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  1. Zavé Martohardjono Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Martohardjono, Zavé, Awad, Nadia
    Date: May 2, 2017
    Topics: Coming out, Dating, Diversity, Education, Ethnic groups, Families, Gay-straight alliances, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Health care, Hormone therapy, Labelling, LGBTQ+ movement, North american cultures, Parties, Passing (Gender), Sexism, Sociocultural evolution, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work situation
    Subject: Zavé Martohardjono
    Description: "Zavé Martohardjono recounts growing up as a mixed race queer New Yorker. Having seen New York change over the past couple of decades, Zavé tells us about living in globally diverse neighborhoods, ...

  2. 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...

  3. Valda Prout Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Prout, Valda
    Date: Aug. 6, 2016
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Hair removal, Homophobia, Hormone therapy (Gender), Police harassment, Police raids, Racism, Segregation, Slurs, Theater, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, West Indian Americans
    Subject: Agassiz Village, Auntie Mame, Dorothy Mallory, Dr. Risch, George L. Prout, Jacque's, La Belse, Mae Bonds, Paul Robeson, Phil Black, Punch Bowl, Summer Stock, Valda Prout
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Valda Prout, conducted by Mason Funk on August 6, 2016 in Washington DC. "Today, Valda lives in a small apartment just north of Logan Circle in Washington DC, a short walk f...

  4. TVIC Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 24 (January 19, 1974)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 19, 1974
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Birth certificates, Cannabis, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Law, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Robbery, Sin, Transsexual people
    Subject: Leo Wollman

  5. TVIC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 20 (September 15, 1973)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 15, 1973
    Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Hormones, Mental disorders, Passing (Gender), Psychiatry, Self-acceptance, Transsexual people

  6. TVIC Journal Vol. 7 No. 72 (March 17, 1979)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 17, 1979
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Electrolysis, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, History, Hormone therapy, MtFs, Night life, Passing (Gender), Transsexual people

  7. TVIC Journal Vol. 7 No. 62 (March 18, 1978)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 18, 1978
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Lingerie, Marriage, Partners of transgender people, Psychotherapy, Self-acceptance, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Shame, Transgender community

  8. TVIC Journal Vol. 7 No. 61 (January 21, 1978)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 21, 1978
    Topics: Appearance, Baptist church, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Education, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Homosexuality, Immigration law, LGBTQ+ radio, Passing (Gender), Support groups, Transgender community
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen

  9. TVIC Journal Vol. 6 No. 68 (November 18, 1978)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 18, 1978
    Topics: Appearance, Army, Clothing, Clubs, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Intersex, LGBTI rights policy, Masculinities, Medicare, Passing (Gender), Psychiatry, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender rights, Transsexualism
    Subject: Joseph A. Califano, Little E. Douglas

  10. TVIC Journal Vol. 6 No. 65 (June 17, 1978)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 17, 1978
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Clubs, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Electrolysis, Femininities, Friendships, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Law, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transsexualism
    Subject: Peggie Ames

  11. TVIC Journal Vol. 6 No. 58 (October 15, 1977)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 15, 1977
    Topics: Appearance, Birth certificates, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Law, Marriage, Masculinities, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Secrecy, Self-acceptance, Shame, Shaving, Transgender people
    Subject: Elizabeth Carmichael, Fantasia Fair

  12. TVIC Journal Vol. 6 No. 57 (September 17, 1977)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 17, 1977
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Clothing, Clubs, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender role, Hairstyles, Hormones, Imprisonment, Law, Manicuring, Marriage, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Prejudices, Stereotypes, Transsexual people, Wigs
    Subject: Changers, Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael, Helen Brecknell

  13. TVIC Journal Vol. 5 No. 49 (September 18, 1976)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 18, 1976
    Topics: Birth certificates, Clothing, Coming out, Drivers' licenses, Estrogen, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Identification cards, Law, Marriage, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Physicians, Police, Self-acceptance, Suicidal behavior, Suicide, Transsexual people
    Subject: Hatshepsut

  14. TVIC Journal Vol. 4 No. 36 (March 15, 1975)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 15, 1975
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Exotic dancers, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Imprisonment, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Police, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Elizabeth Carmichael

  15. TVIC Journal Vol. 4 No. 34 (January 18, 1975)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 18, 1975
    Topics: Acceptance, Arrests, Clothing, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Partners of transgender people, Self-acceptance, Surgery, Transsexual people, Wigs
    Subject: Darrell Mitchell, Judge Ray Churchill, Kelly Thompson

  16. TVIC Journal Vol. 3 No. 32 (November 16, 1974).

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 16, 1974
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Law, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Religions, Sexual assault, Shame
    Subject: Mae West

  17. TVIC Journal Vol. 3 No. 31 (October 19, 1974)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 19, 1974
    Topics: Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Transsexual people

  18. Tuesday Smillie Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Smille, Tuesday
    Date: Oct. 11, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Animal rights activists, Artists, Childhood, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Family members, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visual arts, Zines
    Subject: Adele Carpenter, Ali Forney Center, Kirsten Rossi, Michelle O'Brien, Sergio Rodriguez, Silence of the Lambs, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Ursula K. Le Guin, Wangechi Mutu
    Description: (Photo of Tuesday and interviewer Michelle). Tuesday Smillie is a visual artist whose work grapples with power and violence. In this interview, Tuesday recounts her coming out in a radical queer yo...

  19. Transgender Advocate Award Dinner

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Stuart, Sharon Ann, Moore, Connie, Frye, Phyllis Randolph, Heitz, Thomas R.
    Date: Aug. 1994
    Topics: Activists, Awards, Bigender people, Collaboration, Coming out, Direct action, Discrimination, Human rights, Law, Lawyers, Lobbying, Marines, Military discharge, Transgender community
    Subject: 1993 March on Washington, Connie Moore, Debbie Hunt, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), It's Time America, Jessica Xavier, Karen Kerin, Keith Rogers, Lesbian and Gay Bands of America, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Sharon Ann Stuart, Stonewall 25, The Transgender Advocate Award, Thomas R. Heitz, United States Congress

  20. Tiffany Miles Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Miles, Tiffany, Ramsay, Grace
    Date: Apr. 29, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Educators, Families, Friendships, Job applications, MtFs, Science fiction, Secrecy, Transgender people
    Subject: Tiffany Miles
    Description: Tiffany Miles describes growing up in conservative, religious small-town Alabama, where she lived for the first thirty-two years of her life. She discusses her complicated relationships with family...

