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10th National Convention "Minnesota Pride '96" Awards Banquet
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Date: 1996 Topics: Activists, Awards, Transgender community Subject: Alison Laing, American Airlines, Bob Baker, Dolores Fridge, Eve Burchert, Jane Fee, Jean Marie Stine, Jennifer Brown, Joan Sheldon, Michelle Martin, Sandra S. Cole, Sheila Kirk, Virginia Prince, Virginia Prince Award -
1st Sex Change Surgery Done At Minnesota
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AMUSEMENTS.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 19, 1892 Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Florence Hines, The St. Paul Globe Description: A clipping from "The Saint Paul Globe" titled: "AMUSEMENTS," discussing a performance by Florence Hines. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Andrea Jenkins Papers, 2005-17
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender poetry, Transgender political activists Subject: Andrea Jenkins, Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Centre, Elizabeth Glidden, One Minneapolis, One Read, Robert Liligreen, Seward Co-op Friendship Store, Trans*Equity Summit Description: This collection documents politician, writer, and activist Andrea Jenkins' activities within the City of Minneapolis, including her fight for the rights of LGBT people and racial minorities. -
Appendix A: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: United States Congress, Frye, Phyllis Randolph, Kerin, Karen, Minnesota State Legislature Date: Aug. 1994 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Direct action, Drag community, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ movement, Oppression, Sexual orientation, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transgender movement Subject: 1993 March on Washington, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation Description: Contains the platform of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, the full text of ENDA with transgender amendments, letters by Kerin and Frye about transge... -
Appendix F: Insuranace and the Resimbursement of Transgender Health Care
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Middleton, Lisa Janet Date: Aug. 1994 Topics: DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Medical laws and legislation, Supreme court, Transgender people Subject: Barneet v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Boland v. King County Medical Blue Shield, Cowan v. Meyers, Doe v. State of Minnesota, DSM-IV, G.B. v. Lackner, HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Jacob v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon, Johnson v. District 2 Marine Engineers, Jones v. Laborers Health & Welfare Fund, Pinneke v. Preisser, Rush v. Johnson, Rush v. Parham -
Brothers Made Sisters In Rare Sex Operation
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Brothers Now Sisters And Living In 'Torment' Ends
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Celebration! The Daily Newsletter of Minnesota Pride '96
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Date: 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Awards, Conferences, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Workshops Subject: EuroFantasia, Gloria Fredericks, Imperial Soverign Court of the Ice Castle, Jennifer Richards, Leslie Feinberg, Lori Dokken, Melinda Paras, Mid-America Gender Group Information Exchange (MAGGIE), Patricia Winn, Sheila Kirk, Star Trek, Transgender Warriors: A History of Resistance from Joan of Arc to RuPaul, Trinity Award, Virginia Prince, Walter Bockting, Winslow Street Fund -
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 -
City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC) Records and Publications, 1986-2005
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: Sep. 29, 2016 Topics: Organisations, Transgender people Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Jane Fee, Walter O. Bockting Description: The City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC) Records and Publications comprises assorted administrative records and an almost complete run of the organization's newsletter. -
Closing Remarks Dinner
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Sacher, Jim, Skaer, Laura Elizabeth, Cook-Riley, Yvonne, Phillips, Cynthia, Garet, Ronald Date: Aug. 1993 Topics: Collaboration, Coming out, Conferences, Employment discrimination, Legislators, Lobbying, Transgender people, Transsexualism Subject: 1993 March on Washington, Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Act of 1991, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Health Care Standards, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Joann Conti, Karen Ulane, Laurie Killough, Martine Rothblatt, National Gender Lobbying Day, Pat Grace, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Policy for the Imprisoned Transgendered, Ron Garet, Self Transformability -
Crossdressing & the Transgender Community
Collection: Informational and Event Brochures Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: City of Lakes Crossgender Community Date: Unknown Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Shame, Social activities clubs, Support groups, Transgender community -
Demure Butchness #1
Collection: Zines Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project Creator: Timmer Date: 1992 Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Faggots, Female impersonators, Gay community, Gay men, Gender expression, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ zines, Masculinities, Popular culture Subject: 1808 Club, Alphonse, Casablanca Show Lounge, Christian Slater, Club Kids, Dow Corning, Emilio Estevez, Glam Slam, Lady Miss Jill, Madonna, Miss Brett Marie, Miss Gay San Francisco, Miss Gay USA Minnesota, Miss Lisa, Miss Methadone, Morgan Chessler, Mr. Ron, Ms. Epiphany, MTV, Robin West, Rosie Perez, Saloon, Tanya Michaels, Tasha Monet Description: An article titled "Drag Hag Review" can be found on pages 21-24. -
Demure Butchness #5
Collection: Zines Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project Creator: Timmer Date: 1994 Topics: Disco music, Drag, Drag queens, Drag shows, Gay community, Gay discos, Gay men, Gay men in the military, Gender expression, Group sex, LGBTQ+ zines, Masculinities, Sex parties Subject: Alphonse, Betty Cooper, Bill Clinton, Camille Collins, Casablanca Show Lounge, Club FTV, Club Kids, Club Metro, Dee Richards, Felicia Fontaine, Frank Maciel, Jamie Wells, John Killacky, John Schultz, Keesha DuPree, Kendra Blake, Lady Lubricant, Lady Michelle, Lady Miss Jill, Larry-Bob, Lavoris, Misha Monroe, Miss Epiphany, Miss Stevie, Miss Tanqueray, Monique Champagne, Morgan Chancellor, Mr. Ronn, Paige Turner, Price Waterhouse, Queer Zine Explosion, Robin West, Roxy Marquis, Sofonda Peters, Terry Winston-O'Connor, Tiffany Cartier, Tim Lowe Description: The article "Drag Queen Confidential" can be found on pages 36-42. -
Erickson Educational Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 2 (Summer, 1972)
Collection: Erickson Educational Foundation Publications Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF) Date: Summer 1972 Topics: Conferences, Counseling, Crossdressing, Educators, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sociology, Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Marie Mehl, Stanley Krippner -
Facing Discrimination, Organizing for Freedom: the Transgender Community
Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph Date: 2000 Topics: Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Civil rights, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homelessness, Law, Liberation movements, Personal and family law, Police brutality, Prisoners, Social exclusion, Stonewall riots, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transgender rights Subject: 1979 March on Washington, Anne Osborn, Brandon Teena, Chai Feldblum, Dallas Denny, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), FTM International, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jane Ellen, JoAnn Roberts, JoAnna McNamara, Lavender Law Conference, Louis G. Sullivan, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Mary Frances Fairfax, Merrissa Sherrill Lynn, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Gender Lobbying Day, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Phyllis Randolph Frye, Sharon Stuart, Stonewall 25, Susan Stryker, The National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (NLGLA), Title VII, Transgender Law Conference, Transsexual Menace, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tyra Hunter, Virginia Prince Description: from the textbook CREATING CHANGE: PUBLIC POLICY, AND CIVIL RIGHTS, Edited by John D'Emilio, William B. Turner and Urvashi Vaid, St. Martins Press, 2000, ISBN: 0-312-24375-8 -
Femme Mirror, Vol. 21 Iss. 3 (Summer, 1996)
Collection: Femme Mirror Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Beecroft, Carol Date: Summer 1996 Topics: Biology, Clothing, Colleges, Drag balls, Help lines, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Religions, Self-acceptance, Support groups Subject: Barbara Heath, Bonnie Bullough, Dignity Cruise, Holiday En Femme, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Kappa Beta, Kathy Helms, S.P.I.C.E, Sigma Epsilon, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Free CeCe McDonald Panel
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cox, Laverne, Gares, Jac, McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe) Date: Aug. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Actors, Black people, Feminism, Film industry, Gender dysphoria, Imprisonment, Oppression, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Anti Violence Project, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Free CeCe, In The Life, Musical Chairs, Orange is the New Black, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sayuri Hernandez, The Exhibitionist, Transforming, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Unraveled Description: Laverne Cox is the executive producer of the Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black. She plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Cox is a renowned speaker... -
FTM International #64
Collection: FTM International Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Alter, Levi Ethan, Yoo, Alexander, Anderson-Minshall, Jacob, Green, Jamison Date: Sep. 2007 Topics: Butches, FtMs, Lesbians, Packers (Phallus), Transgender children, Transgender people Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Brandon Teena, Eli Clare, Frameline, Gender Odyssey, Gendercator, GenderPAC, Jamison Green, Julia Serano, Kim Pearson, Lou Sullivan, Marcus de Maria Arana, Masen Davis, PlanetOut, Sean Pearson, Shannon Minter, Shawn Dedric Pearson, Stephan Thorne, The Marrow's Telling, Trans Youth Family Advocates, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity Description: Issue #64 of FTM International published in September 2007. Includes a summary of the 2007 Gender Odyssey national conference; an explanation of the controversy over the film Gendercator, which was... -
FTM Newsletter #30
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 1995 Topics: Bigender identity, Bigender people, Bottom surgery, Crossdressing, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ artists, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Nude photographs, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Aaron Davis, Antonio Martinez, Baltimore Morning Sun, Beth Eliot, Bonnie Bullough, Brandon Teena, Camille Moran, Center for Sex Research, Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, Coming Together, Working Together Convention, Daivd Harrison, David Harrison, Davina Anne Gabriel, Davis Fleming, Dillon King, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Eugene Gilson, Expressing Our Nature, Fabuki Takane, Francis Vavra, From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, Gemini Gender Group, Gender Dysphoria Program Questionnaire, Ian Kilfoil, Information for the Female to Male Crossdresser and Transsexual, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jakki Malis, James Cromwell, James Elias, James Green, Jami G., Jamie Walker, Jane Burns, Janus Information Facility, Jeff Shevlowitz, John E. Morley, Karen Kerin, Kate Bornstein, Kiki Whitlock, Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Kit Rachlin, Larry Brinkin, Lee Padula, Lesbian Avengers, Leslie Feinberg, Leslie Marion Young, Lin Fraser, Loren Cameron, Lorraine Hall, Los Angeles Gender Center, Lou Sullivan, Lou Sullivan Award, Marie Keller, Maureen Morrissey, Maxwell Anderson, Michael Brownstein, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Nancy Nangeroni, Patric M, Phyllis Frye, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Rhon Reed, Riki Anne Wilchins, Roger Gorski, Roger Peo, Samuel S. C. Yen, Sandra Cole, Stanley Biber, Stefan Lynch, Stephen Whittle, Steve Dain, Stone Butch Blues, Susan Stryker, Tammy Kingsley, Terence Hallinan, The Dialouges of the Courtesans, The Transsexual Menace, The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender, Thomas Easton, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, Transgender Pioneer Award, Trinity Award, Troy Smith, Under Construction, Vern Bullough, Virginia Prince Award, William A. Henkin, William J. Turner, Xia Zhao Ji -
Hennepin County
Collection: Button Collection Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Buttons, Communities, Employees, Gay pride, LGBTI community, Sexual freedom Description: Circular black button with the phrase: "Hennepin County G/L/B/T Employees Working Together in Pride," across the rim. Then in the center "Pride/Integrity/Growth" is located around a pink triangle. -
Hermaphrodites with Attitude (Fall, 1997)
Collection: Hermaphrodites with Attitude Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) Date: Spring 1997 Topics: Activists, Autonomy, Gender identity, Intersex, Intersex movement, Surgery Subject: Birgit Reiter, Hermaphrodites Speak!, Hideo Hashimoto ("Hasshi"), Hijra Nippon, Howard Devore, Intersex Society of New Zealand (ISNZ), Intersexuals Fight For Life!, John Gearhart, Justin Schober, Mani Bruce Mitchell, Peer Support for Intersexuals (PESFIS), The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation -
Hermaphrodites with Attitude (Summer, 1998)
Collection: Hermaphrodites with Attitude Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) Date: Summer 1998 Topics: Acceptance, Autonomy, Genitals, History, Intersex, Intersex people, Medicalisation, Prejudices, Surgery Subject: Alice Dreger, Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex, Martha Coventry, Midwest Trans Institute -
IFGE 10th Annual Convention Fact Sheet
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Date: 1996 Topics: Conferences, Gatherings, Media, Photography, Transgender community -
IFGE Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 2 (Summer 1995)
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Date: Summer 1995 Topics: Crossdressing, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gay pride, LGBTQ+ communities, Partners of transgender people, Transgender people Subject: Alison Laing, American Psychiatric Association (APA), Coming Together, Working Together Convention, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) -
IFGE Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 4 (Winter, 1995)
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Laing, Alison Date: Winter 1995 Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Awards, Crossdressing, Events, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, LGBTI community, Physicians, Support groups, Transgender children, Transgender community Subject: Coming Together, Working Together Convention, Jennifer Richards, National Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual and Transgendered Convention, Sheila Kirk, Trinity Award, Vanessa Murray, Virginia Prince Award -
IFGE Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 2 (Summer 1996)
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Date: Summer 1996 Topics: Events, Organisations, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: California Dreamin', IFGE Convention, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Sharon Saypen, The Winslow Street Fund, Transgender Tapestry -
In Your Face No. 1 (Spring 1995)
Collection: In Your Face Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Wilchins, Riki Anne Date: Spring 1995 Topics: Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Demonstrations, Health care, LGBTQ+ people of color, Lobbying, Politics, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people Subject: 1995 NOW National Conference, American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Brandon Teena, Congressional Leadership Conference on Human Rights, Cynthia Davis, Davina Anne Gabriel, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans of America (GLBVA), Hannah Blackwell, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), It's Time America, Karen Kerin, Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, Melanie Erin Spritz, Nancy Nangeroni, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Organization for Women (NOW), National Transgender Educational Action Coalition, NC Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgendered Pride, San Antonio Equal Rights Political Caucus for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgendered (SAERPC), Sarah DePalma, Susan Kimberly, Transsexual Menace, United States Congress, Virginians For Justice -
