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Interview with Ash Farah
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Farah, Ash Date: Jun. 1, 2017 Topics: Bisexuality, Black people, Exorcism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hijab (Islamic clothing), Homelessness, Intersex, Migrants, Misogyny, Racism, Religions, Same-sex marriage, Transgender youth Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Barack Obama, CeCe McDonald, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out Front, Roxanne Anderson Description: Ash Farah identifies as a bisexual black trans man and was born with an intersex condition with gonads that were surgically enhanced. He was assigned female at birth and was born in the middle part... -
Interview with Awen Briem
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Briem, Awen Date: Dec. 28, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Politics, Religions, Schools, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Surgery, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota Description: Awen Briem identifies as transgender and as male if he’s not out to them. He was assigned female at birth and grew up in Syracuse, New York. His family then moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He experience... -
Interview with Ben Singer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Singer, Ben Date: Nov. 24, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Oppression, Public health, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition Description: Ben Singer identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born and raised in Sterling, Illinois in a working-class family. For the past 25 years he’s been estranged from his fam... -
Interview with Chishaun (CeCe) McDonald
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe) Date: Nov. 27, 2015 Topics: Activists, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Christianity, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femmes, Gay boys, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Neonazism, Physical violence, Prisons, Racism, Role behavior, Sissies, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse Subject: Angela Davis, Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Dean Spade, Dorothy Day Shelter, Free CeCe, George Zimmerman, Honey Bear Royal, Howard Brown Center, Jerry Springer Show, Laverne Cox, Magic Johnson, Marci Bowers, Matthew Shepherd, Normal Life, The New Jim Crowe, Trayvon Martin Description: CeCe McDonald identifies as a black woman and was assigned male at birth. Her full name is Chrishaun Reed Mai’luv McDonald. She was 27 at the time of the interview and is the oldest of seven siblin... -
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 ... -
Interview with Daye Pope
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pope, Daye Date: May 20, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Family members, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Hair, Health, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Politics, Poverty, Pronoun, Schools, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Environnmental Justice Community, Trans Union, Victory Fund Description: Daye Pope identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Centerville, Iowa and spent part of her childhood on a farm outside Nashua, Iowa. She spent the bulk of her school ye... -
Interview with Dr. Katie Spencer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Katie Date: Feb. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Feminism, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, Medicalisation, Misogyny, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Racism, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Deb Thorp, Eli Colman, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Keith Ellison, OutFront Minnesota, Park Nicollet, Riki Wilchins, Roxanne Anderson, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Transsexual Menace, Xavier Schmidt Description: Dr. Katie Spencer identifies as a female identified cisgender woman and femme assigned female at birth. She lived in Farmington, Missouri as a kid with her parents and two brothers. As a little gir... -
Interview with Erica Fields
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fields, Erica Date: Sep. 8, 2015 Topics: Adoption, African Americans, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bullying, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, Educational institutions, Family members, Feminists, Gender bending, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, Marriage, Privilege (Social psychology), Race identity, Race relations, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Socio-economic status, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine McGinn, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Ellen Krug, Gender Justice, Gender Outlaws, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, GLBT Chamber of Commerce, Gonzaga University, Hedda Gabler, Hidden Agenda, Hidden Agender, Hogan's Heroes, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Janet Mock, Jenny Boylan, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Leigh Smythe, Mara Keisling, Marcus Waterbury, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, NASA, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Northwest Bible College, Of Mice and Men, Old Bedlam Theatre, Star Trek, The Miser, The Taming of the Shrew, Trans, Women's Employment and Security Act (WESA) Description: Erica Fields is a business woman from Edina, MN who began her gender transition in 2007 at the age of 53. Her oral history is rich with bits of local history and culture. Fields lives a life in com... -
Interview with Ethan O'Brien
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Ethan Date: Jan. 29, 2017 Topics: Change of name, Coming out, Dating, Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Legal documents, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Social norms, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Description: Ethan O’Brien (he/him) is a currently able-bodied, white, queer, trans, masculine person. He's participated in community organizing and radical resisting for 25 years. Originally from a working-cla... -
Interview with Faye Seidler
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Seidler, Faye Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: AIDS education, Assigned gender, Bullying, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormones, Hospitals, Insurance, Isolation, Legal name, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Polyamory, Puberty, Sexuality, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Working class, Writers Subject: Grey Ace Trans Woman, The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference Description: Faye Seidler identifies as a gray ace transgender woman and was assigned male at birth. She mostly grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and in many other towns within North Dakota. She was bullied in sch... -
