Interview with CJ Vondal

CJ Vondal identifies as a trans man who was assigned female at birth. They were born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota where they still live. At the time of their interview, they were a freshman at the University of North Dakota getting used to not living with their parents. They were raised a bit closed minded, not getting out much. They didn’t know the LGBTQ community existed until they were a Sophomore in high school. They came out as a lesbian in a newspaper article during their junior year of high school. They had a gender fluid partner at the time, and Vondal noticed they didn’t really feel like a woman nor felt comfortable as a woman, however. They would like to transition but they were diagnosed at 18 on their birthday with polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, which, if not treated, can lead to ovary and pelvic cancer and leads to hormone imbalance. They came out to their mom the next day after their eighteenth birthday, telling her they wanted to transition. Vondal ended up in an argument with their mom since she was afraid for Vondal. Vondal describes themselves as always being shy and closed off from others.

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Identifier: tm70mv398
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Vondal, CJ
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Oct. 15, 2016
Genre: Oral Histories
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Places: North Dakota
North Dakota > Cass County > City of Fargo > Fargo
Topic(s): Gender diversity
Gender identity
Genderfluid identity
Lesbians
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
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