  21. They Came Out Fighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evans, Sara M.
    Date: Jun. 27, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Coming out, Gay liberation, Gay rights, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater, Queer literature, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Craig Rodwell, Foster Gunnison Jr., Jim Fouratt, Karla Jay, Martin Duberman, Stonewall (Book), Stonewall Inn, Sylvia Rivera, Yvonne Flowers
    Description: Book and historical review of Martin Duberman's book "Stonewall" which recounts the narratives and lives of six individuals involved in the Stonewall riots. The book features BIPOC trans people inc...

  22. The Transgenderist (September, 1999)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Electrolysis, Events, Femininities, FtMs, Gatherings, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Intersex, Law, LGBT, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Westboro Baptist Church

  23. The Transgenderist (September, 1992)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1992
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender identity, Harassment, Homosexuality, Law, Mental health, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender people

  24. The Transgenderist (September 1, 1997)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1, 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Crossdressers, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Recovery rooms, Religions, Support groups
    Subject: Fantasia Fair, FTM International, Tiffany Club, TV Entertainers

  25. The Transgenderist (October, 1998)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1998
    Topics: Acceptance, Anti-discrimination law, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Discrimination, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Internet, Law, LGBTQ+ relationships, Navy, Partners of transgender people, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Shame, Social media, Support groups, Transgender people

  26. The Transgenderist (October, 1996)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1996
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Events, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Harassment, Identity, Law, LGBTI community, Military, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Brandon Teena, Deborah Forte, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GPAC)

  27. The Transgenderist (October, 1994)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1994
    Topics: Acceptance, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Crossdressers, Depression, Drag, Events, Family members, Femininities, Film, Gatherings, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Identity, LGBTQ+ poetry, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Psychotherapy, Public facilities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Shame, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Cary Grant

  28. The Transgenderist (November-December, 1992)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1992 to Dec. 1992
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ poetry, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Sexual excitement, Sexuality, Transgender people

  29. The Transgenderist (May-June 1993)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: May 1993 to May 1993
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Family members, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Masculinities, Psychiatry, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people

  30. The Transgenderist (May, 1994)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: May 1994
    Topics: Abuse, Activists, Arrests, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Death and dying, Events, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health care, Hormone therapy, Isolation, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Partners of transgender people, Physicians, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Shame, Stonewall riots, Transgender people
    Subject: Roger Peo

  31. The Transgenderist (March-April 1992)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1992 to Apr. 1992
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Health care, Homosexuality, Hormones, Masculinities, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Psychiatrists, Psychotherapy, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Phyllis Randolph Frye, The Spirit and The Flesh - Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture

  32. The Transgenderist (June, 1998)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1998
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Gatherings, Hair--Removal, Partners of transgender people, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people

  33. The Transgenderist (July-August, 1993)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1993 to Aug. 1993
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Mental disorders, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Sexuality
    Subject: Gender Identity Center of Colorado, Inc.

  34. The Transgenderist (July, 1999)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1999
    Topics: Coming out, Discrimination, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Intersex, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people

  35. The Transgenderist (July, 1997)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Astrology, Coming out, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Gatherings, Gender identity, Night life, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Shame, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people

  36. The Transgenderist (January-February 1992)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1992 to Feb. 1992
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Femininities, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Police brutality, Sexual orientation, Stereotypes, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people

  37. The Transgenderist (December, 1996)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1996
    Topics: Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Crossdressers, Disabilities, Employment discrimination, Events, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Law, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gender Millenial Action Coalition (MAC), RuPaul
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.

  38. The Transgenderist (December, 1995)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1995
    Topics: Acceptance, AIDS activists, Appearance, Brain research, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, FtMs, Gatherings, Harassment, Hijras, HIV/AIDS, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Sexual assault, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism

  39. The Transgenderist (August, 1994)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1994
    Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Conferences, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Marriage, Masculinities, Meetings, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people

  40. The Journey Vol. 8 No. 9 (September, 1999)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: H., Camille, H., Jean
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Appearance, Breast cancer, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Film, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Sisters, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Different for Girls, Rochester CD Network
    Description: Periodical name changed from "Buffalo Belles" starting with Vol. 8 No. 7 (July, 1999)

  41. The Journey Vol. 8 No. 10 (October, 1999)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: H., Camille
    Date: Oct. 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Drag, Events, Gender, Gender role, Pageants, Sisters, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: Periodical name changed from "Buffalo Belles" starting with Vol. 8 No. 7 (July, 1999)

  42. The Femme Mirror, Vol. 22 Iss. 4 (Fall, 1997)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Autumn 1997
    Topics: Biographies, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Family members, Femininities, Hobbies, Internet, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Occupations, Politics, Religions
    Subject: 1998 Crossdresser's Ball, Beta Gamma, Chi Chapter, Chi Delta Mu, Dee S. McKellar, Delta Chapter, Delta Omega, Dignity Cruise, Holiday At Sea, Kappa Beta, S.P.I.C.E, Sigma Mu, Tri Chi, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  43. The EON Accord Vol. 1 Issue 6 (October, 1992)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Expressing Our Nature
    Date: Oct. 1992
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Education, Electrolysis, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homosexuality, Masculinities, Media, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Research, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Support groups, Surveys, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Coming Together, Working Together Convention, Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Vested Interests: Crossdressing and Cultural Anxiety

  44. TGIC News (May-June, 1990)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: May 1990 to Jun. 1990
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Bathrooms, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Electrolysis, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Masculinities, Medication, MtFs, Psychotherapy, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism

  45. TGIC News (July-August, 1991)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1991 to Aug. 1991
    Topics: Appearance, Clubs, Coming out, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment, Events, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Identification cards, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender community
    Subject: Expressing Our Nature, New York State Gender Coalition

  46. TGIC News (July-August, 1990)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1990 to Aug. 1990
    Topics: Acceptance, Art history, Bondage, Castration, Clubs, Coming out, Counseling, Crimes, Crossdressers, Femininities, Film, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Masculinities, Medication, Night life, Partners of transgender people, Plastic surgery, Reviews, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: New York State Gender Coalition, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

  47. TGIC, Butterfly, EON (November-December 1989)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Butterfly, Expressing Our Nature, Transgenderests Independence Club
    Date: Nov. 1989 to Dec. 1989
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Hormones, LGBTI community, Parties, Partners of transgender people, Self-acceptance, Social activities clubs, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: An Evening at La Cage

  48. TGIC, Butterfly, EON (March 1989)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Transgenderests Independence Club, Butterfly, Expressing Our Nature
    Date: Mar. 1989
    Topics: Childbirth, Coming out, Crossdressing, Events, Gender realignment surgery, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Passing (Gender), Pregnancy, Support groups, Transgender people, Twins, Wrestling
    Subject: 145 Club, Fantasia Fair, Gary Dressler, Harry Benjamin, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jayne Thomas, Patricia King, Richard F. Docter, Tanya Taranenko Popov, Tapestry Magazine

