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  1. Letter from Miss Renee to Rupert Raj (October 1, 1989)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Miss Renee
    Date: Oct. 1, 1989
    Topics: Gender roles, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender people
    Description: Letter from Miss Renee to Rupert Raj. Renee writes that she has created a service called "Miss Renee's Charm School," teaching transgender women how to embody a femme role and pass successfully.

  2. News Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A short note announcing the death of Frances Thompson.

  3. Under False Colors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: J.C.B.
    Date: Jul. 15, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Slavery, Transfemininity, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language, and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  4. The Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language.

  5. Weekly Register

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  6. Being Trans in the 1980s - Nightlife

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Petra
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clocking (Gender), Drag bars, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Passing (Gender), Pre-operative, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Combat Zone (Location)
    Description: This item contains Petra's reflections on nightlife as a trans woman in Boston in the '80s.

  7. Approved Pension File for Private Albert D. J. Cashier

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Department of the Interior
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressing, Military pensions, Passing (Gender), Soldiers, Transmasculine people, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Subject: Albert Cashier
    Description: A collection of documents (191 pages) issued by the Bureau of Pensions of the Department of the Interior regarding Albert Cashier, a soldier who fought in the American Civil War.

  8. Ethan Roberts Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Roberts, Ethan
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Cults, Faith, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Passing (Gender), Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: An interview with Ethan Roberts. Ethan Union Seminary where he is a chaplain intern for incarcerated transgender folks at Rosie’s on Rikers Island. He discusses his early religious trauma being a p...

  9. Cross-Talk: The Transgender Community News & Information Monthly, No. 59 (September, 1994)

     
    Collection: Cross-Talk: The Gender Community’s News & Information Monthly
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Richards, Kymberleigh
    Date: Sep. 1994
    Topics: Coming out, Crossdressing, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ visibility, Passing (Gender), Performance art, Third gender, Transgender community

  10. Cross-Talk: The Transgender Community News & Information Monthly, No. 67 (May, 1995)

     
    Collection: Cross-Talk: The Gender Community’s News & Information Monthly
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Richards, Kymberleigh
    Date: May 1995
    Topics: Crossdressing, Hormones, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ history, Passing (Gender), Transgender community, Transgender relationships, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Billy Tipton, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)

  11. Cross-Talk: The Transgender Community News & Information Monthly, No. 53 (March, 1994)

     
    Collection: Cross-Talk: The Gender Community’s News & Information Monthly
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Richards, Kymberleigh
    Date: Mar. 1994
    Topics: Coming out, Crossdressing, Medical care, Passing (Gender), Religion, Significant others, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Benjamin Standards of Care, Dee Farmer, Magnus Hirschfeld

  12. Cross-Talk: The Transgender Community News & Information Monthly, No. 57 (July, 1994)

     
    Collection: Cross-Talk: The Gender Community’s News & Information Monthly
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Richards, Kymberleigh
    Date: Jul. 1994
    Topics: Clothing, Gender expression, Lesbianism, Medical care, Passing (Gender), Solidarity, Transgender community, Transvestites

  13. Cross-Talk: The Transgender Community News & Information Monthly, No. 52 (February, 1994)

     
    Collection: Cross-Talk: The Gender Community’s News & Information Monthly
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Richards, Kymberleigh
    Date: Feb. 1994
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Gender expression, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity, Transgender community, Transsexual people

  14. Evening Star

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  15. Ku-Klux Outrages

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and violence.

  16. Arrest of a Notorious Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  17. Frances Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 14, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal summarizing an interview with Frances Thompson.

  18. Singular Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 21, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  19. Transgender Liberation

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie
    Date: Jun. 1992
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Anti-transgender violence, Butches, Criminalization, Gay movement, Gender expression, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mass media, Passing (Gender), Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transgender community
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Joan of Arc
    Description: A pamphlet written by Leslie Feinberg in 1992. In the pamphlet, Feinberg attempts to map the history of transgender people as well as the discrimination this community has faced through the years.

  20. Ledger Lines [4]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Passing (Gender), Trans women
    Description: Content warning: this item contains racist language.

  21. Frances Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 29, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  22. Interview with Gwendolyn Howard

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Howard, Gwendolyn
    Date: Mar. 30, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Mental disorders, Non-binary people, Passing (Gender), Queer youth, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender clergy, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: PFLAG, TGI Network of Rhode Island, Unitarian Universalist Association
    Description: An interview with Reverend Dr. Gwendolyn Howard. Reverend Dr. Howard is a transgender woman, Unitarian Universalist minister, social worker, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: com...

  23. Interview with Brian Belovitch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Belovitch, Brian
    Date: Aug. 29, 2021
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ victims of bullying, Passing (Gender), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Trans Figured: My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man
    Description: An interview with Brian Belovitch. Brian is a writer, playwright, performer and survivor of HIV. He identifies as a gay man of trans experience. Topics in order of discussion include: moving to Pro...

