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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. An Interview with Cheon Jae-woo (Chorus Boy)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos, Jae-woo, Cheon
    Date: Jun. 2, 2010
    Topics: Activists, Asian cultures, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Gay men, Gay men's choirs, HIV/AIDS, Lesbians, Physicians, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: G-Voice
    Description: Physician Cheon Jae-woo ruminates on his experiences as a part of G-Voice, the first gay chorus ever to be formed in Korea. He says that the main object of the gay chorus is to communicate gay prid...
  4. An Interview with CHOI Hyun-sook and MONG Choi

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos, Hyun-sook, CHOI, Choi, MONG
    Date: Jun. 3, 2010
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Asian cultures, Capitalism, Discrimination, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Politicians, Politics
    Description: CHOI Hyun-sook, a former political candidate, and MONG Choi discuss their experiences as sexual minority activists. They describe the policies they are trying to change and those they are trying to...
  5. An Interview with Dag Ø. Endsjø

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos, Endsjoø, Dag Ø.
    Date: Nov. 3, 2009
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Gender identity, Heterosexuality, Human rights, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Politics, Queer theory, Religions
    Subject: Norwegian Human Rights Alliance
    Description: In this oral history, Carlos Motta interviews Dag Ø. Endsjø, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Bergen and the leader of Menneskerettsalliansen, the Norwegian Human Rights Alliance...
  6. An Interview with Diana Navarro

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Navarro, Diana, Motta, Carlos
    Date: Mar. 15, 2010
    Topics: Abuse, Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Change of name, Crossdressers, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Identification cards, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Queer theory, Sex education, Sexual orientation, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transsexual people
    Subject: Option for the Right to Do and the Duty to Do Corporation
    Description: Diana Navarro, the director of the Option for the Right to Do and the Duty to Do Corporation, discusses her experiences as a transgender women and sex worker in Bogotaá, Colombia. As an activist,...
  7. An Interview with Fernando Serrano

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Serrano, Fernando, Motta, Carlos
    Date: Mar. 18, 2010
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Femininities, Gender identity, LGBTI rights, LGBTI rights policy, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender people, Violence
    Subject: Planeta Paz
    Description: Anthropologist Fernando Serrano talks to Carlos Motta about his work with the LGBT Community Centers Strategy, which seeks the development of a series of services for that specific community and fo...
  8. An Interview with Hossein Alizadeh

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos, Alizadeh, Hossein
    Date: Feb. 18, 2011
    Topics: Activists, Arrests, Crimes, Discrimination, Gender identity, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Middle East, Sexual orientation
    Subject: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
    Description: Hossein Alizadeh, the Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), discusses the persecution of LGBTI people in Iran thro...
  9. An Interview with Joshua Pimiento Montoya

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos, Montoya, Joshua Pimiento
    Date: Mar. 19, 2010
    Topics: Activists, Higher education, Intersex, LGBTI community, Organisations, Physicians, Religions, Transsexualism
    Description: Joshua Pimiento Montoya, an anthropologist from the National University of Colombia, discusses his research in and activism surrounding the treatment of intersex individuals by the medical community.
  10. An Interview with Justus Eisfeld

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos, Eisfeld, Justus
    Date: Jan. 24, 2011
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Health care, Social classes, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Subject: Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE)
    Description: Justus Eisfeld, a trans activist and co-director of the Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), discusses the fight for transgender rights legally, socioeconomically, and in healthcare.
  11. An Interview with Kenyon Farrow

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Farrow, Kenyon, Motta, Carlos
    Date: Feb. 22, 2011
    Topics: Activists, Capitalism, Christianity, LGBTQ+ movement, Patriarchy, Poverty
    Subject: Queers for Economic Justice
  12. An Interview with Kjell Erik Øie

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos, Øie, Kjell Erik
    Date: Oct. 31, 2000
    Topics: Activists, Couples, Government, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Sexuality
    Subject: National Lesbian and Gay Task Force
  13. An Interview with Marcela Sánchez

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Sánchez, Marcela, Motta, Carlos
    Date: Mar. 11, 2010
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Discrimination, Feminists, Gender, Human rights, Sexuality
    Subject: Profamilia
    Description: Marcela Sánchez describes herself in this interview by saying, "I am a social worker, a feminist, and I have worked with issues of women’s participation in politics, sexual and reproductive health,...
  14. An Interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein, Motta, Carlos
    Date: Mar. 5, 2011
    Topics: Activists, Child abuse, Childhood, Education, Secrecy, Self-acceptance, Sexual abuse, Sexuality
    Description: Mattilda offers a self-description, saying "I am a writer, activist, editor, social critic, a bit of a troublemaker, and a contrarian. My work is about challenging the violence of the assimilationi...
  15. An Interview with Mauricio Albarracín

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Albarracín, Mauricio, Motta, Carlos
    Date: Mar. 19, 2010
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Career choice, Discrimination, Law, Sexuality
    Description: Mauricio introduces himself in this interview saying, "I am from Bucaramanga, Santander and I have had a very legal life in the sense that when I began to study law I also started to practice becam...