  49. Tei Okamoto Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Okamoto, Tei
    Date: Mar. 10, 2019
    Topics: Artists, Black people, Coming out, Drag balls, Family members, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender role, Health care, Heterosexuals, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American families, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Oral history, Prisons, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Sex education, Sexuality, STDs, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Youth
    Subject: Asians, Blacks, and Latin and United New Tribes (ABLUNT), Azar Namdar, Bette Ledder, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), Che Vilanueva, Christopher Lee, City University of New York (CUNY), Club Universe, Coco Club, Dejah Dior, Estella Gonzales, Gail Wyatt, Gerbari Allah, Gina Eichenbaum, Greg Kats, House 806, House of Hope, House of Infinity, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Imani Uzuri, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jeannie Little, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joan Morgan, Joel Gomez, Justice: Just Us, Kara Paige, Kelsey Lou, Menses, Omar Daniel, Planned Parenthood, Project Street Beat, Queers for Economic Justice, Rockwood Fellow, Samin Bashir, Sarah Schulman, Sienna Shields, Sweetest Hangover, Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center, The Slams, Tom Dwayne, Tranny Fest, Trans Advocay in Rural Places (TARP), Trans Project at University of California, San Francisco, Trish Moran, When the Chicken Heads Come Home to Roost, Whitney Biennial, Women's Health Project, Zander Gracia

  50. T. Mike Altamar Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Altamar, T. Mike
    Date: Mar. 23, 2017
    Topics: Bigender people, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Harassment, Hormones, Passing (Gender), Therapists, Transgender community, Transgender people, Youth organisations
    Description: Mike Altamar is a community health educator, referral specialist and parent engagement specialist who's work has drawn on his own experience accessing resources and navigating hirs coming out and f...

  51. 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...

  52. Spree Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Spree
    Date: Jun. 8, 2017
    Topics: Actors, AIDS activists, Appearance, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Faeries, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Theatre, Transgender people
    Subject: ACT UP, International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), Marsha P. Johnson, Ortez Alderman, Queer Nation, Spree
    Description: Performer, and activist Spree shares her experiences as a Radical Faerie; a member of ACT UP, The Emma Goldman Gypsy Players and The Eggplant Players; and a resident of numerous places around the w...

  53. Slim Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Shalabi, Miles, Calou, Yana, Slim
    Date: May 5, 2017
    Topics: Change of name, Coming out, Communities, FtMs, Health care, Islam, Judges, LGBTI community, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: CUNY LGBT Leadership, Miles Shalabi, Slim
    Description: Slim discusses his experience of coming out to his family and navigating his parents' feelings about his identity while finding acceptance and support from his siblings, girlfriend and friends. Hav...

  54. Simon Chartrand Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Chartrand, Simon
    Date: Jul. 27, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Autism spectrum disorders, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Coming out, Community centres, Dating, Families, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Misogyny, Physicians, Racism, Schools, Social media, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender children, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Janet Mock, Simon Chartrand
    Description: Simon Chartrand describes his experience growing up in upstate New York, being outed to family, living with chronic pain and navigating healthcare as a trans person. Simon discusses the long proces...

  55. Shelby Chestnut Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Chestnut, Shelby
    Date: May 14, 2017
    Topics: Addictions, Arts, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Identity, Indian reservations--Montana, Learning difficulties, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Native americans, Representation, Schools, Sexuality, Soft butches, Suburbs, Transgender rights, Violence, Youth
    Subject: Janet Mock
    Description: Shelby Chestnut describes their childhood and adolescence between Montana and Minnesota, discussing friendships and family, bullying and acceptance, mixed-race (Native American and white) identity,...

  56. Santos Arce Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Arce, Santos, Van Ness, Lorenzo
    Date: Jul. 14, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Child abuse, Childhood, Class struggle, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, FtMs, Gender identity, Hormones, Labour, Latinos, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Music, Music groups, Musicians, Night life, Sex education, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: Santos, a bassist and sex educator, shares the story of his life in New York City, from his strict upbringing in East New York in the 80's, to his introduction to the punk and hardcore scene in the...

  57. Sage Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Sage
    Date: May 9, 2019
    Topics: Baptist church, Butches, Children, Christianity, Coming out, Conferences, Discrimination, Feminism, Flags--Confederate States of America, Gender, Homophobia, Internet, Judaism, Libraries, Microaggressions, Paganism, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Rural areas, Social classes, Social justice, Soft butches, Taoism, Trade unions, Transgender people, Women's colleges, Youth literature
    Subject: American Library Association, LGBT Workers Association, Proposition 8, Stonewall 50, Tumblr
    Description: Sage discusses their growing up in a conservative evangelical Christian family in the Appalachia Mountains of Virginia, breaking from their family's religion through encountering children's and you...

  58. Robin Scott Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Scott, Robin, Towne, Tyler
    Date: Mar. 28, 2018
    Topics: Artists, Childhood, Coming out, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Representation, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Weddings
    Subject: Robin Scott
    Description: Robin discusses growing up in the Upper East Side of New York, how her neighborhood has evolved over time, and her favorite areas in the city. She recalls mental issues preventing her from attendin...

  59. Renaissance News, Vol. 7 No. 9 (September 1993)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Sep. 1993
    Topics: Appearance, Bible, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, Fantasies, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hate crimes, Hormones, Mixed-orientation marriage, MtFs, Oppression, Passing (Gender), Popular culture, Support groups, Theology, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Subject: Deborah Tannen

  60. Renaissance News, Vol 7. No. 8 (August 1993)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Aug. 1993
    Topics: Activists, Anti-semitism, Butches, Censorship, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Crossdressing, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Femininities, FtMs, Gender role, Gender swapping, Herstory, Lesbians, Letters, LGBTQ+ radio, Marriage, Marxism, Mixed-orientation marriage, MtFs, Politics, Popular culture, Pornography, Self-image, Soft butches, Sports, Transsexual people, Upbringing
    Subject: Leslie Feinberg, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Qwonta Jones, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, Workers World Party

  61. Renaissance News, Vol. 7 No. 11 (November 1993)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1993
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, BDSM, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Genetics, Health care, Hormones, Masculinities, Music, Popular culture, Racism, Self-image, Self-respect, Socialisation, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Transvestites Guide to London

  62. Renaissance News, Vol. 6 No. 3 (March 1992)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Mar. 1992
    Topics: Civil rights, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag queens, Gender role, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Persecution of transgender people, Police, Sexual orientation, Sports, Support groups, Transphobia
    Subject: A Low Life in High Heels, Charlotte White, Chrysalis Quarterly, Holly Woodlawn, Joan Jett Blakk