  24. Letter from Virginia Prince, April 25, 1980

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Prince, Virginia
    Date: Apr. 25, 1980
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender roles, Hormones, Medicalization, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Dallas Denny, How to Be a Woman Though Male, Vanderbilt Univeristy, Vanderbilt University Gender Clinic, Virginia Prince
    Description: Letter from Virginia Prince to Dallas Denny dated April 25, 1980. This is Prince's reply to a letter from Denny dated April 4, 1980. Prince opines on gender, sex, and sexuality and plugs her book, ...

  25. Letter to Virginia Prince, April 4, 1980

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Apr. 4, 1980
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender roles, Hormones, Medicalization, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Dallas Denny, George Bussey, Vanderbilt Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic, Vanderbilt Univeristy, Vanderbilt University Gender Clinic, Virginia Prince
    Description: Letter to Virginia Prince from Dallas Denny dated April 4, 1980. Denny expressed dissatisfaction with the Gender Clinic at Vanderbilt University and wrote to Prince for advice.

  26. Transvestia

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: 1984
    Topics: Crossdressing, Etiology, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people, Transsexualism, Transvestism

  27. Transvestia vol. 17 no. 101

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: 1979
    Topics: Crossdressing, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people, Transvestism, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Dee Raymond, Edward Swift, Gloria Heidi, Ideal Marriage, Janice Raymond, Splendora, The Transsexual Empire: the Making of the She-Male, Winning the Age Game

  28. Transvestia vol. 4 no. 28

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: circa Aug. 1964
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people

  29. Transvestia vol. 3 no. 14

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1962
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ Roman Catholics, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people
    Subject: Hose and Heels, Joan of Arc, Phi Pi Epsilon, The Femme Mirror

  30. Transvestia vol. 2 no.11

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1961
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people, Transvestism
    Subject: Chevalier D'eon Resort, Finnochio's

  31. Transvestia vol. 2 no. 10 Matte photograph version

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1961
    Topics: Crossdressing, Hair removal, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people

  32. Transvestia vol. 2 no. 10 Glossy photograph version

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1961
    Topics: Crossdressing, Hair removal, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people

  33. From Mars to Venus: An Introduction to Transsexualism and the Role of the Therapist

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Brush, Erin
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clocking (Gender), Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity disorder, LGBTQ+ historical terms, Passing (Gender), Post-operative, Pre-operative
    Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association
    Description: A guide created by Erin Brush for therapists with transsexual patients.

  34. Genderfuck is my boyfriend (polyamory is my girlfriend).

     
    Collection: Zines
    Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project
    Creator: Barley, Lee
    Date: 2010
    Topics: Cisgender people, Cissexual people, FtMs, Gender expression, Genderqueer people, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Polyamorous people, Polyamory, Transgender people
    Subject: Christy Road, Marsha P. Johnson, Pat Califia, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Susan Stryker, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A zine titled: "Genderfuck is my boyfriend (polyamory is my girlfriend)" created by Lee Barley. Explores polyamory, gender, and desire.

  35. Gender Constructs

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Assigned sex, Coming out, Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender affirming surgery, Intersex, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Reading (Gender), Sexual orientation, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
    Description: Includes definitions for gender and sexuality terms by the International Foundation for Gender Education.

  36. Insight Volume 6 Number 1 (Spring 1990)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas, McDowell, Jane
    Date: Spring 1990
    Topics: Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Amos Franklin, Scott Biddle
    Description: An issue of Insight from spring of 1990 that has articles about passing, being the parent of a transsexual child, an advice column, and how transsexual patients can be seen as unreliable by medical...

  37. Journal of a Transsexual

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie
    Date: Feb. 1980
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Femininities, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Hair, Harassment, Hormones, LGBTQ+ employment, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Misgendering, Passing (Gender), Police harassment, Public bathrooms, Sexual identity, Social norms, Transsexual people, Voice, Working class writings
    Subject: Bob McCubbin, Dorothy Ballan, Feminism and Marxism, In the Spirit of Stonewall, Leslie Feinberg, New Jersey Supreme Court, Robert Frost, The Gay Question: A Marxist Appraisal, The Road Not Taken, Workers World Newspaper, Workers World Party
    Description: A short theoretical piece in the form of a memoir by Leslie Feinberg, published in 1980. This work was Feinberg's first public attempt to put forward a political stance on trans liberation outside ...

  38. A Field Guide to Persons in the Transgendered Gay Community

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Oct. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Passing (Gender), Post-operative, Pre-operative, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Description: Originally published in "The News" Volume 7 Number 8. Dallas Denny describes the differences in people who identify as transsexual, crossdressers, and drag queens and how they vary in gender expres...

  39. Living a Truth

     
    Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Maroney, Terry A.
    Date: May 1, 1994
    Topics: Passing (Gender), Transgender victims of hate crimes, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Brandon Teena, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
    Description: Terry A. Maroney responds to how his views were framed in a previous publication. Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as the...