Interview with Haylee Veazey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Veazey, Haylee Date: Dec. 1, 2016 Topics: Bisexual identity, Bullying, Christianity, Clinics, Coming out, Conservatives, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gay-straight alliances, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical policy, MtFs, Overweight people, Religions, Sexism, Stress, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women Subject: Affordable Care Act, Hennepin County Medical Center Description: Haylee Veazey identifies as a bisexual transgender woman assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Farmington, New Mexico and grew up in a conservative Christian home. She has an older bro... -
Interview with Isabelle Wedin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wedin, Isabelle Date: Oct. 31, 2016 Topics: Androgyny, Anxiety, Assigned gender, Biotechnology, Bisexuals, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Employment discrimination, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Heteronormativity, Heterosexuality, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Indigenous peoples, Intersex, Law, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Plays, Police, Racially mixed people, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Social justice, Spironolactone, Support groups, Swimwear, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-spirit people, Volunteering Subject: Alliance Defending Freedom, Allina Health Systems, Avery Edison, Catherine Graffam, Free CeCe, Google Hangouts, Informational Technology, Julia Serano, June Taylor, MetaFilter, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), RJ Reynolds Tobacco Description: Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed i... -
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... -
Interview with James Schwartz
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schwartz, James Date: Jun. 15, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Change of name, College students, Coming out, Development, Environmentalism, Film, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Health insurance, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Social norms, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Forest and Natural Resource Management, Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life, Gender Education Center, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Description: James Schwartz identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born in Maple Grove, Minnesota where his parents grew up and then moved to Monticello, Minnesota in second grade. S... -
Interview with Jess Dugan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Dugan, Jess Date: Jan. 22, 2016 Topics: Appearance, Arts, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Dating, Divorce, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Puberty, Self-acceptance Subject: Dykes to Watch Out For, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Transcending Boundaries, True Spirit Description: Jess Dugan identifies as genderqueer and gender variant and was assigned female at birth. Her parents divorced when she was 7 after her mom came out as a lesbian. She grew up in Little Rock, Arkans... -
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 -
Interview with K. Davis Senseman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Senseman, K. Davis Date: Jan. 10, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Appearance, Assigned gender, Clothing, Families, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Racism, Transgender people, Women, Black, Working class Subject: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Description: K. Davis Senseman is 41. He identifies as genderqueer and gender non-conforming and uses all pronouns. She was assigned female at birth and is an only child. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... -
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... -
Interview with Moe
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moe Date: Nov. 12, 2015 Topics: Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Islam, Lesbians, Masculinities, Mysticism, Nursing, Roman catholicism, Sufism, Testosterone, Tomboys, White people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Program in Human Sexuality, RECLAIM!, The Trans Youth Support Network Description: Moe identifies as a white trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was raised in Walnut Creek, California. He has two sisters and went to the Meher School, a Sufism school, which is connected... -
Interview With Owen Marciano
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Marciano, Owen Date: Dec. 5, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Depression, Discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, Masculinities, Menstruation, Mental health, Self-acceptance, Suicide Description: Owen Marciano is a genderqueer individual from Rochester, NY. In this oral history, Owen shares Owen’s experiences of coming to terms with Owen’s identity in a narrative that is nontraditional from... -
Interview with Quinn Villagomez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Villagomez, Quinn Date: Sep. 17, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ radio, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Pronoun, Schools, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Brown College, Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, University of Minnesota Description: Quinn Villagomez identifies as a biracial female and trans woman. She was assigned male at birth and was born and raised in north Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has an older sister who struggles with ... -
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... -
Interview with Rebecca Kling
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kling, Rebecca Date: Jan. 25, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormones, LGBTQ+ partners, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Surgery, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Creating Change, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference Description: Rebecca Kling identifies as a white woman and sometimes as a trans woman. She was assigned male at birth. She grew up on the north side of Chicago, Illinois in the 1990s and has an older brother. S... -
Interview with Stef Wilenchek
