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Aelita Parizek Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Parizek, Aelita, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 10, 2018 Topics: Arts, Arts and entertainment occupations, Body image, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Students, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: In this interview with Sebastián Casto Niculescu, Aelita Parizek discusses their journey of discovery both with their transness and in the art world. Parizek explains how their experiences at Parso... -
Andrea Lawlor Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lawlor, Andrea Date: Aug. 18, 2019 Topics: Gender diversity, Gender identity, Literature, Transgender community, Transgender people, Working class Subject: Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Description: Andrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and is author of the novel Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (2017). In this interview, Lawlor discusses growing up in a working-class comm... -
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... -
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... -
Donna M. Cartwright Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Cartwright, Donna M., O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Dec. 23, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Arrests, Beauty standards, Colleges, Coming out, Crossdressing, Dating, Drag queens, Ethnic relations, Events, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ movement, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Normalization, Organisations, Secrecy, Sexuality, Social movements, Socialism, Stereotypes, Therapists, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender rights, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Brandon Teena, Christine Jorgensen, Donna M. Cartwright, Gender Right Advocacy Association of New Jersey (GRAANJ), GenderPAC, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), Pride at Work, Terence Stamp, The New York Times Description: Donna Cartwright discusses her long history in the labor movement, as a socialist militant, in leading roles in trans rights organizing and LGBTQ organizations. She recounts her 30 years spent as a... -
Ei Meeker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Meeker, Ei Date: Oct. 9, 2017 Topics: Activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Community centres, Direct action, Educators, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender role, Harassment, Health care, Help lines, HIV/AIDS, Housing, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Roman catholicism, Schools, Sex education, Sexuality, Tolerance, Transgender children, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: ACT UP, Bailey House, Ei Meeker, Terry McGovern -
Eli Bodian Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Bodian, Eli, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jun. 29, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Employment discrimination, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Jews, Language, Siblings, Transgender families, Transgender people, Unemployment, Youth organisations Subject: Caitlyn Jenner Description: Eli Bodian shares information about their upbringing with Sebastián Castro Niculescu in this interview, specifically what it was like being trans and having a sibling who is also trans. Bodian talk... -
Hannah Baer Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Baer, Hannah Date: Feb. 19, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Buddhism, Capitalism, Femininities, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Group relations training, Health care, Higher education, Homophobia, Insurance, Judaism, Masculinities, Microaggressions, Music, Plastic surgery, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexism, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: Against Me!, Eileen Fisher, Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS), Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility (JCC), Transcend Legal -
Interview with Jules Gleeson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gleeson, Jules Date: Nov. 4, 2019 Topics: Academics, Activists, Anime, Arab-Israeli conflict, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Comic books, strips, etc., Coming out, Communism, Cults, Discrimination, Feminism, Gay clergy, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Internet, Intersex, LGBTI community, Liberation theology, Literature, Night life, Peace movement, Physical affection, Police, Racism, Right-wing extremists, Roman catholicism, Sexual harassment, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Amnesty International Club, Anti-Scientology, British National Party, Donald Trump, Fairy Tales, Group of Eight (G8), Hillary Clinton, Historical Materialism Conference, Jesus College Cambridge, Julius, King's College London, New York Police Department (NYPD), Osteoporosis, Palestine, Stonewall, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Werewolf The Apocalypse -
K. Kerimian Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kiermian, K. Date: Aug. 3, 2023 Topics: Androgyny, Family members, Gender identity, Sexual orientation, Transgender people Description: An interview with K. Kerimian about their life and experiences. -
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... -
Melissa Sklarz Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Sklarz, Melissa, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Jul. 5, 2017 Topics: Bathrooms, Civil rights, Crossdressing, Elections, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Homelessness, Hormones, Isolation, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Lobbying, MtFs, Night life, Politics, Public facilities, Public sex, Representation, Schools, Stigmatisation, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats, GenderPAC, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Melissa Sklarz, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Riki Anne Wilchins, Stonewall Democrats Description: Melissa Sklarz was the first transgender elected official in New York, having been a judicial delegate since the 1990s. She has served on many trans rights legislative committees, including the Sto... -