  40. FTMi Newsletter #51

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Manley, Dion, Altrows, Dale, Michiko, Bailey, Levine, Joel, Shafer, Leah, Tanis, Justin, Rachlin, Katherine, Carter, Eric, Spade, Dean, Boots, Chris, Wilder, Marty, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Spring 2002
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Bisexual people, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ films, Passing (Gender), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender artists
    Subject: Androgel, Ben Singer, Eric Carter, FTM International, GLAAD Media Awards, Hiromasa Ando, Jamison Green, Kantaras v. Kantaras, Kit Rachlin, Leah Schaefer, Trans Unity 2000 of Los Angeles, Transgender Law Project
    Description: Issue #51 of FTM International published Spring 2002. This issue features a letter from the FTMI president; a statement from the cover artist; an article about returning to work post-medical transi...

  41. FTM Newsletter #33

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Green, Jamison, Wilchins, Riki Anne, Rosenthal, Jed (Bee), Powers, Blake, Daniels, Loree Cook, Bowen, Gary
    Date: Jan. 1996
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), Passing (Gender), Trans men, Trans women
    Subject: Alan Hart, Candice Brown, Female Misbehavior, Financial Report, FTM Conference 1995, FTM International, FTM Newsletter, HBO, Jamison Green, Jason Cromwell, Joshua Gilbert, Kaz Suzat, Ken Morris, Lou Sullivan, Membership, Monika Treut, Oregon Citizens Alliance, Oregon Right to Privacy, Press For Change, Talk shows, The Blank Point: What Is Transsexualism?, Transgender Liberation Coalition (TLC), Transsexual News Telegraph, Under Construction, USA Today, What Sex Am I?, Xiao-Yen Wang
    Description: Issue #33 of FTM International published in January 1996. Includes an article on conceptions of masculinity and femininity and their relation to passing and "realness"; an article on the future of ...

  42. FTM Newsletter #15

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1991
    Topics: Bisexuality, Bottom surgery, Crossdressers, FtMs, Gay community, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Lesbians, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medical care, Passing (Gender), Testosterone, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Barry Maletzky, Beit Haverim, Beverly Gable, Biography of Jack B. Garland, Brian Maier, Brooke Shields, Centre Christe Liberation, Elija Allen Wallach, Gay Historical Society, Gender Transient Affinity, Get-Together, Guy Bondar, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, Jean Van Aarle, John Garrigues, Joni Eveling Israel, Juristes Gays, Lesbian and Gay Chr. Movement, LKG TenT, Louis Sullivan, Mannengroep Nederland, Maxwell Anderson, Merle Knight, Neptune Society Columbarium, Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon Health Services University, Pasteur Joseph Douce, Sandy Bernstein, SOS Sexisme, Stanley Biber, Steve Dain, Sybil Holiday, T. Flores, The Gender Alternative League, The San Francisco Cronicle, Toby Meltzer, Transsexual Seminar Program, William A. Henkin
    Description: Issue #15 of FTM International published in April 1991. This issue includes an article about Lou Sullivan's funeral, multiple letters from readers in honor of Lou, and discussions of the cost of ge...

  43. FTM Newsletter #9

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1989
    Topics: Binding (Chest), Crossdressers, FtMs, Passing (Gender), Testosterone, Trans men, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Adam's Word, Americans with Disabilities Act, Berne (Betty) Lewis, Billy Tipton, Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, Chez Mollet Resturant, Claremont Counseling Center, Dan Riley, Eli Coleman, Emmon, Fair Housing Act, FTM Get-Together, Gay Comix, Gay Freedom Day Parade, Gender Dysphoria Trust, Gender Minority Program, Harry Beard, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Human Resources Committee, International Symposium on Gender Dysphoria, J. Jordan, Jean van Aarle, Jesse Helms, Joe Clark, Joni Israel, K. Hollinger, Lin Fraser, Majorie deMuynck, Michael Jackson, Partners in Process, Paul A. Walker, Roxanne Cherry, Rupert Raj, Sheila Kirk, Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Stonewall Inn, Stonewall Rebellion, Sybil Holiday, The Adam Society, Walter Bockting, William A. Henkin, William Armstrong
    Description: Issue #9 of FTM International published in September 1989. Includes several open letters, a recap of the tenth FTM Get-Together, and a trans comic.

  44. How To Tell a Lesbian from a Drag Queen at 40 Paces

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Henry, Nancy
    Date: Jan. 18, 1986
    Topics: Drag queens, Hair removal, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transitioning status
    Subject: Gay Community News, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A humorous article dictating how to identify a drag queen, heavily reliant on stereotypes. Originally published on page 7 of volume 13, number 26 of Gay Community News.

  45. Becoming a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Hircus, Capra
    Date: Jan. 3, 1976
    Topics: Clothing, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Hair removal, Hormone therapy (Gender), Identification cards, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transitioning status, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, Home Savings Bank
    Description: An overview of medical, social, and legal transition for an MtF trans person, presenting different options and how much they cost or how difficult they are to obtain. Originally published on page 9...

