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  1. Tuesday Smillie Oral History

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

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Tourmaline
    Date: Sep. 18, 2019
    Topics: Ableism, Artists, Black people, Black power, Black studies, Christianity, Discrimination, Film, Gender diversity, Gender role, Gentrification, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Housing, Kwanzaa, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Atlanta is a Sea of Bones, Black Panthers, Critical Resistance 10 (CR 10), Curb Resistance, David Farwell, Diane Davies, Faith Soloway, FIERCE, Happy Birthday, Marsha, Invaders, Jay Toole, Joseph DeFilippis, Legacy of Bones, Marcus Garvey, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Egyptt, Miss Major, Mudbound, Ola Osaze, Queers for Economic Justice, Sasha Warsal, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Taking Freedom Home, The Door, The House of Lady Snow, Veterans Affairs (VA), Welfare Warriors, Women's Liberation Front
    Description: Tourmaline is a writer, activist, and filmmaker, involved in projects like Happy Birthday, Marsha and Atlantic is a Sea of Bones. In this interview, she recounts her childhood in Boston, where she ...
  3. Interview with Andrea Abi-Karam

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Abi-Karam, Andrea
    Date: Jun. 21, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Anti-fascism, Body image, Capitalism, Childhood, Counterculture, Depression, Divorce, Family members, Gender minorities, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Insurance, LGBTQ+ poetry, Masculinities, Neofascism, Oppression, Physicians, Prisons, Psychiatrists, Religions, Suburbs, Surgery, Tattoos, Terrorism, Transgender people, Zines
    Subject: Ana Mendieta, Elizabeth Bishop, Ghost Ship Fire, GQ, Maryanne Moore, Mills College, New York Police Department (NYPD), Nighboat Books, Sister Spit, Spraytan, Sylvia Plath, They/Them
  4. Anaïs Duplan Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Duplan, Anaïs
    Date: Jun. 18, 2019
    Topics: Afro-caribbeans, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Indeterminacy (Linguistics), Intimacy, LGBTQ+ poetry, Time perception, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Gennady Aygi, Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus, Paul Celan, Take This Stallion, Terrance Hayes
  5. Jeaux Henry Oral History

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

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Gossett, Che
    Date: May 3, 2019
    Topics: AIDS education, Arab-Israeli conflict, Archivists, Baptist church, Black people, Black studies, Colonialism, Community centres, Cross-cultural relationships, Education, Femininities, Film, Gay clergy, Gender, Gender studies, Gentrification, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Justice, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Military, Politics, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Segregation, Thai boxing, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: ACT UP Philly, All of Us or None, Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Black Panthers, Center for Reserach on Women at Barnard, Critical Resistance, Darby Hickey, David Farwell, Detroit: Yes I Do Mind Dying, Different Avenues, Fox News, Fred Milton, Galaei, George Jackson, Hearts on a Wire, James Baldwin, Jerry Brown, Lambda Literary Retreat, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Gurden, Native Son, Philadelphia FIGHT, Project Home, Roxbury, Ryan Smith, Ryan White Youth Conference, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Trans Health Conference, Uphams Corner Health Clinic, Yuri Kochiyama
    Description: Che Gossett shares on the left political history of their parents, their time spent in multiple abolitionist, black and queer organizing groups, and their becoming a critical scholar of trans studi...
  7. Imani Henry Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Henry, Imani
    Date: Mar. 8, 2019
    Topics: Abuse, Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Arrests, Black people, Christianity, Cults, Discrimination, Gay pride, Gender minorities, Middle class, Peace movement, Police, Racism, Religions, School facilities, Slavery, Social media, Street violence, Transgender people, Violence, Working class, Youth
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Black Student Organization, Boston Tech, Christine Lewis, Domestic Workers United, Emerson College, English High, Equality for Flatbush, ICE, James Dobson, Keith Kyler, Ken Livingston, Kimani Grey, Latin Academy, Latin Boston, Malcolm X, National School Walkout Day, Patrick Dorsman, Peoples Monday, Rodney King, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell, Trish Marinara, University of Massachusetts - Lowell (UMass Lowell)
  8. Chase Strangio Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Strangio, Chase, O'Brien, Michelle Esther
    Date: Oct. 12, 2018
    Topics: Activists, Gender identity, Imprisonment, Judaism, Law, Lawyers, Legal process, LGBTQ+ movement, Transgender people
    Subject: Chelsea Manning
    Description: Chase Strangio discusses their work as a leading LGBTQ legal advocate with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), including their representation of and connection to well-known former political...
  9. Chanel Lopez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lopez, Chanel, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jul. 31, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Appearance, Change of name, Christianity, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Mental health, Role models, Schools, Self-acceptance, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community
    Subject: Anti Violence Project, Bronx Community Pride Center, Crash Club
    Description: Transgender communities liaison Chanel Lopez details her experience as a Latinx trans woman in both New York and the Dominican Republic. Lopez opens up to interviewer Sebastian Castro Niculescu abo...
  10. Akasha Barker Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Barker, Akasha, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jul. 12, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Beauty schools, Body image, Change of name, Education, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Isolation, LGBTI community, Mental health, Music, NGOs, Police brutality, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: In this conversation with interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu, entertainer Akasha Barker (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) discusses her journey with her gender identity during the HIV/AIDS epid...
  11. Anna Keyes Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Maya, Elliott, Keyes, Anna
    Date: Jul. 14, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Bullying, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Depression, Ethnic groups, Families, Film, Film studies, Gender identity, Gender relations, Gender role, Health care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Public facilities, Representation, Self-acceptance, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Anna Keyes
    Description: Anna Keyes discusses the textured and representational aspects of her films, her process of self realization and the embodiment of her womanhood through online community, her family and being out i...
  12. Jamie Bauer Oral History