In Your Face No. 3 (Summer 1996)
Collection: In Your Face Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Wilchins, Riki Anne Date: Summer 1996 Topics: Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Classification of diseases, Demonstrations, Gender dysphoria, Lobbying, Politics, Transphobia Subject: Alison Laing, American Civil Liberties Union Gay Rights Project (ACLU), American Psychiatric Association (APA), Birdie Jo (Chris) Hoaks, Brandon Teena, Brenda Ludgate, Chanelle Pickett, Christian Paige, Church Arson Prevention Act, Dana Priesing, Deanna Wilkinson, Deborah Forte, Elizabeth Birch, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP), Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), GenderPAC, Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA), Human Rights Campaign (HRC), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), John Stossel, Joy Shaffer, Marcello Palma, Margaret Diedre O'Hartigan, Marisa Richmond, Miranda Stevens, Nancy Miscenti, National Gender Lobbying Day, Norm MacDonald, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Riki Anne Wilchins, Rodney Dale Neadeau, Sandra S. Cole, Saturday Night Live, Sean O'Neill, Shawn Keegan, Silicon Valley Gender Association, Transsexual Menace, Tyra Hunter, United States Congress -
Interview with Enzi Tanner
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Tanner, Enzi, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Dec. 12, 2015 Topics: Black people, Coming out, Community life, Conversion therapy, Dating, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay community, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care, Hormones, Judaism, Love, Men, Mental health, Mentoring, Police, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Role models, Roman catholicism, Sex, Social workers, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transitioning (Gender), Work Subject: Brown Boi Project, Enzi Tanner, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about... -
Interview with Alex Griffin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Griffin, Alex Date: Oct. 2, 2020 Topics: LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ self-defense, Police brutality, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender political activists, White transgender people Description: An interview with Alex Griffin, a white trans woman, social worker, and community activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, Griffin discusses the impact of her upbri... -
Interview with Alonzo Wesley
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wesley, Alonzo Date: Aug. 13, 2015 Topics: Black people, Black people--Race identity, Celebrities, Coming out, Disabilities, Discrimination, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Law enforcement, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Transgender people Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Alonzo Wesley is a Black transgender man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Wesley was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Wesley reflects on his experiences living in Minneapo... -
Interview with Alyssandra Taylor
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Taylor, Alyssandra Date: May 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Education, Family members, Femininities, Friendships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Oppression, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Alyssandra Taylor is a Black trans woman or sometimes a trans feminine nonbinary person from Boston. She discusses coming out as gay at a young age, and being kicked out when she came out as trans.... -
Interview with Amanda Beech
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Beech, Amanda Date: Mar. 3, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Cheerleading, Clothing, Coming out, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hairdressers, Health insurance, Hormones, Jews, LGBTQ+ partners, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Older people--Education, Orgasm, People with disabilities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual practices, Whites--Race identity, World war II Subject: Cullan Markland, Donna Ewing, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Amanda is a white trans woman. At the time of this interview, Amanda was living in Ellendale, Minnesota. In this oral history, Amanda discusses her experiences of gender non-conformity in the years... -
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, Black people--Race identity, Children of military personnel, Clothing, Drag, Drag performance, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Homophobia, Identification cards, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Masculinities, Men, Black, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Racism, Religions, Sexism, Sports, Transgender prostitutes, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andre Reed is a Black man of trans experience from Indiana and Georgia. He talks about growing up and his family relationships, and transitioning at work. He recounts his experience and successes i... -
Interview with Andrea Anderson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Andrea Date: Apr. 26, 2016 Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Childhood, Communities, Discrimination, Drag performance, Emigration and immigration law, Employment discrimination, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Immigration, Latin Americans, Latinos, Law enforcement, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Love, Machismo, Marriage, Middle West, Misogyny, MtFs, Politics, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Sex, Sexism, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people, Work Subject: Andrea Anderson, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Westside Clinic Description: Andrea Anderson is a Latina trans woman from Mexico City and Minnesota. In this oral history, Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the United States. She also speaks about he... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 25, 2017 Topics: Activism, African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Black people--Race identity, Depression, Divorce, Education, Ethnicity, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Health, Historians, Hormones, Labour, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, People with disabilities, Politics, Pronoun, Prostitution, Religions, Sexism, Sexual assault, Social advocacy, Social media, Social movements, Therapies, Transgender people, Two-spirit people, Women, Black, Work Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Lisa Vecoli, Program in Human Sexuality, Trans Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the second of ... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Divorce, Families, Family, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Marital status, Marriage, Parenthood, Prisons, Separation, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: CeCe McDonald, Center for Gender Spectrum Health, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, My Momma's Gonna Call Me Anna, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Rainbow Health Initiative, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the first of t... -
Interview with Andrew Ahl
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ahl, Andrew Date: Jul. 1, 2016 Topics: Air force, Army, Atheism, Bartending, Bathrooms, Christianity, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Drag performance, Employment, Families, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health care, Hormones, Internet, Love, Marriage, Middle West, Military, Parents of transgender people, Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Andrew Ahl, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, National Security Administration, Target Corporation, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a white trans man. At the time of this interview, Ahl was living and working in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious military... -
Interview with Ani Koch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Koch, Ani Date: Jan. 6, 2017 Topics: Bullying, Butches, Celebrities, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Drag, Drag performance, Education, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health care, Health insurance, Lesbians, Marriage, Masculinities, Middle West, Monogamy, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Social exclusion, Soft butches, Sports, Tomboys, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Rainbow Health Initiative, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ani Koch is a white genderqueer person from Dubuque, Iowa. They talk about their experiences at school growing up, coming to better understand their gender, and their experience with and thoughts o... -
Interview with Anne Hodson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hodson, Anne Date: May 19, 2016 Topics: Coming out, Drag, Education, Employment discrimination, Friendships, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Marines, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Politics, Sex, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Anne Hodson, Program in Human Sexuality, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Anne Hodson is a white transsexual woman who was born and raised in Minneapolis. In this oral history, she shares her experiences negotiating her gender identity from an early age, eventually diggi... -
Interview with Arin McNeese
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McNeese, Arin Date: Jan. 12, 2017 Topics: Alcoholism, Coming out, Dating, Drug addiction, Friendship, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Medical care, Medication, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Race, Racism, Social work with transgender youth, Transgender people, Transgender youth Subject: Aliveness Project, Cherokee, Loretta Worthington, Minnesot Priority Populations, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Pride Institute, Shades of Color, Trans Family Support Services, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Arin McNeese is a mixed Native American and white trans male from Minnesota who uses he, she, and they. At the time of this interview, McNeese was living in California. In this oral history, McNees... -
Interview with Ash Farah
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Farah, Ash Date: Jun. 1, 2017 Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Bisexuality, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Emigration and immigration, Exorcism, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hijab (Islamic clothing), Homelessness, Intersex, Intersex people, Love, Middle West, Migrants, Misogyny, Nativism, Racism, Religion, Religions, Same-sex marriage, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender youth Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Barack Obama, CeCe McDonald, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out Front, Roxanne Anderson, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ash Farah is a East African/Black trans man who has lived in New York, Minnesota, and "the middle part of East Africa". A the time of this interview he was attending college in Minneapolis. In this... -
Interview with Ashlee Sapalaran
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sapalaran, Ashlee Date: May 16, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Anti-transgender violence, Appearance, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Bathrooms, Catholic schools, Celebrities, Christianity, Church--Unity, Colorism, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Identity, Immigration, Katoeys, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Linguistics, Love, Occupations, Pacific Islander American LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Politicians, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychiatrists, Religion, Same-sex marriage, Self-acceptance, Sex, Skin--Bleaching, Social advocacy, Social privilege, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender people, Translations, Visas, Work Subject: Barack Obama, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ashlee Saparalan is a Filipina female from the Philippines. She talks about her family and growing up in the Philippines, and compares life in the Philippines to her experiences in the United State... -
Interview with Ashley Finch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Finch, Ashley Date: Apr. 5, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activism, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Anxiety disorders, Art, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Change of name, Cisgender people, Coming out, Depression, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender studies, Gender-affirming care, Gender-nonconforming people, Homosexuality, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ visibility, Marriage, Mental health, Middle West, MtFs, Politics, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Schools, Self-mutilation, Sexism, Siblings, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance abuse, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity Subject: Augsburg College, El Sontule, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Global Center of Education, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Sandinista Campaign, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ashley Finch is a white trans femme person from Saint Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Finch was working as an artist based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Finch speaks ... -
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, Art, Assigned gender, Bullying, Celebrities, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Employment discrimination, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Name, Politics, Religions, Schools, Sex, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Surgery, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Awen Briem is a white transgender person. At the time of this interview, he was working as a tattoo artist based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Briem speaks at length about growing up in... -
Interview with Barbara Satin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Satin, Barbara Date: Oct. 13, 2015 Topics: African Americans, Age, Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Business people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Education, Femininities, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Housing for older people, Jet planes--Piloting, Latin Americans--United States, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ religious people, Marriage, MtFs, Public relations, Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Social movements, Therapies, Transgender Roman Catholics Subject: 1993 Human Rights Protection for GLBT, Caitlyn Jenner, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Clare Housing, Deputy Faith Work Director, GLBT Generations, National LGBTQ Task Force, Out Front, P Fund, Patricia Wynn, Powderhorn Residence Group, Spirit of the Lakes Church, St. Thomas College, Training to Serve, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, United Church of Christ (UCC) Description: Barbara Satin is trans woman from St Paul. She discusses growing up in the 1930s and 1940s, and her experience coming out later in life. She talks about the importance of visibility, and the diffic... -
Interview with Beau Larsen
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Larsen, Beau Date: Nov. 20, 2021 Topics: Feminism, Femmes, Forensics (Public speaking), Genderqueer people, Non-binary people, Queer theory, Sex work, White transgender people Subject: ONE Archives Description: An interview with Beau Larsen, a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester Co... -
Interview with Ben Singer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Singer, Ben Date: Nov. 24, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activism, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, Drag performance, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Education, Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Oppression, Privilege (Social psychology), Public health, Race, Racism, Rural development, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Social movements, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Whites--Race identity Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ben Singer is a white trans guy from Illinois. He talks about how rural identity and class shaped his idea of gender, and his research on transgender identity. He talks about his experience in the ... -
Interview with Billie Sage Ashton
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ashton, Billie Sage Date: Apr. 2, 2016 Topics: Activists, Children, Divorce, Legal name, Marriage, MtFs, Roman catholicism, Sexuality Subject: Be All, Billie Sage Ashton, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Delta Airlines, Southern Comfort Conference, Wild Side Description: Billie Sage Ashton is a white trans woman who grew up In Austin, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Ashton was working with Delta Airlines. In this oral history, she describes her early l... -
Interview with Billy Navarro Jr.