  46. A kinder and gentler festival?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Burkholder, Nancy
    Date: Sep. 1, 1991
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Cisgender women, Lesbian culture, MtFs, Music festivals, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's music festivals, Womyn
    Subject: Barbara Price, Gay Community News, Lisa Vogel, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Two Nice Girls
    Description: An article by Nancy Burkholder, a woman who was thrown out of a Women's Music Festival on suspicion of being transsexual. Burkholder criticizes this decision eloquently. Originally published on pag...

  47. A Dictionary of Gender Identity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bonnell, Charles
    Date: Sep. 20, 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, Eroticism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Medicalization, Passing (Gender), Scientific literature, Sex cinemas, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Gay Community News, The Queen's Vernacular
    Description: A short article in volume 3, issue 12 of Gay Community News, providing definitions for terms used by the gender noncomforming community in the 70s. Originally printed on page 17.

  48. Ladyboy Gigi Raven Wilbur Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Wilbur, Ladyboy Gigi Raven
    Date: Jun. 1, 2017
    Topics: Androgyny, BDSM, BDSM community, Bisexual literature, Bisexual movement, Bisexual people, Catharsis, Christianity, Exorcism, Femininities, Gay pride, Intersex genital mutilation, Intersex identity, Intersex people, Learning disabilities, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ suicide, Medicalization, Paganism, Passing (Gender), Radio programs, Sex education, Sexual freedom, Switches (Sex), Tantric sex
    Subject: After Hours: Queer Radio with Attitude, Aphrodite's Temple, BiNet USA, Carol Queen, Celebrate Bisexuality Day, Doc Duhon, Exhibitionism for the Shy, Fritz Klein, Jay, Kinsey Scale, Klein Sexual Orientation Grid, Ladyboy Gigi Raven Wilbur, Michael Page, Real Live Nude Girl, Sex Out Loud, The Dominant's Handbook: An Intimate Guide to BDSM, The Leather Daddy and the Femme, Tristan Taormino, Wendy Curry, Westheimer Art Festival
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Ladyboy Gigi Raven Wilbur conducted by Mason Funk on June 1, 2017 in Huston TX. During college, Gigi finally understood that she was intersex. Armed with this new knowledge,...

  49. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement
    Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women...

  50. Crossing Sexual Borders

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Avicolli, Tommi
    Date: Sep. 1, 1974
    Topics: Bi+ people, Black transgender people, Bottom surgery, Drag queens, Feminists, Gender expression, Gender roles, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual roles, Stonewall riots, Transsexualism, Transvestism, White transgender people
    Subject: Cybil Shepherd, Dr. Burou, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Activists Alliance/Philadelphia, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe
    Description: Clipping from pages 4-6 and 26-28 of The Gay Alternative, issue 8, published on September 1 1974.

  51. English 'Queen' Jailed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Mosley, Leonard O.
    Date: Jan. 4, 1932
    Topics: Crossdressing, Law, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Augustine Joesph Hull, George Burrows, Justice Talbot, Norma Jackson
    Description: First page only of article published in Brevities: America's First National Tabloid Weekly, Vol. III, No. 10 on January 4, 1932.

  52. Charlotte McLeod Interview Transcript

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Stryker, Susan
    Date: Aug. 22, 2002
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Marriage, Parenting, Passing (Gender), Social movements, Soldiers, Transgender identity, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christian Hamburger, Christine Jorgensen, Donald Laub, Dora Richter, Dorothy Kilgallen, Elmer Bell, Elsie Monroe, Harry Benjamin, Hirschfield Institute, Lili Elbe, Ralph Heidal, Stanford Gender Identity Clinic, Yvonne DeCarlo

  53. Betrayed By His Beard

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 26, 1895
    Topics: Clothing, Essentialism, Femininities, Indians of North America, MtFs, Native american religions, Passing (Gender), Priests, Role behavior, Transgender people, Tribe (The English word)
    Subject: Quatalno Tribe, Sackett, Saghalle Tyhee

  54. [Scrapbook #4]

