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  1. 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...
  2. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Major, Lewis, AJ
    Date: Dec. 16, 2017
    Topics: Care, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Law, Legal aid, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Stigmatisation, Transgender people, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Angels for Care, Christine Jorgensen, Griffin Gracy Historical Retreat and Resource Center, Harry Benjamin, Major Griffin-Gracy, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sylvia Rivera, Tenderloin AIDs Resource Project, Trans Gender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project
    Description: In this interview, Miss Major talks about the culture of transwomen sex workers in New York City and Chicago during the 1960's through 1980's as well as her care-work and advocacy during the rise o...
  3. Ei Meeker Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Meeker, Ei
    Date: Oct. 9, 2017
    Topics: Activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Community centres, Direct action, Educators, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender role, Harassment, Health care, Help lines, HIV/AIDS, Housing, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Roman catholicism, Schools, Sex education, Sexuality, Tolerance, Transgender children, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: ACT UP, Bailey House, Ei Meeker, Terry McGovern
  4. 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...
  5. Sabelo Narasimhan Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Narasimhan, Sabelo
    Date: Feb. 28, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Artists, Bathrooms, Childhood, Clothing, Dating, Environmentalism, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Immigration, LGBTI community, Life stories, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Police, Prisons, Schools, Sports, Transgender people, Visibility, Youth centres
    Subject: Sabelo Narasimhan
    Description: In this interview, Sabelo Narasimhan--a South Asian youth activist, organizer, photographer, and immigrant of color--discusses his penchant for collecting and sharing stories. Hear him talk about w...
  6. 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 ...
  7. Girl Talk, Vol. 15 No. 1 (February, 2001)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Feb. 2001
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Color, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Law, Psychology, Transgender people
    Subject: ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, California Dreamin', GenderPAC, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Peter Oiler, Powder Puffs of California, The Gulf Coast Transgender Community (GCTC), Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.
  8. Girl Talk, Vol. 16 No. 8 (September, 1999)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Communities, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Law, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: California Dreamin', Forward Motion, Powder Puffs of California
  9. Girl Talk, Vol. 14 No. 2 ( February, 1999)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Feb. 1999
    Topics: Biology, Clothing, Discrimination, Donations, Gatherings, Gay men, Gender, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, Lesbians, MtFs, Police, Police raids, Theatre, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Alex Kordis, Ann Bozzi, Boulton & Park Gender Euphoria, Brandon Teena, Cal State Fullerton, California Dreamin', Chanelle Pickett, Christian Paige, Cynthia Phillips, Deborah Forte, Dennis Rodman, Doanld Fuller, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Frank Santos, FTM International, Gamaliel Mireles Coria, Gary Olfers, GenderPAC, Howard Safir, Howard Yamamoto, Irvine Valley College, Jamaica Green, Jessy Santiago, JoLea Lamot, Karen Houppert, Kerry Sorrel, Lauryn Paige, Linda Phillips, Pat Riley, Peggy Santiago, Powder Puffs of California, Prez Di, Rainbow Gender Association (RGA), Riki Anne Wilchins, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Tasha Dunn, The Austin American-Statemen, The Diablo Valley Girls (DVG), The Villiage Voice, Transupport Group Center, Van Ness Prevention Divison Transgender Program, Vianna Faye Williams
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence
  10. Girl Talk, Vol. 13 No. 4 (April, 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Apr. 1998
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Communities, Discrimination, Gatherings, Law, Lawyers, Partners of transgender people, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: California Dreamin', Powder Puffs of California
  11. Girl Talk, Vol. 12 No. 2 (February, 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Feb. 1998
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Crossdressing, Gatherings, Media, Representation, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Powder Puffs of California
  12. Girl Talk, Vol. 12 No.1 (January, 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Clothing, Communities, Cosmetics, Electrolysis, Gatherings, Hair--Removal, Plastic surgery, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: California Dreamin', FTM International, Kathryn Robbins, Palomar Ruby Laser System, Powder Puffs of California, Rainbow Gender Association (RGA), The Diablo Valley Girls (DVG), The Educational TV Channel (ETVC)
  13. Girl Talk, Vol. 12 No. 12 (December, 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Dec. 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Communities, Gatherings, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Barbie Fashion Designer, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Powder Puffs of California, Renaissance Transgender Association, Transgender Rights Initiative
  14. Girl Talk, Vol. 12 No. 8 (August, 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Aug. 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Communities, Gatherings, Religions, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Powder Puffs of California
  15. The Transgenderist (March, 1997)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormones, Masculinities, Psychology, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Candy Man, Dennis Rodman, Richard Green