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Interview with Monica Cross
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cross, Monica, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Feb. 6, 2017 Topics: Black people, Clergy, Counseling, Discrimination, Gender minorities, Grandparents, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Navy, Passing (Gender), Spirituality, Suicide, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), White nationalism, White supremacy movements Subject: Authenticity and Imagination in the Face of Oppression, Monica Cross, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Tapestry Ministries, The Collaborative Community Planning Council Description: onica Joy Cross is a Pastor at First Christian Church of Oakland and Associate Pastor at Tapestry Ministries in Berkeley, who identifies as Black and trans. In this oral history, she shares many of... -
Interview with Tygra Slarii
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Slarii, Tygra Trinity Date: Jan. 26, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Ballroom dancing, Biological parenthood, Choirs, Drag, Drag community, Families, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Twins Subject: Aquarius, Brody Bartlett, Damon Kelsey, Michelle Obama, On the Roof, Puttin on the Ritz Description: Tygra Slarii is a trans pansexual woman assigned male at birth who uses both she/her, they/them, and it pronouns. She comes from a black family with three brothers, one of whom is an identical twin... -
Michelle Esther O'Brien Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kerr, Ted Date: Jan. 16, 2017 Topics: Activists, Anarchism, Colleges, Coming out, Communism, Direct action, Environmentalism, Ethnic groups, Feminism, Gender diversity, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian separatism, Libraries, Mental health, MtFs, Organisations, Political movements, Politics, Racism, Science fiction, Sexuality, Social law, Sociology, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Travel, Welfare benefits Subject: bell hooks, Michelle Esther O'Brien Description: In this interview, Michelle O’Brien discusses milestones in her politicization: Ancient Forest Defense Network in the Pacific Northwest, highway blockades in Minnesota, trans healthcare organizing ... -
Interview with Meredeth Vezina
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vezina, Meredith Date: Jan. 13, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Baseball, Cheerleaders, Contraception, Cosmetics, Divorce, Drag queens, Endocrinology, Femininities, Football, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Shame, Sports, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Wars Subject: Cuyamaca Woods, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michele Bachmann, National Organization for Women (NOW), Silvia Rivera, Stonewall 25, Tracy O'Brien, Traditions Military Video Business, Trans Elders, Trans Narratives, University of California San Diego, University of California San Diego Gender Program, University of Vermont, Vietnam War Veteran Interviews Description: Meredith Vezina identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She lived in Berlin, New Hampshire until she moved to Long Island, New York when she was 7. She has two much younger sist... -
Interview With Tracie Jada O'Brien
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Tracie Jada Date: Jan. 13, 2017 Topics: Adult child abuse victims--Mental health, African American transgender people, African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc, Assigned gender, Blacks--Segregation, Bullying, Christianity, Cosmetics, Counselors, Depression, Mental, Drag queens, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, MtFs, Police raids, Religions, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Transgender prostitution Subject: Affordable Care Act, Christine Jorgensen, Miss Fannie's Ball, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tenderloin, The Center for Special Problems Description: Tracie Jada O’Brien identifies as an African American female and was assigned male at birth. She was 65 at the time of the interview. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1950s and 1960s in an... -
Interview with Catalina Velasquez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Velasquez, Catalina Date: Dec. 9, 2016 Topics: Augmentation mammaplasty, Change of name, Citizenship, Colombian Americans, Dating, Development, Employment, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Illegal aliens, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, MtFs, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Xenophobia Subject: Audre Lorde, Casa Ruby, Laverne Cox Description: Catalina Velasquez identifies as a straight transgender woman attracted to cis men and goes by Queen Goddess Sister. She is Colombian, was born in Cali, Colombia, and has a sister. She came to the ... -
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... -
Jean Vermette Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Vermette, Jean, Holland, Annie, Tryon-Nadeau, Olivia Date: Nov. 19, 2016 Topics: Catholic schools, College theater, Crossdressing, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ divorce, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, MtFs, Sexual revolution, Transgender relationships, Transsexual people, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Subject: EqualityMaine, Jean Vermette, Maharishi Maharesh Yogi, Maine Gender Resource and Support Service (Megress), Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance (MLPGA), Outright, Tiffany Club, Transsupport Maine Description: Jean Vermette, born in 1954, is a transgender woman from Skowhegan, Maine. At the age of three, Jean knew that her biological sex did not match her gender identity. When Jean came out as transgende... -