  63. Renaissance News, Vol. 5 No. 11 (November 1991)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1991
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, Fantasies, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ poetry, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Self-image, Suicide, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Caroline Cossey, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)

  64. Renaissance News, Vol. 4 No. 2 (February 1990)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Feb. 1990
    Topics: Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Self-image, Support groups, Television, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ari Kane, Ariadne Kane, Human Outreach Institute, John Money

  65. Renaissance News, Vol. 4 No. 1 (January 1990)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1990
    Topics: Children of transgender people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Interviews, Plastic surgery, Prisons, Support groups, Theatre, Transgender parents, Transsexual people

  66. Renaissance News, Vol. 3 No. 8 (August 1989)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Aug. 1989
    Topics: Coming out, Crossdressing, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Native american cultures, Partners of transgender people, Two-Spirit people

  67. Renaissance News, Vol. 2 No. 5 (May 1988)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: May 1988
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender identity, Transsexual people
    Subject: Joyce Dewhurst, Sister Divine
    Description: Cross-Port InnerView

  68. Renaissance News, Vol. 2 No. 1 (January 1988)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1988
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Couples, Crossdressing, Events, HIV/AIDS, Letters, LGBTQ+ relationships, Support groups
    Description: Public Image; "Voices-The 1988 Conference on Transgender Issues"

  69. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 9 No. 1 (January 1995)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1995
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Clothing, Comic strips, Coming out, Conferences, Crossdressing, Discrimination, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Fetishism, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Human rights, Law, Politics, Representation, Stereotypes, Suicide, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Elizabeth Club, Gordene Olga Mackenzie, RuPaul, Transgender Nation

  70. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 8 No. 5 (May 1994)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: May 1994
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Censorship, Civil rights, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Film, Gay liberation, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police, Sports, Stonewall riots, Support groups, Television, Transgender community, United nations
    Subject: Stonewall 25, United Nations

  71. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 8 No. 4 (April 1994)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Apr. 1994
    Topics: Appearance, Bars, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, FtMs, HIV/AIDS, LGBTI community, MtFs, Oppression, Passing (Gender), Popular culture, Self-image, Self-respect, Social activities clubs, Sports, Transgender people
    Subject: Anne Wilson, Bugs Bunny, Justice League, Women's Reality

  72. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 11 No. 4 (April 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Apr. 1997
    Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Transgender people
    Subject: Jerry Springer Show

  73. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 10 No. 1 (January 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1996
    Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag, FtMs, Health advice centres, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett

  74. Rafaela Anshel Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Arban, Courtney
    Date: Jul. 13, 2017
    Topics: Age, Child abuse, Childhood, Choirs, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Judaism, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Music, Popular culture, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Privacy, Self-acceptance, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Social workers, Stereotypes, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence
    Subject: Gender Identity Project, Rafaela Anshel
    Description: Rafaela Anshel is a Jewish trans woman, affiliated with the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. This interview is a reflection of Anshel’s transition. She details accounts from youth up until present ...

  75. Phoenix Danger Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Danger, Phoenix
    Date: Apr. 24, 2017
    Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Immigration, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Multiculturalism, Politics, Racism, Substance abuse, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Subject: Babeland, Phoenix Danger
    Description: Phoenix Danger was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. In this interview, they recount their early life in suburban New York as the child of Filipino imm...

  76. Pauline Park Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Park, Pauline
    Date: Mar. 9, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Adoption, Coming out, Diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Liberation movements, MtFs, Politics, Racism, Solidarity, Support groups, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Subject: Pauline Park
    Description: Pauline Park is a long-time transgender activist based in New York City who led the campaign for the 2004 New York City transgender rights law. Born in Korea but adopted into a Christian evangelica...

  77. Our Special Joy, Vol. 5 No. 9 (March 1985)

     
    Collection: Our Special Joy
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Moran, Mary Jane
    Date: Mar. 1985
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Femme Mirror, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Roberta Close, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  78. Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 5 (May, 1983)

     
    Collection: Our Special Joy
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Moran, Mary Jane
    Date: May 1983
    Topics: Biology, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Genetics, Homosexuality, Secrecy, Sexuality
    Subject: "H" Spot, American Society for Gender Research Conference, Ann Landers, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Donna Martin, Edith Marie, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), J.C. Penny, John Hoskins, Patricia Gallagher, Phil Donahue, Society for the Second Self, The Village Voice, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Undercoverwear, Vanity Fair, Vogue Magazine

  79. Octavia Leona Kohner Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kohner, Octavia Leona
    Date: Mar. 27, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Anarchism, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Feminists, Gender identity, Isolation, Labour movement, LGBTI community, MtFs, Political movements, Solidarity, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Working class
    Subject: Babeland, Octavia Leona Kohner
    Description: Octavia Leona Kohner was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. Here, she recounts her upbringing in a working-class family in Staten Island, and describes ...

  80. Nogga Schwartz Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Adorian, Kristen, Schwartz, Nogga
    Date: May 26, 2018
    Topics: Atheism, Coming out, FtMs, Gender diversity, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Immigrants, Internalized homophobia, Internet forums, Judaism, Language, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Online dating, Patriarchy, Social media, Transgender people
    Subject: Planet Out, Topher Gross
    Description: Kirsten Adorian interviews Nogga Schwartz, an Israeli immigrant who came out as trans as a teenager. He talks about lack of parental acceptance as an adolescent and the importance of the trans comm...

  81. Naomi Clark Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Clark, Naomi
    Date: Mar. 3, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Change of name, Childhood, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Educators, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Internet forums, Isolation, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Oppression, Politics, Representation, Social networking websites, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Video games--Design, Work situation
    Subject: Judith Butler, Lambda Legal, Naomi Clark, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Naomi Clark describes her work with hte Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the on-line trans and queer community Strap-On.org, and her career in video game design. She begins her oral history with her chil...

  82. Nala Simone Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Simone, Nala, Calou, Yana
    Date: May 9, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Childhood, Clergy, Colleges, Coming out, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormones, Masculinities, Oppression, Racism, Religions, Representation, Solidarity, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Workshops
    Subject: Aaryn Lang, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Miss Major, Nala Simone
    Description: Nala Simone is an activist who was born and raised in Brooklyn. Nala begins with her childhood in Bushwick, her time as a fashion design student at the Fashion Institute of Design, and her process ...