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Navarro, Billy Jr. Date: Feb. 19, 2016 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Jews, Racism, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Transphobia, Volunteering Subject: Beyond the Binary, Black Lives Matter (BLM), CeCe McDonald, Clothing Shelf, District 202, Free CeCe, Gender Gear Program, Holly Wood, La Clinica, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michelle Alexander, Minnesota Aids Project, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out for Equity, Rainbow Health Initiative, Shot Clinic, Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Youth Support Network Description: Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed Puerto Rican and white gender-queer trans-man from Mound, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Navarro was a youth worker and teacher at the Minnesota Transgender ... -
Interview with Brawen Zakariasen
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Zakariasen, Brawen Date: Mar. 21, 2017 Topics: Bisexuality, Bullying, Child abuse, Divorce, Drag, Emotional incest, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Marriage, Monogamy, MtFs, Psychological abuse, Self-destructive behavior, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Video games industry, Violence Subject: Center for Sexual Health at the University of Minnesota, William S. Burroughs Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to child abuse. -
Interview With Breatta Bee Amore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Amore, Breatta Bea Date: Feb. 16, 2017 Topics: African Americans, AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Bathrooms, Christianity, Coming out, Dating, Drug abuse, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Film mini-series, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, MtFs, Pornographic films, Self-acceptance, Single parent families Description: Breatta Bee Amore is a Black trans female from Chicago and Milwaukee. At the time of this interview, she was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Amore touches upon topics suc... -
Interview with Charlene Bradshaw
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bradshaw, Charlene Date: Jan. 12, 2016 Topics: Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Education, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Homophobia, Lesbians, Masculinities, Military, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Volunteering, Writers Subject: Charlene Bradshaw, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Description: Charlene Bradshaw is a Black lesbian born and raised in Hawaii. In this oral history, Bradshaw speaks about his experiences being a Black transgender person in Minneapolis, alongside serving in the... -
Interview with Chishaun (CeCe) McDonald
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe) Date: Nov. 27, 2015 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Christianity, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femmes, Gay boys, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Neonazism, Physical violence, Prisons, Racism, Role behavior, Sissies, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse Subject: Angela Davis, Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Dean Spade, Dorothy Day Shelter, Free CeCe, George Zimmerman, Honey Bear Royal, Howard Brown Center, Jerry Springer Show, Laverne Cox, Magic Johnson, Marci Bowers, Matthew Shepherd, Normal Life, The New Jim Crowe, Trayvon Martin Description: CeCe McDonald is a Black-Boricua-Taíno woman from the South Side of Chicago. At the time of this oral history, she was working in Minneapolis as a barista, activist, and social instigator. In this ... -
Interview with Chloe Alexa Landry
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Landry, Chloe Alexa Date: Oct. 22, 2015 Topics: Educators, Family members, HIV/AIDS, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Marriage, MtFs, Photographers, Surgery, Veterans Subject: Society for the Second Self Description: Chloe Alexa Landry is a white trans lady from Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Landry was retired and living in Minnnesota. In this oral history, Landry speaks at length ab... -
Interview with Cressida Silver
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Silver, Cressida Date: Jan. 31, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Artificial insemination, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Children of lesbians, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Demonstrations, Divorce, Families, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbians, Marriage, Pornography, Pregnancy, Sex industry, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Verbal abuse Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chelsea Manning, Mara Keisling, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Geographic, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Description: Cressida Silver is a transgender lesbian from Minnesota. She discusses her family and experiences growing up, starting a family, and her experience with work and getting her Master’s degree. She al... -
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, LGBTQ+ death and dying, Masculinities, Medicalisation, Men, Passing (Gender), Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, 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 from St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Mendez was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Mendez speaks about transra... -
Interview with Danika Ragnhild
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ragnhild, Danika Date: Feb. 17, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Autistic people, Biology, Bullying, Change of name, Dating, Disabilities, Femininity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ porn films, Marriage, MtFs, Non-monogamous relationships, People with disabilities, Politics, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Poverty, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Rape, Rural areas, Sex industry, Sex workers, Sexual abuse, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender people, Violence, Women, Black Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Stanley Kubrick, The Exchange, Transgender Youth Support Network Description: Danika Ragnhild is a white trans woman from Crookston, MN. At the time of this interview, Ragnhild was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ragnhild speaks about her childhood, disability, ... -
Interview with Denise Sudbeck
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sudbeck, Denise Date: Jan. 15, 2016 Topics: Addictions, Alcoholism, Baptist church, Bisexuality, Coming out, Dissertations, Doctor of philosophy degree, Estrogen, Evangelicalism, Gender identity, Hormones, Law enforcement, Lesbian identity, Liberation theology, Marriage, MtFs, Pronoun, Psychology, Religions, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Substance abuse, Theological seminaries, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: State University of New York, Transgender Day of Remembrance, United Theological New Brighton Description: Denise Sudbeck is a white trans woman from Maine. At the time of this interview, she was in school writing a dissertation on queer theology. In life she also was a member of the United States Navy;... -
Interview with Destinee Salinas
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Salinas, Destinee Date: Sep. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bathrooms, Bullying, Catholic schools, Clothing, Cosmetics, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Gender identity, Gender role, Health insurance, Hispanic Americans, Hormones, Language, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, Mexican Americans, Police, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Popular culture, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Racism, Social media, Transgender people Subject: Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summer Description: Destinee Salinas is a Hispanic female from Indiana. She talks about her experiences growing up, doing drag, and some of the obstacles she has faced as a trans woman. She also discusses relationship... -
Interview with Diana Green
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Green, Diana Date: Aug. 8, 2015 Topics: Bisexual identity, Divorce, Gender affirming surgery, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transsexual people, Unemployment, Working class Subject: Crompton Cafeteria, OutFront MN, Tranny Towers, TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to suicide. -
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, Art, Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Corrective rape, Disabilities, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Social movements, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Dominic Giovon Chilko is a bi-racial Afro-Latinx trans man from Eagan, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood, relationships, and experiences of transition, his thoug... -
Interview with Dona Ewing
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ewing, Dona Date: Apr. 5, 2016 Topics: AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Alcohol, Bars (Drinking establishments), Community life, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Income, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Medical care, Middle West, Race, Racism, Sex work, Sexual orientation, Surgery--Complications, Transitioning (Gender), Wealth, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Dona Ewing, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time of... -
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, Bars (Drinking establishments), Biology, Cannabis, Celebrities, Clothing, Community life, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Drag performance, Drag queens, Drug traffic, Electrolysis, Entertainers, Ethnicity, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, Income, Intersex people, Investments, Middle West, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sex work, Sexual practices, Strippers, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Wealth, Whites--Race identity Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Copper Squirrel, Donald Hastings, G.I. Act, Laverne Cox, RuPaul, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time o... -
Interview with Dr. Aren Aizura
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Aizura, Aren Date: Oct. 13, 2016 Topics: Art, Biphobia, Celebrities, Childbirth, Coming out, Drag, Educational institutions, Emigration and immigration, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health care, Higher education, History, Hormones, Identity politics, Justice, Language, Mental health, Parenthood, Parents of transgender people, Politics, Pregnancy, Racism, Social movements, Sociology, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity Subject: Aren Aizura, Leslie Feinberg, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Virginia Prince Description: Aren Aizura is a white trans guy from Australia. At the time of this interview, Aizura was an Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studie... -
Interview with Dr. Katie Spencer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Katie Date: Feb. 29, 2016 Topics: Activism, Activists, Assigned gender, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Education, Feminism, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, Medical care, Medicalisation, Middle West, Misogyny, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychology, Psychotherapy, Race, Racism, Sexism, Social movements, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Deb Thorp, Eli Colman, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Keith Ellison, OutFront Minnesota, Park Nicollet, Riki Wilchins, Roxanne Anderson, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Transsexual Menace, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Xavier Schmidt Description: Katie Spencer is a white cisgender woman who grew up in Farmington, Missouri. At the time of this oral history, Spencer was living in Minnesota and working at the University of Minnesota's Program ... -
Interview with Dr. Rhys Preston
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Preston, Rhys Date: Oct. 28, 2021 Topics: Chiropractors, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ recovery groups, LGBTQ+ youth, Trans men, White transgender people Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queerspace Collective Description: An interview with Dr. Rhys Preston, a white trans man, chiropractor, and trans health activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, he was practicing at his chiropractic ... -
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, Art, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Communities, Counseling, Dating, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Racism, Religion, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Women's colleges, Work 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, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: EJ Olson is a white gender-queer person from Empire, Michigan. At the time of this interview, Olson was working as the Clinical Operations Director at Family Tree Clinic. In this oral history they ... -
Interview with Eli Clare
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Clare, Eli Date: Mar. 1, 2016 Topics: Bullying, Cerebral palsy, Clinical medicine, Diagnosis, Disability studies, Employment, Gay community, Gender minorities, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Passing (Gender), People with disabilities, Public buildings--Restrooms, Rural areas, Small cities, Stonewall riots, Surgery, Working class, Writers Subject: Americans with Disabilities Act, Compton's Cafeteria Riots, Eli Clare, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Eli Clare is a genderqueer disability advocate, writer and poet. In this oral history, Clare discusses how language gets re-claimed, taken up, or not; tensions in lesbian community around trans mas... -
Interview with Ellie Krug
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Krug, Ellie Date: Dec. 15, 2015 Topics: Bisexuality, Counseling, Crossdressing, Education, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Insurance, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ relationships, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Call for Justice, Christine Jorgensen, David Ahlvers, Fairview Health, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, Lavender magazine, Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Lavender Bar Association, MyTalk 107, Target Corporation Description: Ellie Krug was born during the 1950s in Newark, New Jersey where her parents both lived in the tenements. She identifies herself as a transgender woman assigned male at birth. At 11, Krug’s father ... -
Interview with Ellie Krug
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Krug, Ellie Date: Dec. 15, 2015 Topics: Celebrities, Education, Family relationships, Gender affirming surgery, Gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Middle West, Sex, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Call for Justice, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ellie Krug is a white trans woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, family, and relationships, her memoirs and experiences of transition, her tho... -
Interview with Emerson Steiner Hayward
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Steiner Hayward, Emerson Date: Nov. 22, 2021 Topics: Harm reduction, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Non-binary people, Transgender people in the workplace, Transitioning (Gender), Transmasculine people, White transgender people Description: An interview with Emerson Steiner Hayward, a white, Ashkenazi Jewish, trans-masc, and nonbinary individual based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview with Macalester College stude... -
Interview with Erica Anderson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Erica Date: Sep. 6, 2019 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Medical care, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, White transgender people Subject: U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Erica Anderson, a white trans woman and clinical psychologist. At the time of this interview, she was President of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH... -
