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  1. Lana Lawless

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Lawless, Lana, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Jun. 25, 2012
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Golf, Parents of transgender people, Police, Trans women, Transgender athletes, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Lana Lawless
    Description: An interview conducted by Gareth Watkins of PrideNZ in which Lana Lawless discusses her gender identity, working as a police officer in a SWAT unit, transitioning, and becoming the first profession...
  2. Yanté Turner

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 24, 2024
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black transgender people, Coming out, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Racism, Trans men
    Subject: Yanté Turner
    Description: An interview with Yanté Turner. Yanté Turner is a transgender man who started Sun-seeker MKE Collective, which is a Black- and trans-led abolitionist organization that focuses on safety and Black l...
  3. Syd Robbie

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 17, 2022
    Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS activists, AIDS organizations, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Theater, Trans men
    Subject: Syd Robbie
    Description: An interview with Syd Robbie. Syd Robbie is a transgender man who works for the state of Wisconsin in their HIV prevention department as the prevention coordinator. In the interview, Robbie discuss...
  4. Ricardo Wynn

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 24, 2024
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, AIDS activists, Ball culture, Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Racism
    Subject: House of Mizrahi, Ricardo Wynn
    Description: An interview with Ricardo Wynn. Ricardo Wynn is known as TeeTee Mizrahi, mother of the House of Mizrahi, Milwaukee chapter. In the interview, Wynn discusses his identity, his experiences of racism,...
  5. Marie Kelly

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 3, 2022
    Topics: African American transgender people, Ballroom families, Black transgender people, Coming out, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender rights
    Description: An interview with Marie Kelly. Marie Kelly is a transgender woman who was born in Chicago but moved to Milwaukee in 1997. In the interview, Kelly discusses coming out, her love of music, and her wo...
  6. Janice Toy

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 11, 2022
    Topics: African American transgender people, Ballroom families, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Janice Toy
    Description: An interview with Janice Toy. Janice Toy is a transgender woman and the mother of the House of History. In the interview, Toy discusses the LGBTQ community, reflects on her transition and coming ou...
  7. Tyra Neal

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 25, 2024
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender rights
    Subject: Tyra Neal
    Description: An interview with Tyra Neal. Tyra Neal is a transgender woman and the first trans person in the state of Wisconsin to legally change her name. In the interview, Neal discusses this process, her wor...
  8. Dynasty Scott

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 22, 2022
    Topics: African American transgender people, Ball culture, Ballroom families, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women
    Subject: Dynasty Scott, House of History
    Description: An interview with Dynasty Scott. Dynasty Scott is a transgender woman who is a legend for winning pageants, crowns and state titles. In the interview, Scott discusses her transition, coming out, a...
  9. Elle Halo

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 24, 2024
    Topics: African American transgender people, Ballroom families, Black transgender people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender rights
    Subject: Elle Halo, House of History, SHEBA
    Description: An interview with Elle Halo. Elle Halo is a transgender woman who is a trans activist in Milwaukee. In the interview, Halo discusses her mother's influence on her and her work with multiple activis...
  10. Montell Infiniti Ross

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 24, 2024
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, AIDS activists, Ballroom families, Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ activism
    Subject: House of Infiniti, Montell Infiniti Ross
    Description: An interview with Montell Infiniti Ross. Montell Infiniti Ross is a male drag performer who works as an advocate for LGBTQ rights. In the interview, Ross discusses the creation of the House of Infi...
  11. Monei Evans

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 23, 2024
    Topics: African American transgender people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Subject: House of History, Monei Evans, SHEBA
    Description: An interview with Monei Evans. Monei Evans is a transgender woman who works as an advocate for transgender rights. In the interview, Evans discusses her transition from being a sex worker to a peer...
  12. Sophia Margeaux Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Margeaux, Sophia, Bliss, Tom
    Date: Mar. 18, 2022
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Bigender people, Crossdressing, Epilepsy, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ unhoused people
    Subject: Jon Winegarner, Sophia Margeaux
    Description: Sophia Margeaux was born Jon Winegarner in Hettinger, North Dakota in 1953 (Sophia continues to use both names in different contexts and uses he/she/they pronouns). After high school, Sophia moved ...
  13. Renee Imperato Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Imperato, Renee, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Jan. 23, 2021
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ veterans, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Racism against Black people, Sex work, Transfeminine people, Transgender disabled people, Transgender political activists, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: 220 Club, House of Sally, Leslie Feinberg, Paris Is Burning, SAGE Advisory Council, World Worker's Party
    Description: Renee Imperato was born on May 8, 1948 in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. Renee describes the first 30 some years of life as living as an “unconscious male impersonator.” Renee fought in ...
  14. Monica Helms Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Helms, Monica, MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Nov. 5, 2021
    Topics: Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender political activists
    Subject: It’s Time Arizona, TransAction, Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA)
    Description: Monica Helms was born on March 8, 1951, in Sumter, South Carolina. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1978. In 1997, Monica underwent the process of transitioning and reapplied to the Phoenix...
  15. Beth Elliott Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Elliott, Beth, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 12, 2021
    Topics: Gender dysphoria in youth, Lesbian separatism, LGBTQ+ musicians, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Beth Elliott, Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)
    Description: Beth Elliott was born on November 26, 1950 in Vallejo, California. Sometime during her teen years, Beth experienced what she calls her first goddess vision: looking down at her chest, and seeing br...