  83. Mylo Mendez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Mendez, Mylo
    Date: Jun. 11, 2019
    Topics: Anarchism, Arts, Childhood, Coming out, Education, Family members, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender role, Gender studies, Gentrification, Health care, Jiu-jitsu, Machismo, Martial arts, Marxism, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Punk, Self-defence, Sexual identity, Thai boxing, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Vegans, Women's studies, Zines
    Subject: Bancho MMA, Florence Johnston Collective, Otion Front Studios, Parsons School of Design, Physical Culture Collective, Queer Fight School, Silent Barn, Silvia Federici, Students Against Cruelty to Animals (SACA), The New School, Unity and Struggle, University of Texas - Austin (UT Austin), We're Hir, We're Queer
    Description: In this interview Mylo Mendez shares hir ongoing work with creating queer and trans self-defense. Ze discusses hir evolution as an artist, currently working in zines, as well as hir involvement wit...

  84. Mx. Enigma Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Enigma, Mx.
    Date: Mar. 3, 2019
    Topics: Arab-Israeli conflict, Change of name, Class struggle, Coming out, Gender diversity, Gender role, Homophobia, Jews, Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Pronoun, Religions, Spirituality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Zionism
    Subject: Ali Forney Center, Art and Acceptance, Footsteps, Manhattan Neighbor and Network, Marsha's House
    Description: Mx.Enigma aka Je'Jae Cleopatra Daniels (They/Them) discusses their ostracism growing up in a Orthodox Jewish community for their race, class & gender, their later experiences of homelessness, findi...

  85. Morgan Hunlen Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Hunlen, Morgan
    Date: Aug. 7, 2019
    Topics: Aeronautics, African American universities and colleges, Anime, Bathrooms, Childhood, City planning, Coming out, Conferences, Gay community centers, Gender diversity, Gender studies, Hormones, LGBTI community, Local transit, Mental health, Microaggressions, Police, Public safety, Religions, Sexuality, Stealth (Transgender), Suicide, Transgender people
    Subject: Ferguson, Kiwi Herring, Nashville Cares, Scout Schultz, Sean Hake, Stonewall, Trans Day of Remembrance, Transit, Vanderbilt Univeristy

  86. Moira Airington and Nicole White Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Towne, Tyler, Airington, Moira, White, Nicole
    Date: Apr. 15, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Ambulance drivers, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Discrimination, Educators, Families, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Parents of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Moira Airington, Nicole White
    Description: Moira Airington and Nicole White are a married couple who both identify as trans women. They discuss their experience with family, education, and the working world, as well as the story of how they...

  87. Michelle Esther O'Brien Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kerr, Ted
    Date: Jan. 16, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Anarchism, Colleges, Coming out, Communism, Direct action, Environmentalism, Ethnic groups, Feminism, Gender diversity, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian separatism, Libraries, Mental health, MtFs, Organisations, Political movements, Politics, Racism, Science fiction, Sexuality, Social law, Sociology, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Travel, Welfare benefits
    Subject: bell hooks, Michelle Esther O'Brien
    Description: In this interview, Michelle O’Brien discusses milestones in her politicization: Ancient Forest Defense Network in the Pacific Northwest, highway blockades in Minnesota, trans healthcare organizing ...

  88. Memory Circle: Remembering Bryn Kelly

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Scholl, Zachary, Barton, Joss, Lewis, AJ, Kerr, Theodore, Clark, Naomi, Liederman, Katie, Crandall, Maxe, Parker, Chris, Cage, Diana, Shulman, Sarah, Novack, Rebecca, Buffalo Trace
    Date: Aug. 20, 2016
    Topics: Activists, AIDS phobia, Artists, Blogs, Christianity, Colleges, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Hospitals, Isolation, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, MtFs, Music groups, Night life, Self-help, Smoking, Solidarity, Suicide, Tarot, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: ACT UP, Bryn Kelly, Lambda Literary Retreat, Testo Junkie
    Description: Story sharers include: Katie Liederman, Diana Cage, Maxe Crandall, Chris Parker, Naomi Clark, Buffalo Trace, AJ Lewis, Zachary Scholl, Rebecca Novack, Joss Barton, Sarah Shulman / / Friends of prol...

  89. 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...

  90. Margaret Berg Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Berg, Margaret, Anshel, Rafaela
    Date: Sep. 5, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Alcoholism, Androgyny, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Friendships, Gay identity, Gender identity, Health care, Labelling, Medical interventions, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Religions, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Stealth (Transgender), Suicidal behavior, Therapists, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Gender Identity Project, Margaret Berg

  91. Marcus Arana Oral History

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

  92. Letters to Ann Landers

     
    Collection: Advice Columns
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Advice columns, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Education, Families, Letters, Secrecy
    Subject: Ann Landers, Tri Sigma
    Description: Physical item located in Cornell's Mid-Hudson Valley Transgender Association Records, 1970-2014. Collection Number: 7832.

  93. Letter to a Femme

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie
    Date: Jan. 1994
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Butches, Coming out, Discrimination, Drag, Drag queens, FtMs, Hate crimes, Hate speech, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ lovers, Passing (Gender), Police officers, Police raids, Prejudices, Rape, Sexual harassment, Soft butches, Stonewall riots, Suicide, Transgender people
    Subject: Apex: A Point of Departure, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues, Workers World Party
    Description: This clipping can be found on page 3 of the periodical.

  94. Kyle Lukoff Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lukoff, Kyle, Tennenbaum, Ric
    Date: Jun. 21, 2017
    Topics: Body image, Body politics, Books, Change of name, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Eating disorders, FtMs, Health care, Hormones, Internet, Librarians, Literature, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Representation, Schools, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Kyle Lukoff

  95. Kyle Katz Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Yesner, Lenni, Katz, Kyle
    Date: Apr. 29, 2017
    Topics: Butches, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Night life, Single parent families, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Kyle Katz
    Description: In this interview Kyle Katz speaks about their childhood, growing up in Boston, coming to New York, and the role that timing, books and community have played in how they identify, and understand th...

  96. Ky Platt Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Platt, Ky
    Date: Apr. 6, 2017
    Topics: Adoption, Advertising campaigns, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Night life, Transgender children, Transgender community, Transgender parents
    Subject: Prince
    Description: Ky Platt is a mixed-race, transgender comedian and author. Originally from Hamilton, Ohio, Ky has been active in the NYC LGBTQ+ community since the 1990s. In this interview, Ky recounts his experie...

  97. 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...

  98. Josephine Perez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Keyes, Anna, Perez, Josephine
    Date: Mar. 23, 2018
    Topics: Abuse, Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Drag, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTI community, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual orientation, Street violence, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP)
    Description: Josephine Perez is a trans* advocate who emphasizes a need for better law enforcement protections for transgender women. Josephine experienced sexual violence on multiple occasions and became a sex...

