adoption, his early realizations of ... -
Interview with Danika Ragnhild
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ragnhild, Danika Date: Feb. 17, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Autistic people, Biology, Bullying, Change of name, Dating, Disabilities, Femininity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ porn films, Marriage, MtFs, Non-monogamous relationships, People with disabilities, Politics, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Poverty, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Rape, Rural areas, Sex industry, Sex workers, Sexual abuse, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender people, Violence, Women, Black Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Stanley Kubrick, The Exchange, Transgender Youth Support Network Description: Danika Ragnhild is a trans woman and trans feminine person originally from Crookston, MN. In this oral history, she shares her experiences with being harassed around gender and disability as a chil... -
Interview with Daye Pope
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pope, Daye Date: May 20, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Family members, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Hair, Health, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Politics, Poverty, Pronoun, Schools, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Environnmental Justice Community, Trans Union, Victory Fund Description: Daye Pope identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Centerville, Iowa and spent part of her childhood on a farm outside Nashua, Iowa. She spent the bulk of her school ye... -
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, Popular culture, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Racism, Social media, Transgender people Subject: Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summer Description: Destinee Salinas is a 35-year-old Hispanic straight female and was assigned male at birth. Their pronouns are she/her and they/them. She is the middle child of four brothers and, having an acceptin... -
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... -
Interview with Eli Clare
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Clare, Eli Date: Mar. 1, 2016 Topics: Bullying, Cerebral palsy, Clinical medicine, Diagnosis, Disability studies, Employment, Gay community, Gender minorities, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Passing (Gender), People with disabilities, Public buildings--Restrooms, Rural areas, Small cities, Stonewall riots, Surgery, Working class, Writers Subject: Americans with Disabilities Act, Compton's Cafeteria Riots, Eli Clare, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues Description: Eli Clare is a genderqueer disability advocate, writer and poet. In this oral history, Clare discusses how language gets re-claimed, taken up, or not; tensions in lesbian community around trans mas... -
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, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Gay identity, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual assault, 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, Wriply Bennet Description: Elle Hearns identifies her gender as Black and her assigned birth as Black. She’s also identifies herself as a black trans woman. She was always tiny, she says, but in her mind, she was always big.... -
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, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Korean Americans, Masculinities, Online dating, Parents, White, Racism, Role behavior, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Therapies, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Elliot Winter identifies as a transgender male and was assigned female at birth. One of his earliest memories is fighting his parents to wear clothing that suited him as a child. He moved around a ... -
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... -
Interview with Faye Seidler
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Seidler, Faye Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: AIDS education, Assigned gender, Bullying, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormones, Hospitals, Insurance, Isolation, Legal name, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Polyamory, Puberty, Sexuality, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Working class, Writers Subject: Grey Ace Trans Woman, The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference Description: Faye Seidler identifies as a gray ace transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. She mostly grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and in many other towns within North Dakota. She was bullied in sch... -
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... -
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, Assigned gender, Bullying, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Femininities, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, 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 Description: Geena Rocero was raised in the Philippines and grew up poor in a small neighborhood in the metro city of Makati with three siblings and her parents. Realizing she identified as a girl at 4 or 5 yea... -
Interview with Gradylee Shapiro
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Shapiro, Gradylee Date: Jan. 17, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Baldness, Bisexuality, Bullying, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Dating, Death and dying, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Mental disorders, Ovariectomy, Passing (Gender), Poor, Schools, Soft butches, Swindlers and swindling, Testosterone, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: District 202, Ethan Laubach, Gender Blur, GLBT Youth Organization, Prism Description: Gradylee Shapiro identifies as a butch and was assigned female at birth. They did not specify preferred pronouns in their interview so the gender-neutral terms, they/them, are used throughout this ... -
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... -
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... -
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, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Writers Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back Description: Ignacio Rivera identifies as a transgender queer, two-spirit person who was assigned female at birth. They are an internationally known performance artist, activist, sex educator, writer, and blogg... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Interview with Jess Dugan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Dugan, Jess Date: Jan. 22, 2016 Topics: Appearance, Arts, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Dating, Divorce, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Puberty, Self-acceptance Subject: Dykes to Watch Out For, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Transcending Boundaries, True Spirit Description: Jess Dugan identifies as genderqueer and gender variant and was assigned female at birth. Her parents divorced when she was 7 after her mom came out as a lesbian. She grew up in Little Rock, Arkans... -