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Femininities, Passing (Gender), Photographs, Police, Suicide, Transsexual people
    Subject: Addie Adams, Avery, Gene, Baby Martell, Billy Daye, Bob Holloway, Bob Lake, Bobbie Lindie, Bobbie Paris, Burt Hurley, Carol Ann B., Chickie Ramos, Chunga Ochoa, Claude Andre, Coccinelle, Cora Delly, Coroner Frank Hightower, Dale Roberts, Dany Dan, Dick Simmons, Doddi Daniels, Dore D'Ar, Dori D'or, Dorian Tracey, Edith Eden, Edith Susanna, Francis Bonnet, Frankie Bennett, Freddy Figuora, G.G. Allen, Gay Dawn, Gene Avery, Geoffrey Raphael, Gigi Laurence, Ginger James, Jackie Jackson, James Senn, James Tai, Jan Britton, Jan Richards, Jean Jobna, Jennifer Cameron, Jerry Stuart, Jo Rosemary, Joe Helm, Kathleen Johnson, Kenneth Johnson, Kiki Moustic, Kim August, Kim Russell, Kim Simmons, Laurie Allen, Les-Lee, Lynn Roberts, Lynne Roberts, Maitland Lincoln, Marie-Galante, Marilyn Laner, Marnny Garcia, Martin Hughes, Mel Thomas, Michele Manners, Mickey Marlow, Nicole Turcotte, Pat Dares, Phyllis Lane, Rae Gordon, Ricki Raymond, Rita Del Oro, Rita Riva, Robery Weist, Robin Ashton-Rose, Ronnie Morales, Ruby Kay, Sharon Blakely, Stella Charlotte, T. Y. Bennett, Terry Allen, Terry Noel, Thomas Lee, Tina Marsh, Tom Harbin, Toni Monroe, Valerie Kaye, Vici Vogue, Vouge, Viki, William Brierley, Zambella

  55. Sex-change operations have place in medicine

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Saltus, Richard
    Date: Oct. 4, 1974
    Topics: Gender, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Passing (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: John Hoopes, Jon Meyer, Norman Fisk, Renee Richards

  56. Transcare, Iss. 21 (December, 1990)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Neil, Leone
    Date: Dec. 1990
    Topics: Appearance, Biology, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Heterosexuality, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, Human rights, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual practices, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Aids Foundation, Bill of Rights, Jewels Darl, Treaty of Waitangi

  57. Panel on Gender-Nonconforming People and AIDS

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Sullivan, Lou, Taylor, Janet, Olsen, Mark
    Date: 1989
    Topics: AIDS activists, Alcoholism, Appearance, Body image, Child abuse, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Intersex people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Oral sex, Orgasm, Passing (Gender), Penis, Recognition (Philosophy), Safe sex in AIDS prevention, Sexual practices, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Therapies, Transgender people, Writers
    Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association

  58. Scrap Heap

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Cabaret, Childhood, Children of transgender people, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Family members, Fatherhood, Femininities, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Hard drugs, Hormone therapy, Marriage, Masculinities, Methodism, Military, Motherhood, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Police raids, Prisons, Sex education, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Upbringing
    Subject: Acers O'Reilly, Bambi Pruvot, Barney Conners, Billie Devoe, Billie Herraro, Bobbe Drake, Bobbie Johnson, Bobby Raye, Carmen Navarro, Carol Anne Masters, Charles Becker, Charles McLeod, Charlotte Heidal, Chickie Rouchez, Christine Jorgensen, Chunga Ochoa, Claude Andrea, Coccinelle, Dale Leslie, Dale Roberts, Dave Warner, Del Le Roy, Don Miles, Dori D'or, Fran Novak, Gaby Delane, Gambi, Gene Chandler, George Burns, Georgina Turtle, Giorgio Montana O'Brien, Guilda, Harry Weber, Harvey Lee, Howard Knox, Jack Benny, Jackie Gordon, Jackie Hayes, Jackie Maye, James Courtland, Jan Britton, Jene Korday, Joe Pheasant, John Marsh, Johnny Mangum, Jon Jay, Kara Montez, Katy Jurado, Keith O'Neil, Keni Blair, Keni Renard, Kenneth Lynn, Laurie Knight, Laverne Baker, Le Belle Bambi, Leon Le Verde, Leslie Parker, Lestra La Monte, Leverne Cummings, Libby Reynolds, Lucrece, Lynne Carter, Mae West, Marcella, Mario Costello, Mei Lanfang, Miss Harvey, Mr. Ricky Renee, New York Civil Liberties Union, Nicki Gallucci, Phil Black, Poppy Lane, Poppy Smith, Ramonita Vargas, Ray Bourbon, Rene Saintrapt, Ricki Raymonde, Roberta Elizabeth Cowell, Sandy Rogers, Shalimar, Tamara Reese, Tanya Del Ray, Teddy Tutt, Tod Allen, Tommy Hendrix, Tony Midnite, Vernon Hoff, Vickie Lynn, Wanda Pierys, Zambella, Zuidema

  59. Robbi Ann Mecus Oral Hisory

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Mecus, Robbi Ann
    Date: Aug. 23, 2019
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Crossdressing, Disabilities, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Forest rangers, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gentrification, Health care, Homophobia, Internalized homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Machismo, Masculinities, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Secrecy, Sexism, Siblings, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Visibility
    Subject: 2017 Women's March, Bizarre Bushwick, Donald Trump, Kate Bornstein, Renee Richards, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Second Serve, Stonewall, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), Trans Day of Action
    Description: In this interview, Robbi Ann Mecus describes her journey from growing up with her family, experiencing gender dysphoria in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, to living as her ...