  99. Johnny, You've Got Breasts!

     
    Collection: Fiction
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1986
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Drawings, Fantasy, Fiction, MtFs, Passing (Gender)

  100. Jeaux Henry Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Henry, Jeaux
    Date: May 22, 2019
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Being in love, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender role, Health care, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Secondary education, Social media, Solidarity, Transgender archives, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visibility, Women
    Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Boi Complex, Black Trans TV, Callen-Lorde Health Center, General Education Development (GED), Job Corps, One Medical Group, Racquel Reid, The Lighthouse, Zocdoc
    Description: Jeaux narrates their coming into black trans boihood, from their childhood in Atlanta to their life in New York City today. As the creator of Black Boi Complex, a virtual community for masculine-of...

  101. JD Davids Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Davids, JD
    Date: Mar. 11, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Internet, LGBTI community, Politics, Pregnancy, Schools, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender parents
    Subject: ACT UP, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), JD Davids, Project TEACH
    Description: JD Davids, a writer, health activist, and communication strategist, recounts his experiences as a member of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS activist movement and subsequent move to New York City. A Phila...

  102. Jay London Toole Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Toole, Jay London, Kerr, Ted
    Date: Jun. 15, 2016
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Butches, Childhood, Coming out, Criminalization, Crisis centres, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Homeless people, Homelessness, Imprisonment, LGBTI community, Passing (Gender), Police, Prostitution, Sexual child abuse, Soft butches, Stigmatisation, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
    Subject: Jay London Toole
    Description: Jay Toole describes her experiences of queer homelessness in New York City. Born in the South Bronx, she became homeless as a child due to the circumstances of her family and identity as a stone bu...

  103. Jamie Bauer Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Bauer, Jamie
    Date: Jun. 5, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Age, Childhood, Civil rights, Clothing, Coming out, Dating, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay rights, Gender diversity, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Liberation movements, Politics, Racism, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Therapists, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Work situation
    Subject: ACT UP, Anita Bryant, Jamie Bauer, Women's Pentagon Action
    Description: Jamie Bauer recounts their childhood and adolescence growing up in New York City’s Stuyvesant Town, resisting family pressure to conform to normative gender expressions and discovering butch femme ...

  104. Jackson Reddy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Reddy, Jackson
    Date: May 29, 2019
    Topics: AIDS activists, Alcoholism, Anti-transgender violence, Artists, Black people, Buddhism, Childhood, Comedians, Coming out, Education, Family members, Fathers, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, Media, Music, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Sexual abuse, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Writers
    Subject: Black Trans TV, Malcolm X, Marsha P. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Shayna Matteski, Soka Gakkai International, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Jackson Reddy reflects on their family dynamics and how these relationships shaped their growth. They also touch upon the role of trauma and the process of healing, especially in terms of self-care...

  105. J. Soto Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Soto, J., Milks, M. Henry
    Date: Oct. 20, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Arts, Childhood, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gay community, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Language, LGBTQ+ relationships, Migration, Night life, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: J. Soto
    Description: J. Soto recounts his evolving understanding of gender and identity along his eastward migration across the United States. Born and raised in the Bay Area, J. attended graduate school in Chicago, IL...

  106. Izzy Mustafa Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Mustafa, Izzy
    Date: Apr. 11, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Coming out, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gender diversity, Identity, Intersex, Islam, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Politics, Religious right, Representation, Social norms, Training programs, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility
    Description: Izzy's family-life intertwines heavily with his oral history and coming out process. The middle child of a Muslim-Palestinian man and Christian-American woman, he talks about the particular ways ea...

  107. Interview with Tiq Milan

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Milan, Tiq
    Date: Nov. 2, 2017
    Topics: Autobiographies, Bars, Black people, Butches, Children, Coming out, Discrimination, Divorce, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Racism, Roman catholicism, Soft butches, Sports, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Working class
    Subject: Brian Michael Smith, Bronx Community Pride Center, Buzzfeed, CeCe McDonald, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hetrick Martin Institute, Huffington, Lambda Legal, MTV, National Anti Violence Project, Niagara University, Power and Privilege Series, Queen Sugar, Redefining Masculinity, Rolling Stone, Source Magazine, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), The Guardian, The New Yorker, Vibe Magazine
    Description: Tiq Milan identifies as a binary black trans man who is queer identified and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Buffalo, New York in a working-class family in the hood, Milan states. He lo...

  108. Interview with Micky Bradford

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Bradford, Micky
    Date: Oct. 4, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Assigned gender, Coming out, Dating, Drag, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Health facilities, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbian community, Medical interventions, Migration, Military, Passing (Gender), Prisons and race relations, Racism, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOC), Transgender Law Center
    Description: Micky Bradford identifies as a black non-binary trans feminine person and was assigned male at birth. They use she/her and they/them pronouns and were 26 at the time of the interview. Both of her p...

  109. Interview with Jules Gleeson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Gleeson, Jules
    Date: Nov. 4, 2019
    Topics: Academics, Activists, Anime, Arab-Israeli conflict, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Comic books, strips, etc., Coming out, Communism, Cults, Discrimination, Feminism, Gay clergy, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Internet, Intersex, LGBTI community, Liberation theology, Literature, Night life, Peace movement, Physical affection, Police, Racism, Right-wing extremists, Roman catholicism, Sexual harassment, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Amnesty International Club, Anti-Scientology, British National Party, Donald Trump, Fairy Tales, Group of Eight (G8), Hillary Clinton, Historical Materialism Conference, Jesus College Cambridge, Julius, King's College London, New York Police Department (NYPD), Osteoporosis, Palestine, Stonewall, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Werewolf The Apocalypse

  110. 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...

  111. 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...

  112. Interview with Hunta Williams

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Williams, Hunta, Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Jul. 18, 2016
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Cooks, Deaf people, Families, FtMs, Health care, Hormones, Parents of transgender people, Police brutality, Surgery, Transgender people
    Subject: Hunta Williams
    Description: Hunta Williams is a deaf, black trans man. Williams grew up in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Minneapolis to attend culinary school. From a young age, he felt “different” than his peers, always playing ...

  113. Interview with Farah N.

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: N., Farah
    Date: May 22, 2019
    Topics: African cultures, Aggression, Capitalism, Childhood, Coming out, Cultures, Family members, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gujarati diaspora, Health care, Homophobia, Insurance, Islam, Labour movement, LGBTI community, Machismo, Marxism, Microaggressions, Pronoun, Religions, Trade unions, Transphobia
    Subject: Callen-Lorde Health Center, LIES, Teen Cosmo, Teen Vouge
    Description: Farah N. discusses living at the intersection of being non-binary, Ismaili Muslim and an atheist. They are the co-founder of LIES, a materialist feminist journal exploring theories and experiences ...

  114. 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....

  115. 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...

  116. 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...