Interview with Erica Fields
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fields, Erica Date: Sep. 8, 2015 Topics: Adoption, African Americans, Art, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bullying, Celebrities, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Educational institutions, Family members, Family relationships, Feminists, Friendship, Gender bending, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Income, Lesbians, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Middle West, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Race identity, Race relations, Racism, Religion, Roman catholicism, Sex, Sexuality, Socio-economic status, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Wealth, Work Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine McGinn, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Ellen Krug, Gender Justice, Gender Outlaws, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, GLBT Chamber of Commerce, Gonzaga University, Hedda Gabler, Hidden Agenda, Hidden Agender, Hogan's Heroes, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Janet Mock, Jenny Boylan, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Leigh Smythe, Mara Keisling, Marcus Waterbury, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, NASA, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Northwest Bible College, Of Mice and Men, Old Bedlam Theatre, Star Trek, The Miser, The Taming of the Shrew, Trans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Women's Employment and Security Act (WESA) Description: Erica Fields is a woman of transgender history from Edina, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Fields was working in Minnesota as a business woman selling rye. In this oral history Fields spe... -
Interview with Ethan O'Brien
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Ethan Date: Jan. 29, 2017 Topics: Activism, Atlantic Coast (North America), Change of name, Classism, Coming out, Dating, Family members, Family relationships, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Legal documents, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical care, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Social movements, Social norms, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ethan O’Brien is a white male from Holliston, Massachusetts. He talks about his relationship with his family, and working at the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Sexuality, including how ... -
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, Art, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hair--Removal, Hormones, Hospitals, Insurance, Isolation, Legal name, Love, Masculinities, Mentoring, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Polyamory, Puberty, Sex, Sexuality, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Working class, Writers Subject: Grey Ace Trans Woman, The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Faye Seidler is a white trans woman based out of North Dakota. At the time of this interview, Seidler was a writer, an educator, and a cook. In this oral history she speaks at length about her comi... -
Interview with Freya Richman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Richman, Freya Date: Nov. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Arts and entertainment occupations, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Directors, Discrimination, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Femmes, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hormones, Jews, Love, MtFs, Religions, Sex, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender), Work Subject: 20% Theatre, Artaria String Quartet, Community Center, The Naked I, Transgender Equity Council of the City of Minneapolis, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Freya Richman is a Jewish trans woman from Appleton, Wisconsin. She became involved with 20 Percent Theater and their show The Naked I, which she was able to use as a platform to tell her story. Sh... -
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, Art, Assigned gender, Biology, Bullying, Child abuse, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, Middle West, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Phalloplasty, Sex, Whites--Race identity Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Gaebriel Lyrek is a white male from Montrose, Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, he speaks at length about his familial relatio... -
Interview with Gavin Rouille
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rouille, Gavin Date: Oct. 22, 2015 Topics: Art, Coming out, Gender-affirming care, Love, Passing (Gender), Sex, Social privilege, Whites--Race identity Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Gavin Rouille is a white queer male from Burlington, Vermont. He talks about his art and how his artmaking process has evolved over time. He also discusses how his relationships have changed since ... -
Interview with George Hoagland
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hoagland, George Date: Aug. 24, 2017 Topics: Androgyny, Art, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Change of name, Christianity, Dating, Depression, Education, Effeminacy, Families of military personnel, Family members, Family relationships, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Heteronormativity, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Marriage, Mental disorders, Mental health, Police, Race, Reduction mammaplasty, Religion, Schools, Separation, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys Subject: Queer, Trans, Intersex, People of Color and Indigenous People Studies (QTIPOCI), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In thi... -
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, Activism, Art, Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Capitalism, Classical music, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Employees, Families, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Internet, Intersex, Middle class, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Repression (Psychology), Robbery, Schools, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Social movements, Suicide, Theatre, Therapists, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: 20% Theatre, Door to Dooor Canvasing, Environment Minnesota, Lawrence University, Lebanese Restaurant, Mixed Blood Theater, The Naked I, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Hannah Jo Stein is a white trans woman from Georgia. At the time of this interview, Stein was living in Minnesota and working as a jazz club host. In this oral history Stein talks at length about b... -
Interview with Haylee Veazey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Veazey, Haylee Date: Dec. 1, 2016 Topics: Bisexual identity, Bullying, Christianity, Clinics, Coming out, Conservatives, Education, Electrolysis, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Gay-straight alliances, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical policy, MtFs, Overweight people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Religion, Religions, Sexism, Southwest, New, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Stress, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Women, Work Subject: Affordable Care Act, Hennepin County Medical Center, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Haylee Veazey is a white trans woman from Farmington New Mexico. She discusses growing up in a small conservative and religious town, and her struggles with herself and her family. She discusses he... -
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: Activism, Anti-transgender violence, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Community life, Cooks, Deaf people, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, Hormones, Law enforcement, LGBTQ+ Deaf people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Medical care, Middle West, Parents of transgender people, Police brutality, Prisons, Race, Racism, Sex, Social movements, Surgery, Transgender people, Work Subject: Hunta Williams, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project 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 ... -
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, Art, Artists, Assigned gender, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Polyamory, Race, Racism, Sex, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Work, Writers Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ignacio Rivera is a Black-Boricua-Taíno transgender Two-Spirit person from Brooklyn. At the time of this interview, Rivera was working as an Educator, Activist, and Performer based out of New York.... -
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, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed i... -
Interview with JAC Stringer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Stringer, JAC Date: Feb. 17, 2017 Topics: Activism, Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Childhood and youth, Coming out, Community life, Counseling, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Drag, Education, Femininities, Friendship, Gender binaries, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Race, Roman catholicism, Social movements, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Tran... -
Interview with Jae Bates
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bates, Jae Date: Jun. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Activism, Adoption, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Education, Family relationships, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Medical care, Middle West, Partners of transgender people, Race, Racism, Sexuality, Social movements, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse, Youth Subject: Korean War, OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vietnam War Description: Jae Bates is a Korean American trans man who grew up near Hopkins, Minnesota. In this oral history, Bates details childhood experiences of gender and race, including narratives of bullying, transph... -
Interview with James Schwartz
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schwartz, James Date: Jun. 15, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Change of name, College students, Coming out, Development, Education, Environmentalism, Family, Film, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Gender-nonconforming people, Health, Health insurance, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, Interpersonal relations, Land use, Rural, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Medical care, Mentoring, Middle West, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Social norms, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender community, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity Subject: Forest and Natural Resource Management, Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life, Gender Education Center, Program in Human Sexuality, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Description: James Schwartz is a white trans man from Monticello, Minnesota. He discusses growing up in a conservative town, and his relationships with his family. He talks about his trans identity, and the imp... -
Interview with Jamison Green
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Green, Jamison Date: Mar. 20, 2016 Topics: Activism, Activists, Bars (Drinking establishments), Coming out, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Human rights advocacy, Identity politics, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ parenthood, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Parenthood, Sex, Social movements, Social privilege, Transitioning (Gender), White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Jamison Green, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Jamison Green is a white male raised in California. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. In this oral history, Green spea... -
Interview with Jane Fee
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fee, Jane Date: Mar. 18, 2017 Topics: Activism, Activists, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bars (Drinking establishments), Celebrities, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Divorce, Drag performance, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Identity, Identity (Psychology), Income, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Military, MtFs, Parenthood, Politics, Privilege (Social psychology), Social classes, Social movements, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Two thousands (Decade), Veterans, Wealth, Whites--Race identity, World war II Subject: Board of Directors of the DFL Gay and Lesbian Caucus, Christine Jorgensen, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), It’s Time America, It’s Time Minnesota, Jane Fee, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Sally Jessy Raphael Show, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook Description: Jane Fee is a white trans woman raised in Maryland. At the time of this interview, Fee was a retired and living in St. Petersburg, Florida. In this oral history, she touches upon her 29 years in th... -
Interview with Jessi Brandon
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brandon, Jessi Date: Nov. 27, 2016 Topics: Autism spectrum disorders, Bisexuality, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Boarding schools, Christianity, Community life, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Education, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender minorities, Gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ disabled people, Masculinities, Neurotic disorders, Politics, Religion, Resistance movements, Sexual orientation, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people Subject: Jessi Brandon, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Trump Administration Description: Jessi Brandon is a Black non-binary demiboy from Germany and Alabama. At the time of this interview, Brandon was a student at Macalester College. In this oral history, Brandon speaks at length abou... -
Interview with Joy Michael Starkey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Starkey, Joy Michael Date: Jul. 5, 2017 Topics: Bisexual identity, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Conservatives, Education, Family members, Family relationships, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ visibility, Prisons, Quakers, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexism, Social movements, Soft butches, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Joy Michael Starkey is a white genderqueer non-binary trans person from Washington. At the time of this interview, Starkey was a PhD student. In this oral history, Starkey speaks at length about st... -
Interview with Julienne Brown (Mizz June)
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Julienne (Mizz June) Date: May 6, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Allies, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bullying, Celebrities, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Creative ability, Creative activities and seat work, Dating, Education, Femininities, Film, Friendship, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Love, Migration, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity), Race, Religion, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sex, Sexism, Sexual identity, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Julienne Brown, also known as “Mizz June”, is a Black trans woman raised in New York. At the time of this oral history, Brown was working as a musician and an actor. In this oral history she speaks... -
Interview with June Remus, Part 1 of 2
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Remus, June Date: Aug. 5, 2015 Topics: Activists, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Celebrities, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, Middle West, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sex, Sexuality, Social integration, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Strippers, Transgender youth, Transsexual people, Women Subject: June Remus, Transgender Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality Description: June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. This is the first of two oral histories the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and Remus. At the time... -
