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Lix Z Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Z, Lix Date: Jul. 17, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anarchists, Archives, Black people, Body adornment, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Drag, Education, Eroticism, Exhibitionism, Fetishism, Gay pride week, Gender diversity, Heterosexuals, Leather community, Police, Punk, SM, Trade unions, Transgender community, Writers, Zines Subject: Blue Stocking, DIY Spaces, FTP Gay, Happy Fun Hideaway, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Maya Songbird, Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC), Queer/Trans Zinefest (QTZFest), Silent Barn, Socrates Sculpture Park, Telepathic Children, Time is the Thing a Body Move Through, Trans Play Party -
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 -
Kim Watson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Watson, Kim Date: Jun. 18, 2019 Topics: Activists, Adoptive parents, AIDS activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Gender, Health care, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersex, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mental health, Parenthood, Psychiatry, Social service organisations, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Writers Subject: ACT UP, Addicts' Rehabilitation Center (ARC), AIDS WATCH, Bright Point, Bronx Lebanon, Carmen Vasquez, Community Kinship Life (CK Life), Empire [State] Pride Agenda, Escuelitas, HIV Prevention Planning Group (HPG), Marti Adult Day Program, Odyssey House, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Pose, RuPaul's Drag Race, Stonewall, The Modern-Day Woman, The Monster, Two Potatoes Description: Kim Watson is co-founder of CK Life, author of The Modern Day Woman, and trans advocate and leader. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Barbados as an intersexed woman, her years of home... -
Ryann Holmes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Holmes, Ryann Date: May 14, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Hormones, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ parents, Pronoun, Religions, Secondary education, Tomboys, Transgender parents, Transgender people Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Trans TV, Miss Major Description: In this dialogue, Ryann Holmes discusses their life with Sir Knight of BlackTransTV. Ryann co-founded bklyn boihood, an organization for transmasculine people of color. Ryann discusses being a tomb... -
Interview with Imara Jones
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jones, Imara Date: Apr. 25, 2019 Topics: Activists, Ageism, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Future, Gender identity, Gentrification, Journalists, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marxism, Mass media, Politics, Representation, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Audre Lorde, Black Trans Future, Color Lines, David French, Donald Trump, Free Speech Television, Governor's House, Happy Birthday, Marsha, Marsha Clark, Marsha P. Johnson, Morehouse College, New York Women's Studies Association Conference, Pose, Saidiya Hartman, The Anti-Violence Project (AVP), The Last Sip, The New York Women's Foundation, Tourmaline, Tovia Smith, Trans Slash Description: Imara Jones reflects on the challenges and rewards of producing independent media for diverse millennial audiences, including her talk show The Last Sip and her docuseries Translash. She addresses ... -
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) -
Raffi Marhaba Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Marhaba, Raffi Date: Feb. 26, 2019 Topics: Activists, Asylum migration, Bisexuality, Change of name, Childhood, Gender diversity, Immigration, Language, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mental health, Microaggressions, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Self-mutilation, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse Description: Raffi Marhaba, a non-binary Brazilian migrant, discussed seeking political asylum due to violence based on their sexual orientation and the immigration process to the US. They shared about their id... -
Vivian Lopez Ponce Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ponce, Vivian Lopez, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 21, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, AIDS activists, Discos, Family members, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, MtFs, Sexology, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Women Description: In an interview with Sebástian Castro Niculescu, activist Vivian Lopez Ponce details her struggles with her gender identity throughout her life, including a lack of familial acceptance and family d... -
Sophie Cadle Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Cadle, Sophie, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 6, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Family members, Friendships, Gender identity, Homelessness, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Substance abuse, Transgender people Description: Activist/consultant Sophie Cadle talks to Sebaástian Castro Niculescu about their struggles throughout their life with their family, relationships, homelessness, incarceration, and substance abuse.... -
Josephine Perez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Keyes, Anna, Perez, Josephine Date: Mar. 23, 2018 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Drag, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTI community, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual orientation, Street violence, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP) Description: Josephine Perez is a trans* advocate who emphasizes a need for better law enforcement protections for transgender women. Josephine experienced sexual violence on multiple occasions and became a sex... -
Alyssa Pariah Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Pariah, Alyssa Date: Jan. 16, 2018 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Arrests, Bathrooms, Bullying, Capitalism, Child abuse, Childhood, Clothing, Communities, Detention, Direct action, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Occupy movement--New York (State)--New York, Police, Schools, Sexuality, Social movements, Socialism, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Alyssa Pariah, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Description: Alyssa Pariah recounts her difficult childhood in New Jersey, her involvement in trans women of color and sex worker communities in New York, and her radicalization as a revolutionary socialist. Sh... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cunningham, Phillipe, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Nov. 27, 2017 Topics: Activists, African American transgender people, Black people, Elections, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Political campaigns, Politicians, Politics, Race, Social advocacy, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Althea Garrison, Barack Obama, Minneapolis’ Youth Violence Prevention Executive Committee, Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Monica Roberts, Trans Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Description: Andrea Jenkins grew up in Chicago, Illinois and went to college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the Oral Historian for the Transgender Oral History Project at the GLBT Tretter Collection. She wor... -