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... -
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... -
Interview with Lane Cunningham
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cunningham, Lane, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Aug. 11, 2015 Topics: Bullying, FtMs, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Musicians, Visibility Description: In this oral history, Cunningham recounts his childhood awareness of his masculinity and his boredom in school. He details his process of coming out as trans and his experimentation with masculinit... -
Interview with Lou Weaver
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Weaver, Lou Date: Dec. 9, 2016 Topics: Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Family members, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Human rights, Hysterectomy, Identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Patriarchy, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Pregnancy, Same-sex marriage, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), RuPaul Description: Lou Weaver identifies as a queer trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born in 1970 and raised in El Centro, California. He was also adopted. Weaver then moved to Denver, Colorado when... -
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... -
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... -
Interview with Maxwell Poessnecker
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Poessnecker, Maxwell Date: Jul. 6, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Lesbian identity, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Separation, Sexual orientation, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Queer for Career Description: Maxwell Poessnecker is a 26-year-old queer trans masculine guy who was assigned female at birth. They use they/them pronouns, but predominately also use he/him pronouns depending on the space they ... -
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... -
Interview with Moe
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moe Date: Nov. 12, 2015 Topics: Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Islam, Lesbians, Masculinities, Mysticism, Nursing, Roman catholicism, Sufism, Testosterone, Tomboys, White people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Program in Human Sexuality, RECLAIM!, The Trans Youth Support Network Description: Moe identifies as a white trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was raised in Walnut Creek, California. He has two sisters and went to the Meher School, a Sufism school, which is connected... -
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, 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 identifies as a demisexual trans man assigned female at birth and uses he/him and they/them pronouns. They were born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Muscatine, Iowa and North Libert... -
Interview with Neno Miller
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Miller, Neno Date: Nov. 29, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Bisexuality, Body image, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Femininities, Gay identity, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Journalists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Politics, Reading, Sexual orientation, Stonewall riots, Therapies, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Affordable Care Act, University of Minnesota Description: Neno Miller identifies as genderqueer, non-binary, trans masculine, and also with the term gender fuck. They were assigned female at birth. Miller grew up in Medford, Wisconsin, which is an isolate... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Depression, Discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, Masculinities, Menstruation, Mental health, Self-acceptance, Suicide Description: Owen Marciano is a genderqueer individual from Rochester, NY. In this oral history, Owen shares Owen’s experiences of coming to terms with Owen’s identity in a narrative that is nontraditional from... -
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, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, 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 Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman and musician originally from Indio, CA. Angel is an activist and organizer who has done work for multiple organizations including the Student Senate for Cali... -
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 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 ... -
Interview with Rebecca Kling
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kling, Rebecca Date: Jan. 25, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormones, LGBTQ+ partners, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Surgery, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Creating Change, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference Description: Rebecca Kling identifies as a white woman and sometimes as a trans woman. She was assigned male at birth. She grew up on the north side of Chicago, Illinois in the 1990s and has an older brother. S... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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 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 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 identifies as an African American female and was assigned male at birth. She was 65 at the time of the interview. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1950s and 1960s in an... -
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... -
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 identifies as a black trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California in the suburbs. She had an older brother who was murdered when s... -
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... -
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... -
Julian Honkasalo Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Honkasalo, Julian, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: May 16, 2018 Topics: Academics, Adolescence, Bullying, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Music, Research, Sociology Description: Julian Honkasalo is a Finnish scholar of trans history who became interested in the NYC Trans Oral history project as part of his studies. Honkasalo tells interviewer Michelle Esther O'Brien how hi... -
Kamryn Wolf Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Wolf, Kamryn, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Oct. 29, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art history, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Education, Gender identity, Health care, LGBTI community, Upbringing Description: Kamryn Wolf was one of the union members and supporters who helped win a union contract at Babeland, a NYC sex toy store. In this interview, Kamryn discusses their suburban growing up and alienatio... -