Interview with June Remus, Part 2 of 2
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Remus, June Date: Sep. 2, 2016 Topics: Activists, Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, LGBTQ+ families, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sexuality, Slurs, Social integration, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Strippers, Transgender youth, Transsexual people, Women Subject: June Remus, Transgender Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality Description: June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of this interview, Remus was a retired caregiver living in Minnesota. This is the second of two... -
Interview with June Taylor
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Taylor, June Date: Oct. 31, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Celebrities, Change of name, Children, Coming out, Communication, Community life, Conservatives, Cosmetics, Counseling, Couples therapy, Discrimination, Drag performance, Drugs, Electrolysis, Estradiol, Estrogen, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Heteronormativity, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intolerance, Legislation, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Love, Marriage, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity) in literature, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sex, Sexism, Therapeutics, Transgender people, Transvestism Subject: Trans Commission, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: This video features an interview with two people who are good friends––June Taylor and Isabelle Wedin. June Taylor is a white trans woman from Winston-Salem North Carolina, and Isabelle Wedin is a ... -
Interview with K. Davis Senseman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Senseman, K. Davis Date: Jan. 10, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activism, Appearance, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Race, Racism, Social movements, Spirituality, Transgender people, Wealth, White LGBTQ+ people, Work, Working class Subject: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: K. Davis Senseman is a white gender-queer person from Pittsburgh who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Senseman was working as a lawyer based out of Northeast Minneapolis. In this o... -
Interview with Kat Purcell
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Purcell, Kat Date: Dec. 10, 2020 Topics: Homelessness, LGBTQ+ theater, Non-binary people, Prison abolition movements, Transgender artists, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, White transgender people Subject: Lightning Rod, Studio he(ART)h Project Description: An interview with Kat Purcell, a white (irish famine diaspora) non-binary trans performer, lighting designer, installation artist, producer, director, and street activist based in Minneapolis, Minn... -
Interview with Katie Burgess
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Burgess, Katie Date: Nov. 16, 2021 Topics: Coming out, Queer people, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transgender youth, White transgender people Subject: CeCe McDonald, Homeless Youth and the Minnesota Trans Health Coalition (MTHC), Open Flame Theatre, The Exchange, Trans Youth Support Network (TYSN) Description: An interview with Katie Burgess, a white trans woman, community organizer, social worker, trans activist, and theatre artist based in Minneapolis. At the time of this oral history interview, she wa... -
Interview with Kya Concepcion
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Concepcion, Kya Date: Oct. 24, 2017 Topics: Activism, Battering, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Cherokee women, Clubs, Cocaine, Coming out, Community life, Drug addiction, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Healing, Homelessness, Intersex, Intersex people of color, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Middle West, Native American . . ., Native American transgender people, People with disabilities, Psychotherapy, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Religion, Rural development, Sex work, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to child abuse and sexual assault. -
Interview with Kye Allums
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Allums, Kye Date: Sep. 4, 2015 Topics: Activists, Bisexuals, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Education, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mentoring, Middle West, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Sexual orientation, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Fearless Project, Gay and Lesbian Sports Education Network, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hancock Recreation Center, Jeff Sheng, National Black Justice Coalition, RECLAIM!, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Kye Allums is a Black queer fluid trans person from Minnesota who goes by he and they. In this oral history, Allums speaks at length about playing Division I basketball for George Washington Univer... -
Interview with Lawrence Tanner Richardson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Richardson, Lawrence Tanner Date: Jun. 10, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Black people--Race identity, Child abuse, Christianity, Community life, Depression, Drug abuse, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Homeless people, Identity, Language, Law enforcement, Loneliness, Love, Marriage, Menstruation, Mental disorders, Middle West, Police, Prisons, Puberty, Race, Racism, Religion, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Separation, Sex, Sexual orientation, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Lawrence Tanner Richardson is a Black trans man from St. Paul, Minnesota. He talks about his childhood, including being raised by his grandmother and being very involved in the Southern Baptist chu... -
Interview with Lee Livingston Perine
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Perine, Lee Livingston Date: Dec. 22, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Butch-femme relationships, Children, Coming out, Community life, Divorce, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Marriage, Masculinities, Misogyny, Race, Racism, Sexuality, Social privilege, Sports, Suicide, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins, Work Subject: Donald Trump, Prince, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Lee Levingston Perine is a Black genderqueer person from St. Louis, Missouri. They talk about their early life, college, and grad school, as well as having a very supportive family. They talk at le... -
Interview with Lourdes Ashley Hunter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hunter, Lourdes Ashley Date: Mar. 22, 2017 Topics: Activism, Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Christianity, Community life, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Genocide, Hair--Removal, Healing, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Mentoring, Middle West, Race, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex work, Social movements, Social work with youth, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Barack Obama, Creating Change, Ellie Ford, Islan Nettles, Laverne Cox, Queers for Economic Justice, Slyvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice, Trans Youth Group, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Women's March Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a Black trans woman from Detroit, Michigan. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, her visions and thoughts on trans politics, and her decades of work in Black tr... -
Interview with Mara Glubka
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Glubka, Mara Date: Apr. 11, 2016 Topics: Celebrities, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Happiness, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Legal name, Love, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Parenthood, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: An Act to Provide for Single-sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide Consistency in Regulation of Employment and Public Accommodations, Christine Jorgensen, HB2, Mara Glubka, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Mara Glubka is a white transgender woman born and raised in Winona, MN. At the time of this interview, Glubka was retired and living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Glubka talks about her child... -
Interview with Marcus Waterbury
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Waterbury, Marcus Date: Jan. 8, 2016 Topics: Art, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Dating, Family members, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Heterosexual men, Income, LGBTQ+ relationships, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Passing (Sexuality), Plastic surgery, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychotherapy, Religion, Sex, Sexism, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Voice therapy (Gender), Wealth, Whites--Race identity, Women's movement, Work Subject: Mount Holyoke, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Marcus Waterbury is a white transgender man raised in Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Waterbury was working as a wealth advisor based out of the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Waterbu... -
Interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Hartigan, Margaret Deirdre Date: Apr. 6, 2022 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Irish American Catholics, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ older people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transsexual people Subject: Filisa Vistima Foundation Description: An interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan, an Irish Catholic transsexual woman, transsexual health and rights activist, writer, and retired secretary and typesetter living in Portland, Oregon. ... -
Interview with Marlene Somers
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Somers, Marlene Date: Sep. 23, 2015 Topics: Air pilots, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Family members, Family relationships, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender identity--Law and legislation, Gender realignment surgery, Grandchildren, Health, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Medical care, Military, MtFs, Psychotherapy, Retirees, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Clark institute, Tretter Collection Autogynephilia, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Marlene Somers is a white MTF transsexual person from South Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Somers was retired. In this oral history, Somers speaks at length about living two lives at o... -
Interview with Max Gries
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Gries, Max Date: Oct. 28, 2016 Topics: Art, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Genderqueer people, Harassment, Health, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medical care, Passing (Gender), Race, Sexual orientation, Social movements, Social privilege, Transitioning (Gender), Two thousands (Decade), White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Minnesota Trans Health Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, UMN Transgender Commission Description: Max Gries is a white genderqueer person from Wisconsin. At the time of this oral history, Gries was working at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, Gries reflects upo... -
Interview with Melinda Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lee, Melinda Date: Aug. 17, 2017 Topics: Activism, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Atlantic Coast (North America), Dating, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Labeling, Language, LGBTI community, Love, Middle West, Politics, Pronoun, Race, Racism, Rape, Schools, Sex, Sexual orientation, Social media, Social movements, Surgery, Transphobia, Violence, White supremacy movements--United States, Work Subject: Black and Pink, Khmer Rouge, Lobby Days, OutFront Minnesota, The Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans, Trans Advisory and Action Team, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they... -
Interview with Melissa Harl
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Harl, Melissa Date: Jan. 30, 2017 Topics: Boy Scouts, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Conformity, Discrimination, Educators, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Marriage, Music, Sexuality, Socialisation, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Gender Odyssey, Kate Bornstein, Macalester College, Smiley's Family Clinic, Stonewall 25, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Melissa Harl is a white female with transgender experience and history who grew up in Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Harl was working as a Professor at the University of Minnesota. In th... -
Interview with Micah King
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: King, Micah Date: Dec. 23, 2015 Topics: Alcohol, Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Black people, Bullying, Coming out, Coping behaviour, Depression, Drawings, Emotions, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Group therapy, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Psychology, Racism, Self-mutilation, Sexuality, Singers, Social work, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins Subject: Booth Brown House, Janet Byrstrom, RECLAIM!, Super America Description: Micah King is a Black trans man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working at a SuperAmerica located in Minnesota. In this oral history he talks extensively about mental health, a... -
Interview with Monet (Kisha) Martin
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Martin, Monet (Kisha) Date: May 18, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Cannabis, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Rape, Sexual relationships, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Surgery, Transgender people, Violence Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Interview with Na Choih
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Choih, Na Date: Oct. 9, 2020 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Environmental justice, Non-binary people, Transgender political activists Subject: Climate Generation, Korean people Description: An interview with Na Choih, a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Ci... -
Interview with Nasreen Mohamed
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mohamed, Nasreen Date: Jun. 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Bathrooms, Clothing, Colonization, Coming out, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Faith, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Government policy, Homophobia, Intersectionality (Sociology), Islam--Customs and practices, Islamophobia, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mass shootings, Muslims, Parenthood, Puberty, Religions, Sexuality, Social justice, Student passports Description: Nasreen Mohamed is Tanzanian gender non-conforming person from the coast of Dar es Salaam. At the time of this interview, Mohamed was working in the field of post-secondary education. In this oral ... -
Interview with Nichole Moravec
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moravec, Nichole Date: Mar. 30, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Bathrooms, Binders (Materials), Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Divorce, Education, Family members, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Internet, Intersectionality (Sociology), Lesbian identity, Love, Masculinities, Pronoun, Sex, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Work Subject: Mumbletech, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Nichole Moravec is a white nonbinary person from Faribault, Minnesota. They talk about growing up and their family relationships. At the time of the interview, they were one of the co-presidents of... -
Interview with Nick Metcalf
