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  1. A Vision of Community: The First All-FTM Conference of the Americas

     
    Collection: East Coast FTM Group Organizational Records
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: FTM International
    Date: circa 1995
    Topics: Coming out, Families, FtMs, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Racism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Chrysalis Quarterly, Creative Design Services, David Harrison, Donald Laub, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Identity Management in Transsexualism: A Practical Guide to Managing Identity on Paper, Ingersoll Gender Center, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jamison Green, Jason Cromwell, John Garrigues, Larry Brinkin, Loren Cameron, Michael Brownstein, New College, Community United Against Violence (CUAV), San Francisco Human Rights Commission, Shadow Morton, Sky Renfro, Stephen Thorne, Steve Dain
  2. Bianey Garcia Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Garcia, Bianey
    Date: Jul. 13, 2017
    Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Discrimination, Families, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Immigration, Immigration law, Imprisonment, Latin american cultures, Lawyers, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Bianey Garcia, Make the Road
    Description: Bianey Garcia is a community organizer at Make the Road New York, a non-profit organization providing services and advocacy for Latinx and working class communities. Born in Veracruz, Mexico and ra...
  3. Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Nova, Cyd, Doroshow, Ceyenne
    Date: Feb. 19, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Age, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gay community, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, Language, LGBTI community, Loneliness, MtFs, Racism, Representation, Riots, Roman catholicism, Sexual assault, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Violence
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Ceyenne Doroshow, Miss Major
    Description: Ceyenne Doroshow shares her experience developing a supportive relationship with her family, enduring ignorance and discrimination, first meeting another transwoman, learning about hormones, and di...
  4. Interview with Enzi Tanner

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Tanner, Enzi, Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Dec. 12, 2015
    Topics: Black people, Coming out, Dating, Education, Families, Gay community, Health care, Hormones, Judaism, Men, Racism, Role models, Roman catholicism, Sexual reorientation, Social workers, Surgery, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Brown Boi Project, Enzi Tanner, Trans Youth Support Network
    Description: Enzi Tanner describes himself as a role model and mentor to younger men, a role that he’s been able to take on through his gender transition. In this oral history, Tanner speaks about his race, com...
  5. Interview with Ashley Finch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Finch, Ashley
    Date: Apr. 5, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Anxiety disorders, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Change of name, Cisgender people, Coming out, Depression, Families, Gender identity, Gender studies, Gender-nonconforming people, Homosexuality, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ parents, Marriage, MtFs, Politics, Race, Racism, Religions, Schools, Self-mutilation, Siblings, Substance abuse, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people
    Subject: Augsburg College, El Sontule, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Global Center of Education, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Sandinista Campaign
    Description: Ashley Finch was born and raised in St. Paul, MN and identifies as a trans woman. In this oral history, she shares her experiences negotiating her gender identity from an early age and exploring he...
  6. 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...
  7. Interview with EJ Olson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Olson, EJ
    Date: Dec. 16, 2016
    Topics: AIDS organizations, Allies, Appearance, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Communities, Counseling, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Marriage, Masculinities, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Women's colleges
    Subject: Callen Lorde, Chatham College, Family Tree Clinic, Garden State Equality, LGBT Task Force, LGBTQ Center, Rainbow Health Initiative, Riot Girl Feminism, Trans Hormone Care Program
    Description: EJ Olson was 37 at the time of the interview and was assigned female at birth. They identify as genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and gender fluid and grew up in Empire, Michigan. They are the ol...
  8. Interview with Kye Allums

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Allums, Kye
    Date: Sep. 4, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Bisexuals, Black people, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Racism, Sexual orientation, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Fearless Project, Gay and Lesbian Sports Education Network, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hancock Recreation Center, Jeff Sheng, National Black Justice Coalition, RECLAIM!, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
    Description: Kye Allums was the first openly transgender college athlete, playing Division I basketball for George Washington University. Since coming out, he has become a public figure, advocating for trans in...
  9. Interview with Micah King