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

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

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Prout, Valda
    Date: Aug. 6, 2016
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Hair removal, Homophobia, Hormone therapy (Gender), Police harassment, Police raids, Racism, Segregation, Slurs, Theater, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, West Indian Americans
    Subject: Agassiz Village, Auntie Mame, Dorothy Mallory, Dr. Risch, George L. Prout, Jacque's, La Belse, Mae Bonds, Paul Robeson, Phil Black, Punch Bowl, Summer Stock, Valda Prout
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Valda Prout, conducted by Mason Funk on August 6, 2016 in Washington DC. "Today, Valda lives in a small apartment just north of Logan Circle in Washington DC, a short walk f...
  15. 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
  16. IFGE Newsletter Vol. 6 No. 2 (Summer 2000)

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
    Date: 2000
    Topics: LGBTQ+ awards
    Subject: Alison Laing, Ariadne Kane, Betty Ann Lind, Carol Beecroft, Carrie Davis, Dallas Denny, Dana Rivers, Denise Leclair, Diane Dale, Diane Ellaborn, Donna Nadeau, Ellen Summers, Eve Burchert, Jamison Green, Jane Ellen Fairfax, Jennifer Marquette, Joan Hoff, Joann Prinzivalli, Julie Anne Johnson, Larissa Glasser, Laura Caldwell, Mary Frances Fairfax, Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Naomi Owen, Pamela Geddes, Phyllis Frye, Rose Ryan, S Kristine James, Sara Herwig, Sheila Kirk, Sr. Mary Elizabeth, Tony Barreto-Neto, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook-Riley
    Description: Volume 6, Number 2 International Foundation for Gender Education's newsletter, published in Summer 2000. Includes nomination form for the Virginia Prince Lifetime Contribution Award 2001.
  17. In Your Face No. 4 (Spring 1997)

     
    Collection: In Your Face
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Wilchins, Riki Anne
    Date: Spring 1997
    Topics: Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Classification of diseases, Demonstrations, Gender dysphoria, Health care, Intersex rights, LGBTI community, Lobbying, Media, Police brutality, Politics, Prisoners, Schools, Sexual violence
    Subject: American Psychiatric Association (APA), Bi-Net USA, Brandon Teena, Candice Sue Penn, Chanelle Pickett, Crystal Marie Schwenk, Deborah Forte, Gender Shock, GenderPAC, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), It's Time America, Janice Ricks, Logan Smith, Matthew Stickney, Nancy Buermeyer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Gender Lobbying Day, National Organization for Women (NOW), Phyllis Burke, Queer Nation, The Advocate, The New York Times, Transgender Officers Protect and Serve (TOPS), Transsexual Menace, United States Congress
  18. FTM Newsletter #35

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie, de Maria Arana, Marcus, Craffey, Brynn, Green, Jamison, Hernandez, Michael, Dull, Victor, Forte, Patrick Jerome
    Date: Autumn 1996
    Topics: Terminal care (AIDS)
    Subject: 2ND Annual FTM, 2ND National Gender Lobbying Day, AIDS Project, Birdie Jo Hoaks, Brenda Ludgate, Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes, Chanelle Pickett, David Harrison, Deanna Wilkinson, Deborah Forte, Fifth International Transgender Law Conference, GenderPAC, Gerald Ramsey, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Leslie Feinberg Health Fund, Rodney Dale Neadeau, San Francisco HIV Prevention Planning Council, Sanda Davis, Sean O'Neill, Shawn Keegan, Tyra Hunter
    Description: Issue 35 of FTM International published in Autumn, 1996. This special conference edition includes second annual FTM conference survey and sign ups for FTM membership. Articles include discussions o...
  19. The Transgenderist (August, 1996)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1996
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Gay rights, Gender realignment surgery, Generative organs, Genes, Harassment, Hate crimes, Identity, Law, Local government, Night life, Partners of transgender people, Politics, Sexuality, Transgender people
    Subject: GenderPAC, Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA), Integracion Gay Lesbica Argentina, John G. Rowland
  20. 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
  21. Local Drag Bar Sparks a Queer-Rock Renaissance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Muther, Christopher
    Date: Apr. 1996
    Topics: Bisexual artists, Drag, Drag bars, LGBTQ+ musicians, MtFs, Performance art, Pre-operative, Transsexual people
    Subject: Jacque's, Limelight, Rikki Bates, Ryan Landry, Space Pussy, Women of Sodom
    Description: This item is an article entitled "Local drag bar sparks a queer-rock renaissance" from the Supplement to the Boston Phoenix. It features several "gender bending" rock bands.
  22. The Transgenderist (February, 1996)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 1996
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Change of name, Crossdressers, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ partners, Mental health, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexuality, Social activities clubs, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Violence
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, FTM Conference of the Americas, Gabrielle Pickett, Nancy Nangeroni, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Phyllis Randolph Frye, Virginia Prince
  23. The Transgenderist (January, 1996)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1996
    Topics: Acceptance, Anti-transgender violence, Appearance, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett, Playland Cafe
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  24. Planning Note for the "Moonlight in Manhattan" Event, 1994

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1994
    Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Transgender community
    Subject: Greater New York Gender Alliance (GNYGA), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Moonlight in Manhattan NYC
    Description: A handwritten note containing planning details about the "Moonlight in Manhattan" event, 1994.
  25. The Transgenderist (January-February 1992)

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