Kristen Lovell Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lovell, Kristen Date: Apr. 4, 2019 Topics: Actors, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Cocaine, Drag, Drag queens, Gay and lesbian youth, Health care, Homeless people, Jews, LGBTI community, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Writers Subject: Amanda Milan, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Fenced Out, Iris House, James Street Hotel, March of Dimes, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Rites of Passage, Stonewall mobile, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Trans Empowerment Group, Two Potatoes Description: Kristen Lovell discusses her time working "the stroll," in the West Village in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She recounts the community, conflict and challenges faced by fellow sex workers, inclu... -
Mackenzie Reynolds Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Reynolds, Mackenzie, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Jul. 23, 2017 Topics: Beauty standards, Bullying, Child abuse, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out, Country and western music, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Judaism, Legal name, Night life, Rabbis, Religions, Social classes, Transitioning (Gender), Work situation Subject: Mackenzie Reynolds Description: Mackenzie Reynolds is Jewish leader and participant in New York queer life. Beginning with their membership in United Methodist Church in Spokane, Washington, Reynolds has explored their faith and ... -
Marty Hernandez Avedon Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hernandez Avedon, Marty, Van Ness, Lorenzo Date: Apr. 1, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Colleges, Coming out, Dating, Demonstrations, Diversity, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Foster families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Stereotypes, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Marty Hernandez Avedon Description: Marty Hernandez Avedon discusses growing up in the foster care system only to be adopted by a family who rejected him at the age of 10, reconnecting with his biological parents, and what the name H... -
Playboy Interview: Wendy/Walter Carlos
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Playboy Magazine Date: 1979 Topics: Abuse, Appearance, Bullying, Classical music, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Interviews, Labour, Music, Passing (Gender), Pop music, Schools, Secrecy, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: A Clockwork Orange, Arthur Bell, Christine Jorgensen, Ellie Stone, Harry Benjamin, Jan Morris, Rachel Elkind, Renee Richards, Robert Moog, Switched On Bach, The Transsexual Phenomenon, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Wendy Carlos -
Roz Kaveney Meets the Unsinkable April Ashley
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: 1962 to 1985 Topics: Biographies, Bullying, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Photographic models Subject: April Ashley, April Ashley's Odyssey, European Commission on Human Rights Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Simone Kolysh Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kolysh, Simone Date: Feb. 14, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Bisexuality, Brothers, Bullying, Childhood, Families, Motherhood, Sexual assault, Travel Description: Simone Kolysh describes their non-binary gender identity, growing up in a Russian immigrant family, becoming a parent, and their academic work on trans studies. -
Stella Dance Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Dance, Stella Date: Mar. 29, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Autonomy, BDSM, Bullying, Childhood, Class struggle, Colleges, Coming out, Employment discrimination, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Homophobia, Hospitals, Learning difficulties, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia, Schools, Sex parties, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Suicide, Therapies, Trade unions, Work situation Subject: Stella Dance Description: Stella Dance is an educator, tarot-card reader, and professional dungeon monitor who currently works at the recently unionized Babeland sex toy boutique in New York City. In this interview they des... -
Suzan Cooke Interview Transcript
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: Jan. 10, 1998 Topics: Arrests, Bullying, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Family members, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Judges, Liberation movements, Military, Night life, Peace movement, Police, Rape, Riots, Transsexual people Subject: Andy Warhol, April Ashley, Bambi, Cathy Grennier, Center for Special Problems, City of Night, Coccinelle, Elliot Blackstone, Gerard Malanga, Glide Memorial Methodist Church, Haight Ashbury Self-Defense, Harry Benjamin, Jan Maxwell, Jerry Durkin, John Brown, Jose Barbossa, José Sarria, Louise Ergestrasse, Mattachine Society, Melvin Belli, Shannon O'Hara, Suzan Cooke, Trans-Action, Wendy Kohler Description: Interview recorded in Hollywood, California with Suzy Cooke -
Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Asapansa-Johnson Walker, Tanya Date: Apr. 2, 2017 Topics: Activists, Army, Bullying, Childhood, Christianity, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Migration, MtFs, Nurses, Oppression, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Resistance movements, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Social exclusion, Social workers, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Karen Burstein, Paris Is Burning, Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Description: Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker is a co-founder of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she shares her history of LGB and trans activism in New York City. Born on Staten Island, Mis... -
Turnabout: A Magazine of Transvestism, No. 11
Collection: Turnabout Publications Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Fredericks, Siobhan Date: circa 1968 Topics: Bullying, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drawings, Entertainers, Fiction, LGBTQ+ poetry, Lingerie, Secrecy, Shopping, Transphobia Subject: Coccinelle, Sigmund Freud -
TV GUISE Vol. I, Issue 6 (September, 1991)
Collection: TV Guise and GenderFlex Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Jones, Billie Jean Date: Sep. 1991 Topics: Appearance, Bullying, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Letters to the editor, Ninja, Passing (Gender), Psychology, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Beverly Duffy -
Yanyi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Yanyi, Lisowski, Zef Date: Jun. 11, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Appearance, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Libraries, Masculinities, Media, Parents of transgender people, Poets, Public services, Racism, Religions, Representation, Schools, Secrecy, Sexuality, Social media, Students, Therapists, Tomboys, Transgender community, Transgender people, Violence, Work situation, Writers Description: Yanyi, a poet and software engineer, reflects on his experiences being part of and building many forms of community, including Asian American community, queer/trans community, and neighborhood comm...