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Metcalf, Nick Date: May 10, 2016 Topics: Activism, Assigned gender, Bullying, Community life, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender identity, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Middle West, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Navajo Indians, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Social movements, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Two-Spirit people Subject: Afro Elegance, American Indian Movement, Brandon Lacy Campos, Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, Gay Student Association, Man to Man, Minnesota Men of Color, Richard La Fortune, RuPaul, Ryan White Program, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Nick Metcalf is an American Indian Two-Spirit person born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation located in South Dakota. At the time of this interview, Metcalf was working in the Twin Cities. In th... -
Interview with Nicole Vanderheiden
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vanderheiden, Nicole Date: May 17, 2017 Topics: Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexual women, Bisexuality, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Conservatism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Evangelisation, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Law, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ parenthood, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Marriage, Medical care, Military, Names, Personal, Passing (Gender), Police, Prisons, Religion, Religions, Self-repression, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Shame, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Alic Bitney, CeCe McDonald, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HB2, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queer Veterans Support Group, Reese Rathgen, SPARTA, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vote No Campaign Description: Nicole Vanderheiden is a white woman from Colorado and Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Vanderheiden worked in the Social Security office. In this oral history she touches upon her experie... -
Interview with Oliver Schminkey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schminkey, Oliver Date: Aug. 18, 2015 Topics: Art, Celebrities, Coming out, Dating, Drag performance, Education, Family relationships, Harassment, LGBTQ+ poetry, Love, Middle West, Polyamory, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sex, Sexism, Sexuality, Students, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Oliver Schminkey is a white non-binary transgender person from Pine City, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Schminkey was living in Saint Paul attending Macalester College. In this oral his... -
Interview With Owen Marciano
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Marciano, Owen Date: Dec. 5, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Menstruation, Mental health, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Self-acceptance, Sex, Suicide Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming... -
Interview with Paula Overby
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Overby, Paula Date: Nov. 16, 2015 Topics: Art, Community life, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Divorce, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Marriage, Medical care, Mental health, Middle West, Politics, Race, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender rights, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Confessions of a Crossdresser, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Paula Overby is a white transgender woman from the United States. At the time of this oral history, Oberby was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Overby speaks at length about growing up in... -
Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Alexander, Qui Dorian Date: Sep. 11, 2017 Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Ball culture, Bible, Black people, Black transgender people, Community life, Dating, Depression, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Multiracial transgender people, Oppression, Parenthood, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Adrienne Maree, Brown Boi Project, Charlene Arcila, Emergent Strategy, Mazzoni Center, Reg Ju, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Tiq Milan, Trans Health Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and ... -
Interview with Quinn Villagomez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Villagomez, Quinn Date: Sep. 17, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art, Assigned gender, Biracial LGBTQ+ people, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ radio, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Pronoun, Schools, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transphobia, Work Subject: Brown College, Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Description: Quinn Villagomez, also nicknamed Shimmer, is a biracial Hispanic female based in Minnesota. In this interview Villagomez talks about the field of radio and broadcasting, including her work co-hosti... -
Interview with Quinton Neal
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Neal, Quinton Date: Feb. 23, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Appearance, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people--Race identity, Discrimination, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTI community, Medical interventions, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American . . ., Native American LGBTQ+ people, Online dating, Police, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Problem-oriented policing, Psychic trauma, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Rape, Religion, Religions, Religious institutions, Role behavior, Rural areas, Schools, Self-care, Health, Sexual freedom, Sexual orientation, Sexual violence, Sexuality, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender community Subject: Black Liberation Projects, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Caitlyn Jenner, Delta Phi Upsilon, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Quinton Neal is a Black and Native American gender-fluid person from Peoria and Philadelphia who goes by she and he. At the time of this interview, Neal was a student in graduate school. In this or... -
Interview with Rachel Schroeder
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schroeder, Rachel Date: Feb. 23, 2016 Topics: Anxiety, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Body building, Celebrities, Child custody, Children, Community life, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Intolerance, Lesbian identity, Love, Marriage, Medication, Middle West, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity) in literature, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex, Social exclusion, Symbolic representation, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Whites--Race identity Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Janitorial Company, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Rachel Schroeder is a white trans woman from Burnsville, Minnesota. She discusses how her desire and her decision to transition impacted her relationships, and the importance of being correctly gen... -
Interview with Raymond Rea
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rea, Raymond Date: Oct. 16, 2016 Topics: Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Butches, Community life, Creative activities and seat work, Education, Friendship, Gay and lesbian film festivals, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Genderqueer people, Health, Italian American men, LGBTQ+ films, Medical care, Middle West, Older queer people, Older transgender people, Pacific Coast (U.S.), Trans men, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Raymond Rea is a Italian-English-American-white trans male raised in Massachusetts. At the time of this oral history, Rea was working as a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Design at Minnesot... -
Interview with Rehema Mertinez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mertinez, Rehema Date: Mar. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Authority, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Celebrities, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Depression, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Latin Americans, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Media, Medical care, Mental health, MtFs, Multiracial transgender people, Police, Police brutality, Prisons, Racially mixed people, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sex, Sexuality, Spirituality, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Youth Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity,... -
Interview with Renae Pagel
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pagel, Renae Date: Aug. 23, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Change of name, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Depression, Electrolysis, Estrogen, Family relationships, Friendship, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medication, Military bases, Progesterone, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), White people--Race identity--United States, Work Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Renae Pagel is a white trans female from Cannon Falls, Minnesota. She talks about her early life and her family relationships, and serving as a mechanic in the Army from 1985-1990. She talks about ... -
Interview with Renata Garcia and Jennicet Gutierrez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Garcia, Renata, Gutierrez, Jennicet Date: Oct. 3, 2015 Topics: Activists, Alien detention centers, Catholic Church, Dating, Families, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Illegal residents, Immigrants, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, MtFs, Nativism, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexuality, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people Subject: Bamby Salcedo, Barack Obama, FAMILIA Trans Queer Liberation Movement, Jennicet Gutierrez, Renata Garcia, Sylvia Rivera, Trans Latina Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican ... -
Interview with Reneka Evans
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Evans, Reneka Date: Aug. 21, 2016 Topics: Activism, AIDS (Disease), Bars (Drinking establishments), Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Drag balls, Drag performance, Education, Educators, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, HIV infections, Hormones, Law enforcement, Love, Medical care, MtFs, Prisons, Religion, Sex, Sex work, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work Subject: Red Door Clinic, Reneka Evans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality Description: Reneka Evans is a Black trans female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving... -
Interview with Roxanne Anderson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Roxanne Date: Jul. 23, 2015 Topics: Activism, Activists, Adoption, Appearance, Artists, Community life, Discrimination, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hormones, Law enforcement, Middle West, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racially mixed people, Social movements, Social work with youth Subject: queer identity, Transmasculine, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota.... -
Interview with Roxanne Anderson, Part 2
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Roxanne Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Activism, Ball culture, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Community life, Discrimination, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender non-conforming people, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Mentoring, Middle West, Police, Prisons, Queer community, Race, Racial profiling in law enforcement, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Social movements, Transmasculine people, Work, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota.... -
Interview with Roze (R.B.) Brooks
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brook, Roze Date: Nov. 3, 2016 Topics: Activists, Adolescence, Allies, Art, Bathrooms, Colleges, Coming out, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friends, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Higher education, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Sexism, Sexuality, Social movements, Social privilege, Support groups, Transphobia, White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Andrea Gibson, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Title IX, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Roze (R.B.) Brooks is a white gender queer person raised in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, R.B. was a graduate student. In this oral history, they speak at length about queer a... -
Interview with Ryan Li Dahlstrom
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Dahlstrom, Ryan Li Date: Mar. 28, 2016 Topics: Activism, Activists, Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Communities, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, LGBTI community, Liberation movements, Love, Middle West, Pacific Islander American LGBTQ+ people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Race relations, Racially mixed people, Sex, Social movements, Transgender people, Violence, White people--Race identity--United States, Work Subject: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Board, Gender Blur, Transgender Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ryan Li Dahlstrom is a mixed Asian and white trans masculine person from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Dahlstrom was working as a consultant. In this oral history, Dahlstrom discusses c... -
Interview with Sandy James
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: James, Sandy Date: Sep. 29, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black people--Race identity, Census, Colonization, Creative activities and seat work, Discrimination, Education, Emigration and immigration, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender diversity, Health, Immigrants, Linguistics, Medical care, Police, Poor, Prisons, Private schools, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Religion, Role behavior, Social advocacy, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Sports, Statistics, Transgender people, Transphobia, Work Subject: Forth Annual Trans Equity Summit, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Sandy James is a Black trans man raised in England. At the time of this interview, James was working as a researcher, a student and a lawyer based out of Maryland. In this oral history, James speak... -
Interview with Shannon TL Kearns
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kearns, Shannon TL Date: Nov. 18, 2021 Topics: LGBTQ+ religious people, Queer community, Trans men, Transgender clergy, Transgender community, White transgender people Subject: QueerTheology.com, Uprising Theatre Company Description: An interview with Shannon TL Kearns, a white trans man, playwright, and ordained priest based in Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, he was the founder and artistic director of Uprising The... -
Interview with Spencer Fugate
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fugate, Spencer Date: Sep. 5, 2015 Topics: Bisexuality, Celebrities, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Education, Families, Femmes, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, Love, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Native American . . ., Native American transgender people, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity), Polyamory, Racially mixed people, Racism, Religion, Rural development, Sex, Sexuality, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Students, Transgender people, White people--Race identity--United States, White transgender people Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Spencer Fugate is a mixed white and Cherokee trans woman who grew up in Tennessee and uses she and they. In this interview, Fugate speaks at length about growing up in Tennessee, religion and spiri... -
Interview with Steinarr Harriday