  117. Hazel Katz Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Katz, Hazel, Silverman, Aviva
    Date: Jan. 4, 2019
    Topics: Appearance, Artists, Atheism, Coming out, Educators, Imprisonment, Law, Religious society of friends, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: In this interview conducted by Aviva Silverman, Hazel Katz discusses her upbringing, including her religious differences from her parents, and her reluctance to come out because of the social diffi...

  118. Gogo Graham Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Graham, Gogo
    Date: May 10, 2019
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Childhood, Christianity, Clubs, Coming out, Fashion designers, Fashion--Japanese influences, Gay identity, Harassment, Hormones, Internet, Media, Microaggressions, MtFs, Music, Plastic surgery, Pop music, Rape, Social media, Step families, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse, Violence
    Subject: Asian Pacific Island Community Health Association (APICHA), Cecilia Gentilly, Hussein Chalayan, Kaden Ho, Raygun Hugo, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, Spectrum, The University of Texas - Austin, Tumblr, Yohji Yamamoto

  119. Francois Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Francois, Kümm, Paige
    Date: Jun. 28, 2018
    Topics: Appearance, Body image, Colleges, Coming out, Employment discrimination, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Racism
    Description: Paige Kümm interviews Francois, a gender fluid Haitian person who was born and raised in New York City, and still resides there. They talk about the gentrification of Francois's neighborhood and ho...

  120. Femme Mirror, Vol. 22 Iss. 1 (Winter, 1997)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Winter 1997
    Topics: Bisexuality, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gay community, Gender, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Law, Passing (Gender), Transgender people
    Subject: 1996 Tri-Ess Convention, Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., Full Personality Expression (F.P.E.), Holiday En Femme, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), S.P.I.C.E, Second International Congress on Sex & Gender Issues, Sixth Annual Transgender Law and Employment Policy Conference, Transgender Tapestry, Transvestia, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  121. Fainan Lakha Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lakha, Fainan, Maya, Elliott
    Date: Jul. 13, 2017
    Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Islam, Liberation movements, MtFs, Oppression, Politics, Representation, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility
    Subject: Fainan Lakha, Laverne Cox
    Description: Fainan Lakha is a student at Columbia majoring in Comparative Literature and Society. She grew up in a Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim community in Seattle and became involved in the Oneness University a...

  122. Expressions: The EON Newsletter (October, 1990)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Expressing Our Nature, Askew, Diana Joell
    Date: Oct. 1990
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Books, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Gatherings, Gender role, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Shame, Support groups, Theatre, Transgender community
    Subject: Chuck Dickerson, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)

  123. Evan Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Tennenbaum, Ric, Evan
    Date: Jul. 29, 2017
    Topics: Artists, Bars, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Evan, Pratt University
    Description: Evan is a Brooklyn based photographer whose photo work primarily touches upon issues of gender and identity, and in this interview he describes his perception of his own intersectional identity. Or...

  124. EON Newsletter (June, 1990)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Expressing Our Nature
    Date: Jun. 1990
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Conferences, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Femininities, Gatherings, Partners of transgender people, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Be All You Want to Be, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)

  125. EON Newsletter (July, 1990)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Expressing Our Nature
    Date: Jul. 1990
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Coming out, Conferences, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Electrolysis, Events, Gatherings, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Support groups, Transgender community

  126. Endowed Paper Dinner

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie, Shea, Daniel J., Frederick, Latisha, Rothblatt, Martine Aliana, Frye, Phyllis Randolph
    Date: Aug. 1993
    Topics: Awards, Capitalism, Coming out, Ethics, Fascism, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Genderism, Intolerance, Labour, Law, Sexual identity, Socialisation, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: 1993 March on Washington, Christine Jorgensen, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), Laurence Tribe, Leslie Feinberg, Phyllis Randolph Frye Writing Competition Award, Transgender Nation, Transgender Tapestry

  127. Emmett Metier Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Metier, Emmett
    Date: Jul. 14, 2020
    Topics: Butches, Coming out, Family members, Lesbianism, Transmasculine people
    Description: An interview with Emmett Metier discussing their life and experiences as a trans person in NYC.

  128. 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...

  129. El Roy Red Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Red, El Roy, Holmes, Zoe
    Date: Mar. 30, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Body image, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Higher education, Immigration, Isolation, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Substance abuse
    Subject: El Roy Red, Ponderosa Movement and Discovery, University of Pittsburgh
    Description: El Roy Red is a poet who has lived in New York City for three years. Red begins the interview by discussing her self-expression through a unique sense of style and how she found her voice as a writ...

  130. 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

  131. 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

  132. Donna Sachet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Sachet, Donna
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Child abuse, Coming out, Drag, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay Christians, Gay community, Gay men, Gay movement, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lipsynching, Methodist Church, Police harassment, Stonewall riots
    Subject: ACT UP, Bette Davis, Beverly Sills, Black Cat Bar, Campus Crusade for Christ, Donna Sachet, Donna Summer, Empress of San Francisco, Fire Island, Gay Men's Chorus, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), GLAAD Media Awards, Joan Crawford, José Sarria, Juanita More, Judy Garland, Mark Leno, Miss Gay San Francisco, Perry Ellis, Shanti Project, Tavern Guild, The Celluloid Closet, Trannyshack
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Donna Sachet conducted by Mason Funk on July 27, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. Donna is a drag performer, community activist, and author. Donna has raised millions of dollars f...

  133. Dezi Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Dezi, Towne, Tyler
    Date: Jul. 11, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Music, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
    Subject: Burner Community, Burning Man
    Description: Dezi speaks to interviewer Tyler Towne about their childhood in suburban California, growing up with two brothers. They discuss forming a supportive community of queer people in their life and the ...

  134. Dan Rosensweet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Rosensweet, Dan
    Date: Jun. 27, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Body image, Coming out, Crossdressing, Eating disorders, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Homophobia, Hormones, Quality of life, Schools, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender community
    Description: Interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu speaks to Dan Rosensweet about growing up in Brooklyn as an only child, coming out to family members as trans, and how in retrospect they can pinpoint moments...