  60. Interview with Aria Said

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Said, Aria
    Date: Jun. 6, 2017
    Topics: Adopted children, African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Catholic Church--Education, Drag queens, Film, Foster parents, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Imprisonment, Language, Mental health, MtFs, NGOs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Self-acceptance, Serial killings, Sexuality, Social media, Therapies, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visibility
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Isis King, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sojurner Truth Leadership Circle Fellowship for Transformational Leadership, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, TGI Justice Project
    Description: Aria Said identifies as a black heterosexual transsexual female or trans woman, and she was assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon as well as Beaverton, Oregon, which i...

  61. Eddie Jarel Jones Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Jones, Eddie Jarel
    Date: May 29, 2019
    Topics: African American universities and colleges, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Heterosexism, Homophobia, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Racism, Self-image, Social media, Telecommunication, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transphobia, Visibility, Women's colleges
    Subject: Bathroom Act, BlackTransTV, Jussie Smollett, King Children, Lincoln University, MOBIfest, Morehouse College, Philly Fashion Week, Pose, Sean Torrington, Slay TV, SLAYFEST, SpeakOut, Spelman College, Terry Torrington, The Phluid Project, World Pride 2019
    Description: Eddie Jarel Jones is a Cleveland, Ohio native and current social influencer, media personality, producer, Emcee, and model. They reflect on the experience of attending a Historically Black College ...

  62. Interview with Andre Reed

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Reed, Andre
    Date: Sep. 6, 2017
    Topics: Adoption, African American transgender people, Appearance, Children of military personnel, Clothing, Drag, Employment discrimination, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Homophobia, Identification cards, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Men, Black, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Racism, Religions, Sexism, Sports, Transgender prostitutes, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility
    Description: Andre Reed identifies as a trans male and was assigned female at birth. He was born in Indiana. His dad was stationed in Georgia at Fort Benning where he lived. His father was later stationed in Ge...

  63. 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...

  64. Interview With Paulina Angel

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Angel, Paulina
    Date: Dec. 8, 2016
    Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, Linguistics, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Online social networks, Passing (Gender), Politics, Pronoun, Role behavior, Self medication, Self-acceptance, Social advocacy, Social movements, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources
    Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman and musician originally from Indio, CA. Angel is an activist and organizer who has done work for multiple organizations including the Student Senate for Cali...

  65. Interview with Ameriah Neal

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Neal, Ameirah
    Date: Dec. 1, 2016
    Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Child abuse, Colleges, Discrimination, Division, Drug abuse, Employment policies, Etymology, Families, Femininities, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Intersectionality (Sociology), Language, Passing (Gender), Politics, Prejudices, Race relations, Sexual orientation, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM)
    Description: Ameirah Neal is a 27 years old straight transgender woman of color who was assigned male at birth. She grew up on the southeast side of Washington, D.C. She realized from the young age of 5 that sh...

  66. Interview with Renan (Ashley) Sapalaran

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sapalaran, Renan
    Date: May 16, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Anti-transgender violence, Appearance, Bathrooms, Catholic schools, Celebrities, Christianity, Church--Unity, Colorism, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Identity, Immigration, Katoeys, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Linguistics, Occupations, Passing (Gender), Politicians, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychiatrists, Same-sex marriage, Self-acceptance, Skin--Bleaching, Social advocacy, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender people, Translations, Visas
    Subject: Barack Obama, Laverne Cox
    Description: Renan (Ashlee) Sapalaran identifies as female and was assigned male at birth. She is from the Philippines. Her father is a policeman and has always been supportive of her transition. She struggled ...

  67. Interview with Gaebriel Lyrek

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

  68. Interview with Maxwell Poessnecker

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Poessnecker, Maxwell
    Date: Jul. 6, 2017
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Lesbian identity, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Separation, Sexual orientation, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Queer for Career
    Description: Maxwell Poessnecker is a 26-year-old queer trans masculine guy who was assigned female at birth. They use they/them pronouns, but predominately also use he/him pronouns depending on the space they ...

  69. Interview with Rebecca Kling

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Kling, Rebecca
    Date: Jan. 25, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormones, LGBTQ+ partners, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Surgery, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Creating Change, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference
    Description: Rebecca Kling identifies as a white woman and sometimes as a trans woman. She was assigned male at birth. She grew up on the north side of Chicago, Illinois in the 1990s and has an older brother. S...

  70. Interview with finn schneider

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: schneider, finn
    Date: Aug. 4, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Body image, Change of name, Clothing, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Educational institutions, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Jews, Marriage, Masculinities, Mental health, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Universities
    Description: finn schneider identifies as a white transgender queer, non-binary, and trans masculine. They were 32 at the time of the interview. They were assigned female at birth. They are of German heritage a...