Moira Airington and Nicole White Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Towne, Tyler, Airington, Moira, White, Nicole Date: Apr. 15, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Ambulance drivers, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Discrimination, Educators, Families, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Parents of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Moira Airington, Nicole White Description: Moira Airington and Nicole White are a married couple who both identify as trans women. They discuss their experience with family, education, and the working world, as well as the story of how they... -
Octavia Leona Kohner Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kohner, Octavia Leona Date: Mar. 27, 2017 Topics: Activists, Anarchism, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Feminists, Gender identity, Isolation, Labour movement, LGBTI community, MtFs, Political movements, Solidarity, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Working class Subject: Babeland, Octavia Leona Kohner Description: Octavia Leona Kohner was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. Here, she recounts her upbringing in a working-class family in Staten Island, and describes ... -
Rafaela Anshel Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Arban, Courtney Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Age, Child abuse, Childhood, Choirs, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Judaism, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Music, Popular culture, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Privacy, Self-acceptance, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Social workers, Stereotypes, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Gender Identity Project, Rafaela Anshel Description: Rafaela Anshel is a Jewish trans woman, affiliated with the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. This interview is a reflection of Anshel’s transition. She details accounts from youth up until present ... -
Robbi Ann Mecus Oral Hisory
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mecus, Robbi Ann Date: Aug. 23, 2019 Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Crossdressing, Disabilities, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Forest rangers, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gentrification, Health care, Homophobia, Internalized homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Machismo, Masculinities, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Secrecy, Sexism, Siblings, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Visibility Subject: 2017 Women's March, Bizarre Bushwick, Donald Trump, Kate Bornstein, Renee Richards, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Second Serve, Stonewall, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), Trans Day of Action Description: In this interview, Robbi Ann Mecus describes her journey from growing up with her family, experiencing gender dysphoria in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, to living as her ... -
Robin Scott Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Scott, Robin, Towne, Tyler Date: Mar. 28, 2018 Topics: Artists, Childhood, Coming out, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Representation, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Weddings Subject: Robin Scott Description: Robin discusses growing up in the Upper East Side of New York, how her neighborhood has evolved over time, and her favorite areas in the city. She recalls mental issues preventing her from attendin... -
Saje Liese Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Towne, Tyler, Liese, Saja Date: May 17, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Childhood, Divorce, Employment policies, Friendships, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Partners of transgender people, Transgender people Description: Saje Liese was born on Long Island and moved to NYC after 10 years of living in the country. She is a “true blue New Yorker” and tech engineer. In this interview, Saje discusses Dungeons & Dragons,... -
Simon Chartrand Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Chartrand, Simon Date: Jul. 27, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Autism spectrum disorders, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Coming out, Community centres, Dating, Families, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Misogyny, Physicians, Racism, Schools, Social media, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender children, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Janet Mock, Simon Chartrand Description: Simon Chartrand describes his experience growing up in upstate New York, being outed to family, living with chronic pain and navigating healthcare as a trans person. Simon discusses the long proces... -
Spree Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Spree Date: Jun. 8, 2017 Topics: Actors, AIDS activists, Appearance, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Faeries, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Theatre, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP, International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), Marsha P. Johnson, Ortez Alderman, Queer Nation, Spree Description: Performer, and activist Spree shares her experiences as a Radical Faerie; a member of ACT UP, The Emma Goldman Gypsy Players and The Eggplant Players; and a resident of numerous places around the w... -
Topher Gross Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Gross, Topher Date: Oct. 15, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Colleges, Entertainers, Families, Festivals, FtMs, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian separatism, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Night life, Radical feminism, Schools, Social exclusion, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Topher Gross