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Harriday, Steinarr Date: Apr. 20, 2016 Topics: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Biracial LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Education, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Lutheranism, Medical care, Men, Passing (Gender), Religion, Social privilege, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Sportspersons, Transgender people Subject: Aydian Dowling, BECAUSE Conference, Laith Ashley, Out Front, Steinarr Harriday, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Steinarr Harriday describes himself as biracial and pansexual trans male. In this oral history he discusses playing on the boy’s football team in school, the passing of his father, learning how to ... -
Interview with Susan Kimberly
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kimberly, Susan Date: Mar. 9, 2016 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, Official documentation, Older transgender people, Trans women, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Susan Kimberly is a white transwoman from St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, her time in the Peace Corps, her transition, her experienc... -
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: Activism, Activists, AIDS activists, Bullying, Butches, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, FtMs, Gay identity, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Identity, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Love, Masculinities, Medication, Middle West, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sex, Social movements, Social norms, Sports, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transmasculine people, Voice therapy (Gender), White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work, Youth 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, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Trump Administration Description: T. Aaron Hans is a white butch transmasculine person who grew up in Germany and the United States and uses he and ze. At the time of this oral history, Hans was working as at Hamline University. In... -
Interview with Tamlyn Murray
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Murray, Tamlyn Date: Dec. 27, 2016 Topics: Asexuality, Bisexuality, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Electrolysis, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Gender-nonconforming people, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Health, Health care, Intersex, Love, Medical care, Mental illness, Middle West, Misogyny, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Race, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Surgery, Plastic, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Tamlyn Murray is a white gender nonconforming female from Centerville, Minnesota. She talks about coming out, and her interactions with healthcare. She discusses relationships, and the issues withi... -
Interview with Taya Mitchell
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mitchell, Taya Date: Apr. 6, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Black race--Color, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Identification cards, Inclusive education, Language, Medical care, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Representation, Reproduction, Schools, Social media, Surgery, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Taya Mitchell is a performance artist and community organizer who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. In this oral history, she shares many of her experiences with being homeschooled; bullying ... -
Interview with Taylor Foster
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Foster, Taylor Date: Oct. 7, 2015 Topics: Activists, Colleges, Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Discrimination, Drag, Drag performance, Education, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender-affirming care, Love, Lutheranism, Middle West, Passing (Identity), Privilege (Social psychology), Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transitioning (Gender), White people--Race identity--United States, Work Subject: Augsburg University, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Taylor Foster is a white transman who grew up in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Foster was working as a 911 dispatcher for the City of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Fo... -
Interview with Thalia Fontan
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fontan, Thalia Date: Feb. 12, 2016 Topics: Celebrities, Education, Family relationships, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mental health, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Puerto Rican women, Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Social privilege, Trans women, Transgender victims of bullying, Transgender youth, White transgender people, Work Subject: Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Thalia Fontan is a Puerto Rican and white transwoman from Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Fontan was a student at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Fontan speaks at length... -
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: Anti-Blackness, Art, Autobiographies, Bars, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Butches, Children, Coming out, Creative activities and seat work, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Families, Friendships, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ partners, Racism, Roman catholicism, Social privilege, 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, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vibe Magazine Description: Tiq Milan is a Black trans man who grew up in Buffalo, New York. At the time of this interview, Milan was working as a writer based out of New York. In this oral history he talks about growing up i... -
Interview with Toni Pajak
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pajak, Toni Date: Nov. 23, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Body image, Christianity, Classism, Coming out, Crossdressers, Dating, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Divorce, Employment discrimination, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Health insurance, Heterosexual women, Hormones, Information technology, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Politics, Pregnancy, Public safety, Racism, Religions, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Social media, Sports, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Description: Toni Pajak is a white transsexual woman from North Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Pajak was working as an Information Technology Specialist based out of Minnesota. In this oral history... -
Interview with Tristan "TK" Morton
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Morton, Tristan "TK" Date: Dec. 4, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Coming out, Education, Higher, LGBTQ+ people of color, Queer people, Racial justice in education, Transgender activism, Transgender people Description: An interview with TK Morton is a Black queer trans higher education professional, advocate, and activist based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, ze was the Assistant Director o... -
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 is a white trans man. In life, Yule has spent time in the Midwest (in Iowa and Minnesota) and in California (in Apple Valley and San Francisco). In this interview, Yule touches upon topics ... -
Interview with Tygra Slarii
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Slarii, Tygra Trinity Date: Jan. 26, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Ballroom dancing, Biological parenthood, Choirs, Drag, Drag community, Families, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Twins Subject: Aquarius, Brody Bartlett, Damon Kelsey, Michelle Obama, On the Roof, Puttin on the Ritz Description: Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also disc... -
Interview with Vanessa Sheridan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sheridan, Vanessa Date: Jul. 12, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Families, Fundamentalism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Performing arts, Racism, Religions, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Crossing Over, HB2, Jerry Springer Show, Laura Jane Grace, Laverne Cox, Liberating the Transgendered Christian, Maury Povich, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pulse Night Club, RuPaul, The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace, Virginia Prince, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Description: Vanessa Sheridan is a white transgender woman raised in the South. At the time of this interview, Sheridan was the Director of Transgender Relations and Community Engagement at Center on Halsted (C... -
Interview with Venus DeMars part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: DeMars, Venus Date: May 3, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Autobiographies, Breast, Bullying, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Hormones, Marriage, MtFs, Musicians, Nose--Surgery, Pronoun, Puberty, Transgender people Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Venus de Mars Description: Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews that the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview she was... -
Interview with Xaundra Nawa
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Nawa, Xaundra Date: Aug. 29, 2017 Topics: Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Definitions, Discrimination, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gay identity, Genderfluid identity, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Non-monogamous relationships, Police, Poor, Racism, Racism in language, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Unemployed Description: Xaundra Nawa is Black fluid demigirl from Minnesota. In this interview they talk extensively about their childhood experiences with gender presentation, their relationship with their parents and br... -
Interview with Zeam Porter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Porter, Zeam Date: Dec. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Age, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Mental disorders, Poetry, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Sexual orientation, Sports Subject: Gender Revolution 8, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Zeam Porter is a Black and Blackfoot demiboy from Minnesota who goes by they/he/Z. At the time of this oral history, Porter was a student at Macalester College living in Minnesota. In this oral his... -
It's Time America Luncheon
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Middleton, Lisa Janet, DePalma, Sarah, Fee, Jane, Xavier, Jessica M., Kerin, Karen, Wilchins, Riki Anne Date: Jun. 1995 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Collaboration, Crossdressers, Hate crimes, LGBTI community, Liberation movements, Lobbying, Local government, Oppression, Politics, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Free State Justice Campaign (FSJC), International Congress of Crossdressers and Transgendered, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), It's Time America, It's Time Texas, National Gender Lobbying Day, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Reg Jones, Shelly Scalari -
Jane Fee Papers, 1943-2002
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: Sep. 29, 2016 Topics: Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Description: The papers of Jane Fee reflect her national and local involvement as a transgender activist and community member. The records primarily reflect local publications related to LGBT, specifically tran... -
Joanne and Julie Nemecek Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Nemecek, Julie, Nemecek, Joanne Date: Jul. 17, 2017 Topics: LGBTQ+ Baptists, Marriage, Transgender people Subject: Bethel College, Christine Jorgensen, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Joanne Nemecek, Julie Nemecek, Michigan Equality, PFLAG, Renee Richards, Roberts Wesleyan College, Soulforce, Spring Arbor University, Susan Stanton Description: OUTWORDS interview with Joanne and Julie Nemecek, conducted by Mason Funk on July 17, 2017 in their home in Spring Arbor, Michigan. Julie is a proud grandmother, Presbyterian church elder, and publ... -
Keynote Luncheon (Aug. 18, 1994)
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Fee, Jane, Skaer, Laura Elizabeth, Cicotello, Dianna Date: Aug. 1994 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Civil rights, Direct action, Discrimination, Employment policies, Gender identity, Law, LGBTI community, Sexual orientation, Stereotypes, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Fight Repression of the Right to Expression (FRRE), LeRoy LaBell, Speakers Project to End Discrimination (SPED), The Allies Advisory Group, The Coworker's Manual, The Employer's Guide: Gender Transition on the Job -
Lenette Lee and Lauraine Lee at Orpheum Theatre (1970)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1970 Topics: Cinemas, MtFs, Siblings, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Lauraine Lee, Lenette Lee, Orpheum Theater Description: The "Lee Sisters" posing under the marquee of the Orpheum Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Of special note is the movie which was featured, "The Christine Jorgensen Story." -
Letter from Colin Markland to Rupert Raj (January 12, 1979)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Markland, Colin Date: Jan. 12, 1979 Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Rupert Raj, University of Calgary Description: Letter from Colin Markland to Rupert Raj discussing the University of Minnesota's gender reassignment program and where Raj can find more information detailing their surgery accomplishments and com... -
Letter from Dr. Eli Coleman to Rupert Raj (August 12, 1988)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Coleman, Eli Date: Aug. 12, 1988 Topics: Transgender activism, Transgender people Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Eli Coleman to Rupert Raj. Coleman expresses joy at the publication of materials previously provided in Metamorphosis and updates Raj on publishing the results of a study. Coleman also ... -
Max Gries Papers, 1993-2008
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: Sep. 29, 2016 Topics: Bisexuality, Human rights, Transgender people Subject: Max Gries Description: Max Gries is a Minnesota community activist in the transgender and bisexual communities. Gries participates as a volunteer for Minnesota’s One Voice Mixed Chorus and TransVoices. Gries also served ... -
Metamorphosis Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 1982)
Collection: Metamorphosis Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: Feb. 1982 Topics: Appearance, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Phalloplasty, Sexuality, Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Erik Schinegger, F. Brantley Scott, Joseph Lamberti, Jude Patton, Mario Martino, Nicholas C. Ghosh, Richard Freen, Rupert Raj, Steve Dain -
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 ... -
Minnesota Men of Color (MMC) Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Datta, Kristen Date: Unknown Topics: AIDS awareness, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit people Description: These records document the history and work of Minnesota Men of Color. The collection includes publications such as magazines and newspapers, brochures, textual resources, reports, and articles on ... -
Minnesota Pride Celebration '96 Program Schedule
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Date: 1996 Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Conferences, Crossdressing, Education, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTI community, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Religions, Support groups, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Abby Saypen, Alison Laing, Anne Johnson, Arthur Freeheart, Beth Zemsky, Diana Priecing, Diana Slyter, Diane Ellaborn, Dianna Ciccotello, Donna Cognac, Eugene Schrang, Eve Burchert, John Norman, Julie Dafydd, Lori Dokken, Lynn Walker, Mary Ann Alden, Mary Ann Kirkland, Melinda Paras, Nancy Shavlik, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Richard F. Docter, Riki Anne Wilchins, Sandra Davis, Sandra S. Cole, Sheila Kirk, Steven Grandell, Virginia Prince, Walter Bockting, Winnie Brant -
Minnesota Pride Celebration '96 Registration Form
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Name Is Changed to Match Sex
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Other Cities...