  135. Cross Dressers International Vol. 2 No. 9 (May 1993)

     
    Collection: Cross Dressers International
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: May 1993
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Shops, Tolerance
    Subject: Moonlight in Manhattan NYC

  136. Chi Chapter Tribune Vol. 38 Iss. 09 (September, 1999)

     
    Collection: Chi Chapter Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Peters, Denise
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Beauty standards, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Elections, Families, Female impersonators, Femininities, Film, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Music festivals, Passing (Gender), Photographs, Prejudices, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Travel
    Subject: Cher, Chicago Gender Society, Fall Harvest, Great Lakes Council of Gender Groups, Holiday En Femme, How the West was Fun, Kevin Kline, Positive Attitudes Living Side by side (PALS), Rachel Miller, Stadt Hallenfast, Tri-Ess Odyssey, Virginia Prince, Will Smith
    Description: Periodical name changed from "The Chi Tribune" starting with Vol. 36 No. 2 (February, 1997)

  137. Chelsea Goodwin and Dr. Rusty Mae Moore Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Moore, Rusty Mae, Goodwin, Chelsea
    Date: May 4, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Coming out, Feminism, Gender diversity, Harassment, Homelessness, Housing, Paganism, Police, Politics, Subculture, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: ACT UP, Chelsea Goodwin, Christine Jorgensen, Dyke Action Machine, Queer Nation, Rusty Mae Moore, Transy House
    Description: After purchasing a house in Park Slope in the 1980's to be closer to her kids, Dr. Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin opened their home to homeless trans folk. Transy House, as it was called, aime...

  138. Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Nova, Cyd, Doroshow, Ceyenne
    Date: Feb. 19, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Age, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gay community, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, Language, LGBTI community, Loneliness, MtFs, Racism, Representation, Riots, Roman catholicism, Sexual assault, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Violence
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Ceyenne Doroshow, Miss Major
    Description: Ceyenne Doroshow shares her experience developing a supportive relationship with her family, enduring ignorance and discrimination, first meeting another transwoman, learning about hormones, and di...

  139. Carolyn Connolly Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Connolly, Carolyn, O'Brien, Michelle Esther
    Date: Dec. 25, 2018
    Topics: Alcoholism, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Punk, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Description: Carolyn Connolly begins with her difficult childhood in a blue-collar Irish-Italian family in Flatlands, Brooklyn, her entry into metal scenes of NYC, and her radicalization into the Love and Rage ...

  140. Buffalo Belles Vol. 8 No. 5 (May, 1999)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: H., Jean, H., Camille
    Date: May 1999
    Topics: Advice columns, Coming out, Conferences, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Femininities, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Skin--Care and hygiene, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Alyssa Williamn, Ann Landers, GenderPAC, Sandy Crosby, Sheila Kirk, TRANS America

  141. Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 12 (December, 1997)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: H., Jean, H., Camille
    Date: Dec. 1997
    Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Fetishism, Hair, Medication, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Transgender people
    Subject: Different for Girls, Ma Vie En Rose

  142. Buffalo Belles Vol. 3 No. 9 (September, 1994)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Sep. 1994
    Topics: Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ partners, Passing (Gender), Prosthesis, Support groups
    Subject: Canadian Crossdressers Club (CCDC), Denise W. Miller, Fantasia Fair, IFGE National Convention, Joan Cassat, Night Out in Buffalo, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  143. Buffalo Belles Vol. 3 No. 8 (August, 1994)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Aug. 1994
    Topics: Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Hospitals, Medical disorders, MtFs, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Secrecy, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Bonnie Bullough, Canadian Crossdressers Club (CCDC), Fantasia Fair, Night Out in Buffalo, Patricia Aldridge, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Vern Bullough

  144. Buffalo Belles Vol. 3 No. 7 (July, 1994)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Jul. 1994
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Gender dysphoria, Genetics, LGBTQ+ partners, Passing (Gender), Secrecy, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Annie Oakley, Be All You Want to Be, Canadian Crossdressers Club (CCDC), Jaye Davidson, Leonardo da Vinci, Mariette Pathy Allen, Peter Goodfellow, Philip Arne Oakley Mozee, The Crying Game, Tootsie, Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them, Victor Victoria

  145. Buffalo Belles Vol. 3 No. 1 (January, 1994)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Miller, Denise W.
    Date: Jan. 1994
    Topics: Change of name, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Finances, Masculinities, Meetings, Secrecy, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender), Wigs
    Subject: Be All You Want to Be, Deborah Feinbloom, DRAG, DRESSING UP - Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession, Hara Marano, IFGE National Convention, Night Out in Buffalo, Peter Ackroyd, Rochester CD Network, Style is not a Size, Texas Tea Party, The Femme Mirror, Transvestites and Transsexuals, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Virginia Prince

  146. Bianey Garcia Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Garcia, Bianey
    Date: Jul. 13, 2017
    Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Discrimination, Families, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Immigration, Immigration law, Imprisonment, Latin american cultures, Lawyers, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Bianey Garcia, Make the Road
    Description: Bianey Garcia is a community organizer at Make the Road New York, a non-profit organization providing services and advocacy for Latinx and working class communities. Born in Veracruz, Mexico and ra...

  147. Barms Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Barms
    Date: May 17, 2019
    Topics: Anarchism, Anthropology, Anti-transgender violence, Art history, Autism spectrum disorders, Bars, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Childhood, Children, Christianity, Class struggle, Clubs, Coming out, Communism, Construction workers, Disabilities, Femininities, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Gentrification, Hate speech, Homophobia, Internet, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marxism, Masculinities, Mental disorders, New Left, People with disabilities, Performance art, Pronoun, Religions, Sexuality, Socialism, Solidarity, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Red Bloom, Chris O'Feeley, Me Too Movement, Michael Bloomberg, Pratt Institute, Queer Workers Project, Rudy Guiliani, Sam Goody, True Scum
    Description: Barms is a construction worker apprentice and a communist. In this interview, they discuss the role of philosophy and abstract thinking for themselves and many trans people as a strategy of managin...

  148. 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...

  149. 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...

  150. Alpha Zeta & A Rose Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 1 (December 15, 1988)

     
    Collection: Alpha Zeta Newsletter
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Pierce, Wendi
    Date: Dec. 15, 1988
    Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Education, Events, Femininities, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ poetry, Media, Organisations, Photographs, Sexuality, Support groups, Television, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Travel, Weddings
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Diane Ingram, Fantasia Fair, Geraldo Rivera, Holiday En Femme, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Renee Chevalier, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  151. Allison Charde Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Buckley, Christine, Charde, Allison, Ramsay, Grace
    Date: Feb. 15, 2017
    Topics: Butches, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Genderfluid identity, Homosexuality, Isolation, LGBTI community, Parents of transgender people, Sexuality, Social constructionism, Soft butches
    Subject: Grace Ramsay
    Description: Allison Charde shares her experience "under the trans umbrella" while growing up on Long Island attending Purchase University and presently in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Allison speaks about her rela...

  152. Aiden Simon Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Zavidow, Evan, Simon, Aiden
    Date: Aug. 16, 2017
    Topics: Artists, Coming out, Gender role, Military, Parents of transgender people, Photographers, Siblings, Social norms, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Aiden Simon
    Description: Aiden Simon, a Brooklyn-based visual artist, details a life spent moving among different spaces both geographically and in terms of community. He discusses his experiences living in various cities ...