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: King, Micah
    Date: Dec. 23, 2015
    Topics: Alcohol, Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Black people, Bullying, Coming out, Coping behaviour, Depression, Drawings, Emotions, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Group therapy, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Psychology, Racism, Self-mutilation, Sexuality, Singers, Social work, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins
    Subject: Booth Brown House, Janet Byrstrom, RECLAIM!, Super America
    Description: Micah King identifies as a black queer trans man, and he was assigned female at birth. He was 22 at the time of the interview. He has a twin sister and 7 other siblings. He grew up with his grandmo...
  10. Interview with Micky Bradford

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Bradford, Micky
    Date: Oct. 4, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Assigned gender, Coming out, Dating, Drag, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Health facilities, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbian community, Medical interventions, Migration, Military, Passing (Gender), Prisons and race relations, Racism, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOC), Transgender Law Center
    Description: Micky Bradford identifies as a black non-binary trans feminine person and was assigned male at birth. They use she/her and they/them pronouns and were 26 at the time of the interview. Both of her p...
  11. Interview with Nemo Siqueiros

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Siqueiros, Nemo
    Date: Oct. 14, 2016
    Topics: Academic education, Acceptance, Artificial insemination, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism spectrum disorders, Aztec calendar, Bullying, Clothing, Colonialism, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gender role, Gender swapping, Genderfluid identity, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Indigenous peoples, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Medication, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, Mexico--Civilization, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Psychiatry, Racism, Schools, Scoliosis, Sexism, Suicide, Terminology, Third gender, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Finding Me, Mexi DashCamm People's Press Project, Muxe of the Zapotec, National Coming Out
    Description: Nemo Siqueiros identifies as a demisexual trans man assigned female at birth and uses he/him and they/them pronouns. They were born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Muscatine, Iowa and North Libert...
  12. Interview with Taya Mitchell

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mitchell, Taya
    Date: Apr. 6, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Black race--Color, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Identification cards, Inclusive education, Language, Medical care, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Representation, Reproduction, Schools, Social media, Surgery, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota
    Description: Taya Mitchell is a performance artist and community organizer who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. In this oral history, she shares many of her experiences with being homeschooled; bullying ...
  13. Interview with Tiq Milan

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Milan, Tiq
    Date: Nov. 2, 2017
    Topics: Autobiographies, Bars, Black people, Butches, Children, Coming out, Discrimination, Divorce, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Racism, Roman catholicism, Soft butches, Sports, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Working class
    Subject: Brian Michael Smith, Bronx Community Pride Center, Buzzfeed, CeCe McDonald, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hetrick Martin Institute, Huffington, Lambda Legal, MTV, National Anti Violence Project, Niagara University, Power and Privilege Series, Queen Sugar, Redefining Masculinity, Rolling Stone, Source Magazine, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), The Guardian, The New Yorker, Vibe Magazine
    Description: Tiq Milan identifies as a binary black trans man who is queer identified and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Buffalo, New York in a working-class family in the hood, Milan states. He lo...
  14. Interview with Vanessa Sheridan

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sheridan, Vanessa
    Date: Jul. 12, 2016
    Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Families, Fundamentalism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Performing arts, Racism, Religions, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Crossing Over, HB2, Jerry Springer Show, Laura Jane Grace, Laverne Cox, Liberating the Transgendered Christian, Maury Povich, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pulse Night Club, RuPaul, The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace, Virginia Prince, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
    Description: Vanessa Sheridan identifies as transgender and was assigned male at birth. She knew she was different from the age of 2 or 3 but didn’t understand what it meant at the time since she had no framewo...
  15. Interview with Xaundra Nawa

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Nawa, Xaundra
    Date: Aug. 29, 2017
    Topics: Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Definitions, Discrimination, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gay identity, Genderfluid identity, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Non-monogamous relationships, Police, Poor, Racism, Racism in language, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Unemployed
    Description: Xaundra Nawa identifies as a black pansexual fluid demi girl and was assigned male at birth. She is the oldest of two brothers and was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her parents protect...