  71. The Ingersoll Message, Vol. 2 No. 2 (April, 1996)

     
    Collection: The Ingersoll Message
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Butler, Pat
    Date: Apr. 1996
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Biology, Body, Essentialism, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Law, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Transgender people
    Subject: 2nd International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy, Health Law Standards of Care for Transsexualism

  72. The Ingersoll Message, Vol. 1 No. 12 (February, 1996)

     
    Collection: The Ingersoll Message
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Butler, Pat
    Date: Feb. 1996
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Families, Gatherings, Gender, Passing (Gender), Transgender people

  73. Femme Mirror

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Appearance, Childhood, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Fashion, Femininities, Gender, Heterosexuality, LGBTQ+ newspapers, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Public facilities, Public relations, Religions, Society
    Subject: Chi Delta Mu, Julian Eltinge, Tootsie, Transvestia, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  74. Interview with Faye Seidler

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Seidler, Faye
    Date: Oct. 15, 2016
    Topics: AIDS education, Assigned gender, Bullying, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormones, Hospitals, Insurance, Isolation, Legal name, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Polyamory, Puberty, Sexuality, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Working class, Writers
    Subject: Grey Ace Trans Woman, The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference
    Description: Faye Seidler identifies as a gray ace transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. She mostly grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and in many other towns within North Dakota. She was bullied in sch...

  75. Interview with Jess Dugan

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Dugan, Jess
    Date: Jan. 22, 2016
    Topics: Appearance, Arts, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Dating, Divorce, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Puberty, Self-acceptance
    Subject: Dykes to Watch Out For, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Transcending Boundaries, True Spirit
    Description: Jess Dugan identifies as genderqueer and gender variant and was assigned female at birth. Her parents divorced when she was 7 after her mom came out as a lesbian. She grew up in Little Rock, Arkans...

  76. Interview with Gradylee Shapiro

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Shapiro, Gradylee
    Date: Jan. 17, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Baldness, Bisexuality, Bullying, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Dating, Death and dying, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Mental disorders, Ovariectomy, Passing (Gender), Poor, Schools, Soft butches, Swindlers and swindling, Testosterone, Transitioning (Gender), Violence
    Subject: District 202, Ethan Laubach, Gender Blur, GLBT Youth Organization, Prism
    Description: Gradylee Shapiro identifies as a butch and was assigned female at birth. They did not specify preferred pronouns in their interview so the gender-neutral terms, they/them, are used throughout this ...

  77. The Femme Mirror, Vol. 23 Iss. 1 (Spring, 1998)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Spring 1998
    Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender, Heterosexuals, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Religions, Schools, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Be All You Want to Be, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Jim Bridges, S.P.I.C.E, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  78. Femme Mirror

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Heterosexuals, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Schools, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  79. 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

  80. Interview with Hannah Stein

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

  81. Girl Talk, Vol. 12 No. 11 (October, 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Oct. 1997
    Topics: Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Passing (Gender), Psychology, Self-image, Surgery, Transgender people
    Subject: Powder Puffs of California

  82. Interview Olivia Hnlicka

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hnlicka, Olivia
    Date: Jan. 14, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Beauty standards, Butches, Capitalism, Cisgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Femmes, Gay community, Gender identity, Hair, Hair--Removal, Heterosexuality, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Masculinities, Medicalisation, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Religions, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Soft butches, Suburbs, Suicide, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, White people
    Subject: About Face Youth Theatre, Annoyance Theatre, Bear Culture, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Coed Prison Sluts, Crusty Girl, Vogue Magazine
    Description: Olivia Hnilicka identifies as a white queer transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. Her mother was an elementary school teacher before she had her and her five brothers. She was born in R...

  83. Femme Mirror, Vol. 4 No. 5 (October, 1979)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Oct. 1979
    Topics: Appearance, Biology, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Fetishism, Gender role, Heterosexuals, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Prejudices, Support groups, Transgender people

  84. Femme Mirror, Vol. 4 No. 4 (August, 1979)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Aug. 1979
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Communities, Crossdressers, Femininities, Gender role, Heterosexuals, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Support groups

  85. The Femme Mirror, Vol. 23 Iss. 2 (Summer, 1998)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Summer 1998
    Topics: Body image, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Hate crimes, LGBTQ+ radio, Passing (Gender), Religions, Violence
    Subject: Gina Lanace, Holiday At Sea, It's Time America, Jim Bridges, Rachel Miller
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.

  86. Femme Mirror, Vol. 24 No. 4 (Winter, 1999)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Winter 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, Eating disorders, Help lines, Hormones, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Prejudices, Religions, Self-image, Support groups
    Subject: Holiday En Femme, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), S.P.I.C.E, Tau Chi Chapter, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  87. The Femme Mirror, Vol. 24 Iss. 2 (Summer, 1999)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Summer 1999
    Topics: Age, Beauty standards, Birth certificates, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gender, Hate crimes, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ partners, Married people, Passing (Gender), Politics, Self-acceptance, Self-image, Therapies
    Subject: Ann Landers, Elizabeth Saige Lake, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Florida University International, Holiday En Femme, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Micheline Montreuil, PFLAG, S.P.I.C.E, The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, Trasngender Community News, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  88. Interview with Ty Yule

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

  89. Interview with T. Aaron Hans

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

  90. Girl Talk, Vol. 13 No. 8 (August, 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Aug. 1998
    Topics: Acceptance, Communities, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, LGBTQ+ partners, Passing (Gender), Support groups, Transgender people, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: California Dreamin', Powder Puffs of California, Tapestry Magazine

  91. 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...