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Outreach Newsletter Vol. 9 Nos. 1 & 2 (Fall/Winter 1985)
Collection: Outreach Publications Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: The Human Outreach and Achievement Institute Date: Winter 1985 Topics: Androgyny, Bisexuality, Femininities, Gender role, Masculinities, Sexual health, Sexuality, Upbringing Subject: April Ashley, April Ashley's Odyssey, Ari Kane, Bisexuality, a Study, Female-to-Male Transsexualism: Historical, Clinical, and Theoretical Issues, International Symposium on Gender Dysphoria, John Money, Men in Frocks, Sex and Gender: a Theological and Scientific Inquiry, The Androgyne, Reconciliation of The Male and Female, Transsexuality in the Male, TSism in the Male -
Program in Human Sexuality Flyer
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Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 9 No. 8 (August 1995)
Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Renaissance Education Association Date: Aug. 1995 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, FtMs, Hate crimes, LGBTQ+ radio, Media, Transgender movement Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Charles Busch, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tri-Ess Sorority -
Renaissance News, Vol. 4 No. 9 (September 1990)
Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Renaissance Education Association Date: Sep. 1990 Topics: Competitions, Counseling, Crossdressers, Events, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Media, Prisoners, Prisons, Prostitution, Reviews, Self-acceptance, Self-image, Support groups, Transsexual people, Workshops Subject: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Babe Bean, Cleo/Leo, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Philadelphia Inquirer, The Mayor's Commission on Sexual Minorities (MCSM) -
Report from Employment Law and Policy Project
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Skaer, Laura Elizabeth Date: Aug. 1994 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Civil rights, Employees, Employment policies, Labour law, Supreme court, Surveys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Belinda Joelle Smith, Belinda Joelle Smith v. City of Jacksonville Correctional Institution, Boulton and Park Survey, Doe v. the Boeing Company, Gender Change Employability Issues, Title VII -
Richard LaFortune (Anguksuar) Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bettine, Aiden Date: Unknown Topics: AIDS education, Two-Spirit people Subject: American Indian Gay and Lesbian Center, American Indian Gays and Lesbians in the Twin Cities, Richard LaFortune (Anguksuar) Description: The Richard LaFortune (Anguksuar) Papers include manuscript, visual, and digital materials. Coverage includes general Two-Spirit issues, the representation of Native Americans in the national GLBT ... -
[Scrapbook #2]
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Black transgender people, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Communism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Femininities, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersex, Job placement, LGBTQ+ people of color, Marriage, Military, Partners of transgender people, Photographic models, Plastic surgery, Pregnancy, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transphobia, Typists Subject: Alain Garap, Angie Cerniglia, Bambi, Barbara Buick, Bili Day, Billie Kamp, Bryant Haliday, Burha, Cecil Saint Laurent, Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Coccinelle, Dahl Iverson, Dane Worth, Diana Dors, Douglas Zimmerman, Eddie Plique, Eise LaRoe, Elizabeth Kimberly Belvedere Hughes, Florence Robinson, Fran Novak, Frank Little, Franz Little, George Davies, Georgina Prince, Gina Bell, Hedy Jo Star, Herman Katz, Hiroshi Maruyama, Howard Knox, Jack Werboff, Jacques Dufrenoy, Jean Cocteau, Jeanette Jiousselot, Jeanne Eagles, John G. Eckhardt, John Lewis, John Murphy Goodshot, Josephine Baker, Julian Eltinge, Kathleen Little, Kim Novak, Laura Hughes, Laura Stebbings, Leonard Mastromarro, Leonard Sillman, Lucky Sarcell, Luis Laurite, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Ramiro, Maurice Leznoff, Mei Lanfang, Michel Marie Poulain, Naja Karamuru, Peter Howard, Phil Black, Ray Leen, Rene LaFont, Robbie Ross, Robert Cowell, Robert Francas, Roberto Navarro, T.C. Jones, Tony Midnight, William Westley -
Sex-Change Surgery Set in Minnesota
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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,... -
S.P.I.C.E. A Wilderness Adventure (July 14-18, 1999)
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tangents: Arts & Such
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TGIC, Butterfly, EON Newsletter (September 1988)
Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Expressing Our Nature, Transgenderests Independence Club, Butterfly Date: Sep. 1988 Topics: Acceptance, AIDS awareness, Books, Collaboration, Communities, Crossdressing, Events, Femininities, Masculinities, Organisations, Self-acceptance, Solidarity, Tolerance, Transsexualism Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Rhapsody the News Letter of Transpitt of Pittsburgh, The Names Project, Transpitt, University of Minnesota Gender Clinic -
TGSF Newsletter Vol. 19, Issue 12
Collection: ETVC Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Kantz, Ayme Date: Dec. 2000 Topics: Bisexuality, Crossdressing, Discrimination in employment, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Jacqui Jewels, Transgender Political Caucus, TransGender San Francisco (TGSF), Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. Description: A TGSF Newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as the ETVC, that discusses lawsuits regarding sex discrimination and employment, deconstrucing labels, upcoming social events, and committee meeting... -
TGSF Newsletter Vol. 19, Issue 5
Collection: ETVC Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Kantz, Ayme Date: May 2000 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, LGBTQ+ sports clubs, LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transgender poetry, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: ACT UP, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), International Congress on Cross-Dressing, Sex, and Gender, Joanna Roche, TransGender San Francisco (TGSF) Description: A TGSF Newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as the ETVC, discusses social events, committee meeting notes, financial reports, marriage, lawsuits, civil disobedience, and so forth. -
TGSF Newsletter Vol. 20, Issue 11
Collection: ETVC Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Kantz, Ayme Date: Nov. 2001 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Crossdressers, Gender affirming surgery, Intersex community, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ support groups, Passing (Gender), Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender community, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC), ETVC Cotillion, National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), Tranny Fest, TransGender San Francisco (TGSF) Description: A TGSF Newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as ETVC, that contains executive committee meeting minutes, upcoming events, letters from readers, a column calling for participation in the San Fran... -
TGSF Newsletter Vol. 21, Issue 1
Collection: ETVC Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Kantz, Ayme Date: Jan. 2002 Topics: Children of transgender people, Crossdressers, Dance, Drag, Genderqueer identity, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ family members, LGBTQ+ support groups, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transgender victims of hate crimes, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Dr. Robert Brink, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Esprit, Terriane Summers, TransGender San Francisco (TGSF) Description: A TGSF Newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as ETVC, that discusses executive committee meeting minutes, Salvation Army protests, the Esprit 2002 Transgender Conference, cross-dressing and drag... -
TGSF Newsletter Vol. 21, Issue 2
Collection: ETVC Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Kantz, Ayme Date: Feb. 2002 Topics: Bathroom bans, Crossdressers, Dance, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Dr. Robert Brink, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Esprit, ETVC Cotillion, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), PFLAG, Princesa, Susan Stryker, Terriane Summers, TransGender San Francisco (TGSF), Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. Description: A TGSF Newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as ETVC, that discusses executive committee members, upcoming events, Dr. Brink's gender-affirming plastic surgery, Esprit 2002, Cotillion 2002, and ... -
The ICTLEP Reporter (February-May 1996)
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy (ICTLEP) Date: Feb. 1996 to May 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Civil rights, Conferences, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Law, Military, MtFs, Psychology, Race, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Al Gore, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Bill Clinton, Brandon Teena, Chanelle Pickett, Civil Rights Act, Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles, David Haier, Dawn Wilson, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Elvia Arriola, Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), It's Time America, It's Time Texas, Janet Aiello, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Playland Cafe, Press For Change, Robert Trepanowski, Sean O'Neill, Sex Discrimination Act, Tony D'Augelli, TRANSGEN, William C. Palmer, William Muirhead-Allwood Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence -
The Ingersoll Message, Vol. 2 No. 3 (May, 1996)
Collection: The Ingersoll Message Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Butler, Pat Date: May 1996 Topics: Abortion, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Politics, Society, Stereotypes, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Anne Johnson, Annual International Foundation for Gender Education, Congress of Transgender Organizations (CTO), FTM Conference of the Americas, Hands Off Washington Campaign (HOW), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Karen Shaw, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), PFLAG, Rochelle Shaffer, Roe v. Wade -
The Life Secret of Charley Parkhurst, a Famous California Stage-Driver
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 29, 1880 Topics: Death and dying, Firearms, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Hank Monk Description: The Northern Pacific Farmer (Wadena, Minnesota) -
The Sweetheart Connection Vol. 7 No. 3 (Summer 1999)
Collection: The Sweetheart Connection Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Graham, Onnalee Date: Summer 1999 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Gender, Gender identity, Gender role, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Love, Marriage, Masculinities, Mental health, Psychologists, Self-acceptance, Society, Stereotypes, Support groups Subject: Charles Prince, Spouses & Partners International Conference for Education (SPICE), Virginia Prince, Walter Bockting -
Trans March
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Trans Oral History Project, 1926-2007
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Date: 2016 Topics: Gender identity, LGBTI community, Transgender people Subject: André Pérez, Dallas Denny, Trans Oral History Project Description: The Trans Oral History Project is a community based initiative to collect the stories of trans and gender non-conforming folks and share them with the public to show a wide range of gender identiti... -
TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism No. 10 (Autumn 1995)
Collection: TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Gabriel, Davina Anne, Skyclad Publishing Co. Date: 1995 Topics: Activists, Civil rights, Feminism, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, MtFs, People with disabilities, Queer theory, Transgender culture, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Women's movement Subject: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Free State Justice Campaign (FSJC), Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), It's Time America, Jessica Meredith Xavier, Joy Shaffer, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), Lisa Rose, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Mirrors: Portrait of a Lesbian Transsexual, National Gender Lobbying Day, National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, National Organization for Women (NOW), Transgender Health Symposium, Transsexual Menace Description: Contents: Letters to the editor -- Trans-action news -- Mission to Michigan IV: no room at the information table -- Through the looking glass -- Introducing Jessica Meredith Xavier -- Transsexual f... -
TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism No. 8 (Spring 1995)
Collection: TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Gabriel, Davina Anne, Skyclad Publishing Co. Date: 1995 Topics: Activists, Civil rights, Feminism, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, MtFs, Queer theory, Transgender culture, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Women's movement Subject: Brandon Teena, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Gender Dysphoria: A Guide to Research, It's Time Again, Minnesota, Janice Raymond, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Sandy Stone, Susan Davis, The Gaze of the Vampire, The Transsexual Empire: the Making of the She-Male, Transgender Liberation Coalition (TLC) Description: Contents: Letters to the editor -- Trans-action news -- Interview with the transsexual vampire: Sandy Stone's dark gift -- Introducing Adrienne Davis -- In sisterly spirit: a personal view -- The p... -
TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism No. 9 (Summer 1995)
Collection: TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Gabriel, Davina Anne, Skyclad Publishing Co. Date: 1995 Topics: Activists, Civil rights, Feminism, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, MtFs, People with disabilities, Queer theory, Transgender culture, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Women's movement Subject: Americans with Disabilities Act, Brandon Teena, Civil Rights Act, Full Circle of Women, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, New Woman Conference, Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA), Program in Human Sexuality, Rachel Pollack, S/he, Separatist Convention, Unquestionably Fine Description: Contents: Letter to the editor -- Trans-action news -- Telling our stories: our own personal wrinkle -- The suffering behind Premarin -- The disability initiative -- S/he who -- Meet the new boss, ... -
Twenty Minutes (June, 1991)
Collection: Twenty Minutes Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: The XX Club Date: Jun. 1991 Topics: Anglicanism, Appearance, Counseling, Drag, Film, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Priests, Self-acceptance, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Unemployment Subject: Gender Identity Clinic of New England (GICNE), Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, International Symposium on Gender Dysphoria, Michel Seghers, Reverend Canon Clinton R. Jones -
Vicki Marlane Photographs and Artifacts
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: GLBT Historical Society Date: Jan. 2014 Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gay pride, Transgender people Subject: Aunt Charlie's Lounge, Forever's Gonna Start Tonight, Vicki Marlane Description: "Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a critically acclaimed drag performer and transgender woman who worked in San Francisco. The Vicki Marlane Photographs and Artifacts document Marlane’s personal life ... -
What Other Editors Say Believe It or Not
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Richmond News Leader Date: Dec. 27, 1969 Topics: Discrimination, Dismissal of employees, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Sexism, Transsexual people Subject: University of Minnesota Gender Clinic -
"Your Health" Workshop Report
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Middleton, Lisa Janet, Stuart, Sharon Ann, Laframboise, Sandra Date: Jun. 1995 Topics: Crossdressers, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Law, Prisoners, Supreme court, Surveys, Taxation, Transgender people, Transgender prisoners, Transgenderism, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Collier Cole, Dallas Denny, Doe v. State of Minnesota, Douglas Ousterhout, DSM-IV, Farrannette v. Kaiser Foundation, Garry Hill, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, Linda Phillips, Martine Rothblatt, Ray Hill, Rush v. Johnson, Rush v. Parham