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  1. Capri Kasai Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Kasai, Capri
    Date: Mar. 19, 2019
    Topics: Black people, Body image, Child abuse, Childhood, Climatic changes, Conservatism, Disaster medicine, Divorce, Environmental justice, Environmentalism, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Masculinities, Military, Misogyny, Moving, Household, Music, Politics, Polygamy, Public health, Queer theory, Racism, Religions, Skinheads, Southern States, Visibility, Writers
    Description: Capri recounts their childhood in a military family and the resulting relocations that their family underwent. They address family dynamics that continue to affect their inner monologue and relatio...
  2. Dezi Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Dezi, Towne, Tyler
    Date: Jul. 11, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Music, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
    Subject: Burner Community, Burning Man
    Description: Dezi speaks to interviewer Tyler Towne about their childhood in suburban California, growing up with two brothers. They discuss forming a supportive community of queer people in their life and the ...
  3. Hannah Baer Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Baer, Hannah
    Date: Feb. 19, 2019
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Buddhism, Capitalism, Femininities, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Group relations training, Health care, Higher education, Homophobia, Insurance, Judaism, Masculinities, Microaggressions, Music, Plastic surgery, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexism, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: Against Me!, Eileen Fisher, Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS), Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility (JCC), Transcend Legal
  4. Interview with Melissa Harl

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Harl, Melissa
    Date: Jan. 30, 2017
    Topics: Boy Scouts, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Conformity, Discrimination, Educators, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Marriage, Music, Sexuality, Socialisation, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Gender Odyssey, Kate Bornstein, Macalester College, Smiley's Family Clinic, Stonewall 25, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
    Description: In this oral history Melissa Harl shares her story as a female with transgender experience and history. Growing up in Mequon, WI, a suburb of Milwaukee, she discusses her childhood, her realization...
  5. Interview With Paulina Angel

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Angel, Paulina
    Date: Dec. 8, 2016
    Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, Linguistics, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Online social networks, Passing (Gender), Politics, Pronoun, Role behavior, Self medication, Self-acceptance, Social advocacy, Social movements, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources
    Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman and musician originally from Indio, CA. Angel is an activist and organizer who has done work for multiple organizations including the Student Senate for Cali...
  6. Kai Pelton Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Maya, Elliott, Pelton, Kai
    Date: Jul. 17, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Adultism, Androgyny, Appearance, Artists, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, Mental health, Music, Schools, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community
    Description: Kai Pelton is a co-facilitator of the Trans-Generational Theatre Project, a community initiative in NYC for trans-folk. Here, the 21 y.o. New York City native describes their journey as a trans per...
  7. Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 12 (December, 1983)

     
    Collection: Our Special Joy
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Moran, Mary Jane
    Date: Dec. 1983
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drivers' licenses, Femininities, Fraud, Gatherings, Gender, Gender role, Homosexuality, Law, Marriage, Music, Police
    Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Chris Hansen, Edith Marie, En Femme Magazine, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Merle Norman, Muriel Olive, Renata Lee, Rockland Jorunal News, Sandra Bem, Ted Huston, The Donahue Show, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
  8. Renaissance News & Views Vol. 11, No. 1 (January, 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Breast, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Dermatology, Discrimination, Donations, Drag, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Education, Electrolysis, Events, Family members, Femininities, Feminism, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Music, Passing (Gender), Religions, Self-acceptance, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Dallas Denny, Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GPAC), Madonna, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Prince, Richard Branson, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism, Virginia Prince
  9. Renaissance News, Vol. 7 No. 11 (November 1993)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1993
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, BDSM, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Genetics, Health care, Hormones, Masculinities, Music, Popular culture, Racism, Self-image, Self-respect, Socialisation, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Transvestites Guide to London
  10. The Tartan Skirt: Magazine of the Scottish TV/TS Group No. 3 (July 1992)

     
    Collection: The Tartan Skirt
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Forrester, Anne
    Date: Jul. 1992
    Topics: Appearance, Beauty standards, Books, Classical music, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Femininities, Feminism, Gender dysphoria, Gender minorities, Gender role, Labelling, Language, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Marriage, Misogyny, MtFs, Music, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Plastic surgery, Public facilities, Self-defence, Sexuality, Shame, Social norms, Solidarity, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Violence
    Subject: Brain Sex: the Real Difference Between Men and Women, Caroline Cossey, Coming Together, Working Together Convention, Cross Talk, Crosslynx, David Bowie, Gender Dysphoria Trust International, Handel, IFGE Houston 1992, Iggy Pop, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Mozart, Sandra MacRae, Scottish TV/TS Group, Ten Commandments for Crossdressers, Virginia Prince, You Just Don't Understand
  11. Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators: Celestial and Human (Facsimile Edition)

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Bulliet, Clarence Joseph
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Amazons, Bible, Christianity, Circumcision, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Eroticism, Femininities, History, Homophobia, Judaism, Masculinities, Music, Mythology, Passing (Gender), Poets, Psychology, Sexuality, Sportspersons, Theatre, Transphobia, Visual arts
    Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Antoine Francois Derues, Bernard S. Talmey, Farinelli, Freud, Girolamo Crescentini, Havelock Ellis, Julian Eltinge, Julius Caesar, King Charles II, Leonardo da Vinci, Memories of the Kaiser's Court, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Penal Code of 1889, Queen Elizabeth I, Raphael de la Chapelle, Secret Life of the Kaiser, Shakespeare, The Dark Ages, Witches' Sabbath, World War I
    Description: Contents: At the shrine of Venus Castina --The hero in woman's dress -- Achilles. Hercules, Samson -- The gods in fine laces -- Love of the philosophers -- Orgy of the Caesars -- Versatility of Sat...
  12. Violet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Violet
    Date: May 10, 2019
    Topics: Capitalism, Childhood, Civil rights, Class struggle, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Furry fandom (Subculture), Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Mental health, Music, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Roleplay, Sexism, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Soundcloud
    Description: Violet shares her experience of being a musician and DJ in New York’s rave scene while navigating the political landscape of gentrification. Having grown up nomadically with immigrant parents, she ...