  92. Interview with Damion Mendez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mendez, Damion
    Date: Jun. 17, 2017
    Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Bullying, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gay men, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, Latinos, Lesbians, Masculinities, Medicalisation, Men, Passing (Gender), Racism, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Barack Obama, Family Tree Clinic, Human Sexuality Program, Janet Byrstrom, Jendeen Forberg, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Mondo Queer Beach Party, Pamela Anderson, Prince, Pulse Night Club, Roxanne Anderson
    Description: Damion Mendez is a Latino trans masculine identified person who mostly grew up in St. Paul, MN. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with transracial adoption, his early realizations of ...

  93. Interview with Donna Ewing part 2

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ewing, Dona
    Date: May 1, 2017
    Topics: AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Anti-racism, Assigned gender, Biology, Cannabis, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Drag queens, Drug traffic, Electrolysis, Entertainers, Ethnicity, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, Intersex people, Investments, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual practices, Strippers, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Copper Squirrel, Donald Hastings, G.I. Act, Laverne Cox
    Description: Donna Ewing is a trans woman assigned male at birth. She was 84 years old at the time of the interview. She traveled a lot and lived a reckless life, she explains. She’s been to Holland, England, C...

  94. Interview with Meredeth Vezina

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Vezina, Meredith
    Date: Jan. 13, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Baseball, Cheerleaders, Contraception, Cosmetics, Divorce, Drag queens, Endocrinology, Femininities, Football, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Shame, Sports, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Wars
    Subject: Cuyamaca Woods, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michele Bachmann, National Organization for Women (NOW), Silvia Rivera, Stonewall 25, Tracy O'Brien, Traditions Military Video Business, Trans Elders, Trans Narratives, University of California San Diego, University of California San Diego Gender Program, University of Vermont, Vietnam War Veteran Interviews
    Description: Meredith Vezina identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She lived in Berlin, New Hampshire until she moved to Long Island, New York when she was 7. She has two much younger sist...

  95. Interview with Geena Rocero

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Rocero, Geena
    Date: Nov. 16, 2016
    Topics: Anthropology, Assigned gender, Bullying, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Femininities, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, Racism, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Sexual harassment, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Asian Pacific Wellness Center, Babaylan, Bakla, Beutiful as I Want to Be, Caitlyn Jenner, Ferdinand Magellan, Gender Proud, Janet Mock, Jazz Jennings, Jeffrey Caliendo, Lauren Foster, Mahu, Papuan
    Description: Geena Rocero was raised in the Philippines and grew up poor in a small neighborhood in the metro city of Makati with three siblings and her parents. Realizing she identified as a girl at 4 or 5 yea...

  96. Girl Talk, Vol. 11 No. 12 (December, 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Dec. 1996
    Topics: Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Emotions, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Skin--Care and hygiene, Tolerance, Transgender people
    Subject: AEGIS, Annabelle Valencia, California Unity Conference, Guidelines for Transgender Care, HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, Kathy Helms, Marilyn vos Savant, Passing Perfect, Pathfinders, The Boston Globe, Transgender Tapestry

  97. Girl Talk, Vol. 9 No. 9 (September, 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Sep. 1996
    Topics: Children of transgender people, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Fashion, Femininities, Gatherings, LGBTQ+ parents, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Transgender people
    Subject: California Dreamin', Classic Curves, Clinique, GenderPAC, Goddess Corsetry, Judy's Hair Design, Lydia's T.V. Fashion, Mary Kay Makeup, Melody Products, Parklane Jewlery, The Pathfinders, Unity '97 S.O. Program, World of Wings

  98. Girl Talk, Vol. 11 No. 4 (April, 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Apr. 1996
    Topics: Acne, AIDS activists, Androgyny, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Dance, Donations, Fashion, Femininities, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Politics, Surgery, Wigs
    Subject: Bob Dornan, California Dreamin', Chic, Classic Curves, Cross-Talk, David Letterman, Diane Drake, Espy Lopez, Gender Kinetics, Jimmy Utt, John Birch Society, John Schmitz, Orpheus Descending, P.M. Publisher, Press-Enterprise, Renova, Retin-A, San Francisco Examiner, Tommie Shaw

  99. Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Chilko, Dominic Giovon
    Date: Jun. 2, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Assigned gender, Children, Corrective rape, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made
    Description: Dominic Giovon Chilko identifies as a biracial straight trans man and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and was adopted as a baby by his parents. Around the age of 7...

  100. 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...