Jonathon Thunderword Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Creator: Thunderwood, Jonathon, Moultrie, Monique Date: Oct. 31, 2017 Topics: Activists, AIDS activists, Fathers, Theology, Transgender rights Description: Jonathon Thunderwood talks in this Oral History about his role as a theologian, scholar, and free thinker. He discusses his experiences as an African-American trans man, minister, and father. -
Louis "L.J." Mitchell Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Creator: Mitchell, Louis, Moultrie, Monique Date: Oct. 31, 2017 Topics: Activists, Christianity, Clergy, Parenthood Description: Rev. Louis Mitchell talks about his roles as an elder, advocate, teacher, student, minister, parent and friend. He is an "intentional man" and advocates for people with various gender identities in... -
Alejandra Rodriguez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Rodriguez, Alejandra, Oloya-Santiago, Tamara Date: Aug. 21, 2017 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Hormones, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Community Healthcare Network (CHN) Description: In this oral history, Alejandra Rodriguez speaks about immigrating from Mexico to the United States as a young adult to escape the intense discrimination they were suffering. Alejandra speaks about... -
Paris Milane Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Milane, Paris Date: Jun. 22, 2017 Topics: Activists, Change of name, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Crimes, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Stealth (Transgender), Substance abuse, Support groups, Transgender community, Unemployment, Violence Subject: Housing Works, Paris Milane Description: Paris shares her experience of growing up in Atlanta and starting to “live her truth” at a young age. She recalls finding reassurance in a community of other Black trans women for the first time an... -
Lorena Borjas Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Borjas, Lorena, Van Ness, Lorenzo Date: Jun. 11, 2017 Topics: Activists, Deportation, Friendships, Hormones, Human rights, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Lorena Borjas Community Fund, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Description: (Entrevista en Español) Lorena Borjas habla con Lorenzo Van Ness sobre su vida como activista de los derechos de las mujeres trans inmigrantes indocumentadas y trabajadoras sexuales en Jackson Heig... -
Interview with Raquel Willis
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Willis, Raquel Date: Jun. 7, 2017 Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Counseling, Dating, Drag, Drag kings, Family members, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, MtFs, Religions, Religious texts, Role behavior, Sexism, Southern States, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: Black Girl Dangerous, RuPaul, Trans Advocacy Organization, Transgender Law Center Description: Raquel Willis is a black southern transgender queer woman from Augusta, Georgia who was raised Catholic. Her mom was an educator for almost 30 years at Augusta Technical College while her dad worke... -
Nala Simone Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Simone, Nala, Calou, Yana Date: May 9, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Childhood, Clergy, Colleges, Coming out, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormones, Masculinities, Oppression, Racism, Religions, Representation, Solidarity, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Workshops Subject: Aaryn Lang, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Miss Major, Nala Simone Description: Nala Simone is an activist who was born and raised in Brooklyn. Nala begins with her childhood in Bushwick, her time as a fashion design student at the Fashion Institute of Design, and her process ... -
Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 1 (27 April, 2017)
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Brown, Elspeth, Lee Kam, Lezlie Date: Apr. 27, 2017 Topics: Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Black power, Butches, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic relations, Gender role, Lesbian culture, Lesbian separatism, Migration, Oral history, Popular culture, Soft butches, Transphobia Subject: Lesbian Organization of Toronto -
Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Asapansa-Johnson Walker, Tanya Date: Apr. 2, 2017 Topics: Activists, Army, Bullying, Childhood, Christianity, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Migration, MtFs, Nurses, Oppression, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Resistance movements, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Social exclusion, Social workers, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Karen Burstein, Paris Is Burning, Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Description: Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker is a co-founder of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she shares her history of LGB and trans activism in New York City. Born on Staten Island, Mis... -
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: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Families, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genocide, Hair--Removal, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Self-acceptance, 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, Women's March Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a black trans woman who was born in 1976 in Detroit, Michigan where they* lived for twenty-six years. They are a gender non-conforming, non-binary gender abolitionist and s... -
Pauline Park Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Park, Pauline Date: Mar. 9, 2017 Topics: Activists, Adoption, Coming out, Diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Liberation movements, MtFs, Politics, Racism, Solidarity, Support groups, Transgender people, Transgender rights Subject: Pauline Park Description: Pauline Park is a long-time transgender activist based in New York City who led the campaign for the 2004 New York City transgender rights law. Born in Korea but adopted into a Christian evangelica... -
Kiara St. James Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, St. James, Kiara Date: Mar. 6, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Civil rights, Drag queens, Education, Families, Femmes, Foster families, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Night life, Organisations, Politics, Poverty, Racism, Transgender community, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Housing Works, Kiara St. James, New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG) Description: Kiara St. James is the CEO and a co-founder of New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she recalls the experiences throughout her life that inform her activism and advocacy today as a tr... -
Yana Calou Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Calou, Yana Date: Mar. 1, 2017 Topics: Activists, Colleges, Employment discrimination, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ parents, Media occupations, Migration, NGOs, Residence permits, Trade unions, Transgender people, Visibility, Work situation Subject: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Yana Calou Description: Yana Calou spent much of their youth traveling around the world and eventually found a community in Utah, where they began advocating for LGBTQ rights. Later, Calou moved to NYC, where they worked ...