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), 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... -
LG MS 41 Jean Vermette Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Marvullo, Anthony Date: Nov. 2016 Topics: Action committees, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Biology, Child custody, Children, Counseling, Discrimination, Documentaries, Education, Emancipation, Film, FtMs, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Intersex people, Law, LGBTI, Medicine, MtFs, Politics, Same-sex marriage, Schools, Sexual orientation, Sportspersons, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Anne Moir, Annual FTM Conference of the Americas, Arlene Istar Lev, As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl, Bangor Daily News, Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women, Brockton Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student, Charles O. Howard, Chloe Ann Rounsley, Christie Lee Littleton, Chrysalis, Confessions of a Gender Defender, Counseling in Wonderland: A Guide for You and Your Transgendered Client, David Jessel, Donald E. Tarver, EqualityMaine, Feminizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, Gender Outside the Box, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Gerald P. Mallon, Gianna E. Israel, Goins v. West, Hermaphrodites Speak!, Hormonal Treatment for the Transsexual: An Overview for Profesionals, Hormones For The Male To Female, In the Grey, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), International Symposium on Gender Dysphoria, Intersex Society of North America, Intersex: Redefining Sex, Je Me Souviens, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer + Collection, Jean Vermette, Jennifer Finney Boylan, John Colapinto, Jonathon Mark Littleton, Julienne Goins, Kate Bornstein, Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Lee v. Cavazos, Legal Aspects of Transsexualism, Lessons from the Intersexed, Littleton v. Prange, Maine Civil Rights Act March, Maine Gender Resource and Support Service (Megress), Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance (MLPGA), Mani Bruce Mitchell, Mani's Story, Mark A. Prange, Marty Hagglund, Masculinizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered, Mildred L. Brown, My Daughter Changed Sex, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law, National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), Niela Miller, Our Trans Children, Out Front, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Physician's Guide to Transgendered Medicine, PJ Mears, Psychiatric Grand Rounds: When G.I. Joe and Barbie Trade Places, Randi Ettner, Rosebuds, Sheila Kirk, She’s Not There: A Life In Two Genders, Slavery, Sex, and Gender, Social Services with Transgendered Youth, Spencer Bergstedt, Survivor Project, Suzanne J. Kessler, The Journal of Gender Studies, The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender, Trans Law Review, Trans Youth Poll, Trans-Talk, TransCare, Transgender Care: Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information & Personal Accounts, Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender Variant People and Their Families, Transgender Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), Transgender Legal Issues in New England, Transgender Tapestry, Transgenderism and Sexual Orientation, More Than A Marriage of Convenience, Transitioning Our Shelters: A Guide to Making Homeless Shelters Safe for Transgender People, Translegalities: A Legal Guide For MTFs: Male to Female Transsexuals, Transsuport, True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism -
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 June Taylor
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Taylor, June Date: Oct. 31, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Change of name, Children, Coming out, Communication, Conservatives, Cosmetics, Counseling, Couples therapy, Discrimination, Drugs, Electrolysis, Estradiol, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender diversity, Harassment, Heteronormativity, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intolerance, Legislation, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, MtFs, Sexism, Therapeutics, Transgender people Subject: Trans Commission Description: June Taylor grew up in a southern, conservative town in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has three kids who are 1, 3, and 5 years old. She identifies as a trans woman and as a queer lesbian, and she ... -
Interview with Darcy Corbitt
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Corbitt, Darcy, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 17, 2016 Topics: Crossdressing, Education, Health care, Home schooling, Ministers, MtFs, Spirituality, Transgender people Subject: Darcy Corbitt, Family Tree Clinic Description: Darcy Corbitt is a is a 24-year-old transgender woman currently pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at North Dakota State University. Born and raised for most of her life in the Deep South, she... -
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 Tona Brown
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Brown, Tona Date: Sep. 22, 2016 Topics: Classical music, Counseling, Entertainers, Family members, Hormones, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender people, Violinists Subject: Carnegie Hall, Tona Brown Description: Tona Brown is a world class, world renowned mezzo – soprano violinist. In this oral history, she shares her experience about growing up with an awareness of her gendered difference in Norfolk, VA, ...