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wilenchek, Stef Date: Sep. 11, 2015 Topics: Bisexuality, Coming out, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Eating disorders, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, Heteronormativity, Higher education, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersex, Justice, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Parenthood, Police brutality, Politics, Pronoun, Puberty, Race, Racism, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexism, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Laverne Cox Description: Stef Wilenchek shares their experiences growing up middle class in the South, coming out as gay in college and discovering their genderqueer identity through their work in LGBTQ college student ser... -
Interview with Tamlyn Murray
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Murray, Tamlyn Date: Dec. 27, 2016 Topics: Asexuality, Bisexuality, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Electrolysis, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Health care, Intersex, Mental illness, Misogyny, Psychic trauma, Sexuality, Surgery, Plastic, Transphobia Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition Description: Tamlyn Murray grew up in Centerville, Minnesota, a country town with farms that Murray describes as having zero resources for trans people. She has two younger sisters and two younger brothers. Gro... -
Interview with Toni-Michelle Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Willliams, Toni-Michelle Date: Jun. 7, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Androgyny, Arrests, Black people, Coming out, Courts, Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuals, Hormone therapy, Legal process, Transgender people Subject: Access Aids Health Care, Barack Obama, Emerging Leaders Initiative with the National Black Justice Coalition, Jasmine Dyree, Jasmine Gray, Jim Crowe, Kimberly Waldon, Laverne Cox, Leading the Education of Gay and Straight Individuals (LEGSI), Morgan Harrison, National Organization for Women (NOW), Rob Burr, RuPaul, Sojourner Truth, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, T Girls Empowerment, Tijuana Michelle Ponder, Toni Braxton Description: Toni-Michelle Williams is a 26-year-old heterosexual black woman of trans experience from Atlanta, Georgia where she was born. She’s attracted to black men, and she also identifies as a magical bla... -
Jailed Woman's Sex Op Dilemma
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Aug. 8, 1985 Topics: Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Prisoners Subject: Carol Crowther, John Crowther Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
JD Davids Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Davids, JD Date: Mar. 11, 2017 Topics: Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Internet, LGBTI community, Politics, Pregnancy, Schools, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender parents Subject: ACT UP, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), JD Davids, Project TEACH Description: JD Davids, a writer, health activist, and communication strategist, recounts his experiences as a member of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS activist movement and subsequent move to New York City. A Phila... -
Journal of Male Feminism No. 1 (1980)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Jones, Glenda Rene Date: 1980 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Change of name, Clothing, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Electrolysis, Experiments, Femininities, Fetishism, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Genitals, Hair, Hormones, Law, Masculinities, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Photographs, Sexuality, Shame, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Upbringing, Wigs Subject: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Golden Gate Girls/Guys, Harry Benjamin, John Money, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Meyer-Reter Report, Paul Walker, Program of Human Sexuality, Sigmund Freud -
Journal of Male Feminism Vol. 77, No. 3 (1977)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1977 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Appearance, Army, BDSM, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Employment discrimination, Events, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gatherings, Gay liberation, Gay rights, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hair, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mental health, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Police, Politics, Psychiatrists, Roman catholicism, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Shame, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Anita Bryant, Diane Von Furstenberg, Faye Cannon, Jody Suzanne Ford, Leo Wollman, National Organization for Women (NOW), Rosalynn Carter, Understanding Cross Dressing, Virginia Prince Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Judgment on April
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Aug. 2, 1970 Topics: Courts, Crossdressing, Divorce, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, MtFs, Sexual practices, Transsexual people Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett, Roger Ormrod Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Judy was a man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Kandohla, Tracey Date: Aug. 27, 1982 Topics: Acceptance, Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Army, Artists, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, MtFs, Self-acceptance, Shame, Transsexual people Subject: Judy Cousins, Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT) Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Kylar W. Broadus Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Broadus, Kylar Date: Aug. 7, 2016 Topics: Authors, Gender dysphoria, Law, LGBTQ+ activists, Political science, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Billy Tipton, Central Methodist University, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Freedom Center of Social Justice, Kylar Broadus, Lavender Law Conference, National Enquirer, National LGBTQ Task Force, Pioneer Award, Sue J. Hyde Award for Longevity in the Movement, Trans People of Color Coalition, University of Missouri School of Law Description: OUTWORDS interview with Kylar W. Broadus, conducted by Mason Funk on August 7th, 2016 outside the Lavender Law conference in Washington D.C. Kylar is a lawyer, professor, activist, public speaker, ... -
Labyrinth Foundation Counseling/Gender Service Pamphlet
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Tornabene, Angelo Date: Unknown Topics: Counseling, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Psychiatry Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, The Labyrinth Foundation Counseling/Gender Service, Inc. Description: Sent to Lou Sullivan from Angelo Tornabene -
