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  1. 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...
  2. Amaree Jael Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Jael, Amaree, Maya, Elliott
    Date: Aug. 15, 2016
    Topics: Bigender people, Black people, Bullying, Homophobia, Isolation, Parents of transgender people, Poverty, Race identity, Racism, Sexuality, Slavery, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Verbal abuse, Visibility
    Subject: Amaree Jael
    Description: Amaree Jael recounts their life growing up in New York City as a transmasculine person of color. Beginning on 125th Street between 5th and Lennox, Amaree describes their early life in a changing ne...
  3. Eddie Jarel Jones Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Jones, Eddie Jarel
    Date: May 29, 2019
    Topics: African American universities and colleges, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Heterosexism, Homophobia, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Racism, Self-image, Social media, Telecommunication, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transphobia, Visibility, Women's colleges
    Subject: Bathroom Act, BlackTransTV, Jussie Smollett, King Children, Lincoln University, MOBIfest, Morehouse College, Philly Fashion Week, Pose, Sean Torrington, Slay TV, SLAYFEST, SpeakOut, Spelman College, Terry Torrington, The Phluid Project, World Pride 2019
    Description: Eddie Jarel Jones is a Cleveland, Ohio native and current social influencer, media personality, producer, Emcee, and model. They reflect on the experience of attending a Historically Black College ...
  4. Gia Love Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Love, Gia
    Date: Apr. 11, 2019
    Topics: African diaspora, African-americans, Black people, Bullying, Butches, Childhood, Crossdressing, Debates, Drag balls, Femininities, Foster children, Gender, Gender diversity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mothers, Racism, Sexism, Sexual abuse, Soft butches, Special education, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Women
    Subject: Butch Queen, City College, Destination Tomorrow, Ginovia, Greenlight Hub, Harlem United, Harvard University, House of Bacardi, House of Juicy, House of Louboutin, House of McQueen, Islan Nettles, Kalem Lord, Malcolm X, Marist College, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), Paris Is Burning, Sundance, TQ, Uber
    Description: Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a sup...
  5. Interview with Anthony Ceballos

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ceballos, Anthony
    Date: May 1, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Appearance, Bullying, Families, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Ojibwa Indians, Role behaviour, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Lynnette Reini-Grandell, Transgender Oral History Project, Venus de Mars
    Description: Anthony Ceballos grew up in Minneapolis, MN and identifies as gay, androgynous, and Native. In this oral history, he talks about his experiences with femininity; being bullied in middle school for ...
  6. Interview with Ash (Ashley) Scott

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Scott, Ash (Ashley)
    Date: Oct. 29, 2015
    Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Bullying, Communication, Dating, Disabilities, Discrimination, Drag kings, Femininities, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Language, Masculinities, Military, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Schools, Surgery, Therapies
    Description: Ash Scott identifies as a black female to male trans guy who was assigned female at birth. He is an Air Force brat. He was born in California at the Castle Air Force Base. He also lived in Louisian...
  7. Interview with Charlene Bradshaw

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, 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: In this oral history, Charlene Bradshaw reflects on his experiences living in Minneapolis, MN as a Black transgender person. Bradshaw describes himself as a ‘baby transgender,’ at the beginning of ...
  8. 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, Masculinities, Medicalisation, Men, Passing (Gender), 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 who mostly grew up in St. Paul, MN. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with transracial adoption, his early realizations of ...
  9. 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, Popular culture, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Racism, Social media, Transgender people
    Subject: Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summer
    Description: Destinee Salinas is a 35-year-old Hispanic straight female and was assigned male at birth. Their pronouns are she/her and they/them. She is the middle child of four brothers and, having an acceptin...
  10. Interview with Elle Hearns

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hearns, Elle
    Date: Feb. 7, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Gay identity, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transgender people, Verbal abuse, Violence
    Subject: Anita Moore, Betty Skinner, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brittany Nicole Kidd-Stergis, Cemia Dove, Cherno Biko, Dom Mockings, Erin Lange, GetEQUAL, John Crawford, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Michael Brown, Michael David Battle, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Sylvia Rivera, TGNCF, Tiffany Edwards, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tras Health Care Summit, Wriply Bennet
    Description: Elle Hearns identifies her gender as Black and her assigned birth as Black. She’s also identifies herself as a black trans woman. She was always tiny, she says, but in her mind, she was always big....
  11. Interview with Elliot Winter

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Winter, Elliot
    Date: Jun. 8, 2016
    Topics: Adopted children, Anti-transgender violence, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Korean Americans, Masculinities, Online dating, Parents, White, Racism, Role behaviour, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Therapies, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: Elliot Winter identifies as a transgender male and was assigned female at birth. One of his earliest memories is fighting his parents to wear clothing that suited him as a child. He moved around a ...
  12. Interview with Geena Rocero

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Rocero, Geena
    Date: Nov. 16, 2016
    Topics: Anthropology, Assigned gender, Bullying, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Femininities, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, Racism, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Sexual harassment, Stealth, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Asian Pacific Wellness Center, Babaylan, Bakla, Beutiful as I Want to Be, Caitlyn Jenner, Ferdinand Magellan, Gender Proud, Janet Mock, Jazz Jennings, Jeffrey Caliendo, Lauren Foster, Mahu, Papuan
    Description: Geena Rocero was raised in the Philippines and grew up poor in a small neighborhood in the metro city of Makati with three siblings and her parents. Realizing she identified as a girl at 4 or 5 yea...
  13. 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, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Writers
    Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back
    Description: Ignacio Rivera identifies as a transgender queer, two-spirit person who was assigned female at birth. They are an internationally known performance artist, activist, sex educator, writer, and blogg...
  14. 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: Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Counseling, Depression, Discrimination, Drag, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Roman catholicism, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: JAC Stringer identifies as part Native American and genderqueer on the trans masculine spectrum and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio in a city neighborhood close to down...
  15. 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, Adoption, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Partners of transgender people, Racism, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Korean War, OutFront Minnesota, Vietnam War
    Description: Jae Bates identifies as a queer trans man or trans male and was assigned female at birth. He has one older brother who is adopted. He was born in South Korea in 1996 and grew up around Hopkins, Min...