Leopoldo Bloom Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Bloom, Leopoldo Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Artists, Gender dysphoria, Trans men, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender) Description: An interview with Leopoldo Bloom about his life and experiences as a trans person in NYC. -
Letter from Betty W. Steiner to Rupert Raj (August 4, 1988)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Steiner, Betty W. Date: Aug. 4, 1988 Topics: Gender dysphoria, Medical care, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj Description: Short letter from Betty W. Steiner at Clarke Institute of Psychiatry to Rupert Raj thanking him for her "Award of Merit." -
Letter from Betty W. Steiner to Rupert Raj (July 10, 1987)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Steiner, Betty W. Date: Jul. 10, 1987 Topics: Gender dysphoria, Medical care, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Betty W. Steiner of the Gender Identity Clinic at the Clark Institute of Psychiatry to Rupert Raj thanking him for the Metamorphosis issue. -
Letter from Dr. Charles E. Horton to Rupert Raj (September 3, 1981)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Horton, Charles E. Date: Sep. 3, 1981 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Medical care, Transgender community Subject: Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Dr. Charles E. Horton to Rupert Raj, discussing his phalloplasty procedure. Attached are the general procedures of the Eastern Virginia Medical School's Gender Identity Committee. -
Letter from Dr. JoAnn Cone to Editor of Globe and Mail (March 10, 1987)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Cone, JoAnn Date: Mar. 10, 1987 Topics: Crossdressers, Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Transvestites Subject: Rupert Raj, Susan Huxford Description: Letter from Dr. JoAnn Cone critiquing the work of Ian Brown and discussing his journalism on gender dysphoria, surgery, and identities. -
Letter from Dr. Mario Miglietti to Rupert Raj (October 27, 1987)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Miglietti, Mario Date: Oct. 27, 1987 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, MtFs Subject: Castalia, Mario Miglietti, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Dr. Mario Miglietti to Ruper Raj inquiring about information regarding male-to-female sex change surgery in Canada. -
Letter from Dr. R. Marvin Bala to Rupert Raj (March 21, 1978)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Bala, R. Marvin Date: Mar. 21, 1978 Topics: Gender dysphoria Subject: Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Dr. R. Marvin Bala to Rupert Raj agreeing to be identified as the medical or endocrinological consultant to the Gender Dysphoria Program at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. -
Letter from Evelyn Gigantes to Rupert Raj (February 27, 1986)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Gigantes, Evelyn Date: Feb. 27, 1986 Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Medical care, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Evelyn Gigantes to Rupert Raj expressing frustration that the Ontario Human Rights Code would not be amended to include transgender people. -
Letter from Evert van der Veen (January 18, 1986)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: van der Veen, Evert, Ketelaars, Paul Date: Jan. 18, 1986 Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Medical care, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Utrecht University Description: Letter from Evert van der Veen informing Rupert Raj that the University Utrecht Gay Studies work group plans to include Metamorphosis in their study. -
Letter from James R. Meier to Joanna Clark (September 8, 1987)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Meier, James R. Date: Sep. 8, 1987 Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormone therapy (Gender), MtFs, Phalloplasty, Vaginoplasty Subject: Donald Laub, Gender Dysphoria Group, J2CP Information Services, James R. Meier, Joanna Clark, Karen Aldrich, Phoebe Smith, Rupert Raj, Sister Mary Elizabeth Description: Letter from James R. Meier to Joanna Clark (also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth) giving an update on the medical services provided by his practice for transsexual gender dysphoria patients. The let... -
Letter from Jim Loewen to Georgia Straight (August 16, 1973)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Loewen, Jim Date: Aug. 16, 1973 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Medical care, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Jim Loewen to Georgia Straight. Loewen discusses an article QQ published attacking transsexual identity. Loewen goes on to explain transsexuality and the rich lives transsexuals lead. -
Letter from Judy Van Maasdam
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Van Maasdam, Judy Date: Unknown Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria Subject: Gender Dysphoria Program, Inc., Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Judy Van Maasdam, coordinator at the Gender Dysphoria Program, to an undisclosed recipient providing an overview Gender Dysphoria Program and how to be considered for treatment under th... -
Letter from Kris Hollinger to Rupert Raj (February 25, 1989)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Hollinger, Kris Date: Feb. 25, 1989 Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Top surgery Subject: Palo Alto Gender Program, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Kris Hollinger to Rupert Raj discussing Hollinger new job, classes, and a potential surgery. -
Letter from Rupert Raj to Deb Pyke (September 30, 1988)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: Sep. 30, 1988 Topics: Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, MtFs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transsexual people Subject: Gender Worker, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Transsexuals in Prison Description: Letter from Rupert Raj responding to a previous correspondence from Deb Pyke. Includes an article discussing the 'biochemical' components of sex. -
Letter from Rupert Raj to Dr. H Asscheman (October 20, 1989)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: Oct. 20, 1989 Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men Subject: Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Rupert Raj to Dr. Asscheman to request materials that Asscheman wrote on FtM transgender people. -
Letter from Rupert Raj to Dr. Susan B. Coates (October 20, 1989)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: Oct. 20, 1989 Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Rupert Raj-Gauthier requesting materials relating to Dr. Coates' work with trans people. He also asks Dr. Coates to refer individuals to Rupert's organizations.
