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  1. McKenzie Wark Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Wark, McKenzie
    Date: Jun. 20, 2019
    Topics: Abortion, Bisexuality, Childhood, Children, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Femininities, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Hormones, Immigration, Journalists, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mardi gras, Marxism, Masculinities, MtFs, Peace movement, Pronoun, Punk, Sexuality, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Transitioning (Gender), Upbringing, Writers
    Subject: Christen Clifford, Kathy Acker, Macquarie University, The New School of Social Reserach, Ugenia College, University of Technology Sydney
    Description: McKenzie Wark discusses their career as a cultural critic, journalist, academic, and author. They came of age as a radical and writer in underground counterculture scenes in Australia, moving to Ne...
  2. Barms Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Barms
    Date: May 17, 2019
    Topics: Anarchism, Anthropology, Anti-transgender violence, Art history, Autism spectrum disorders, Bars, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Childhood, Children, Christianity, Class struggle, Clubs, Coming out, Communism, Construction workers, Disabilities, Femininities, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Gentrification, Hate speech, Homophobia, Internet, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marxism, Masculinities, Mental disorders, New Left, People with disabilities, Performance art, Pronoun, Religions, Sexuality, Socialism, Solidarity, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Red Bloom, Chris O'Feeley, Me Too Movement, Michael Bloomberg, Pratt Institute, Queer Workers Project, Rudy Guiliani, Sam Goody, True Scum
    Description: Barms is a construction worker apprentice and a communist. In this interview, they discuss the role of philosophy and abstract thinking for themselves and many trans people as a strategy of managin...
  3. Angal Field Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Field, Angal
    Date: May 1, 2019
    Topics: Colonialism, Family members, Film, Gay identity, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender bending, Health care, Hormones, Lesbians, Liberals, Photography, Politics, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility
    Subject: Barnard University, Celina Sciamma, Tomboy
    Description: Angal Field shares their experience of being a writer, filmmaker and photographer in today’s media landscape and discusses the trappings of trans visibility. Using the medium of film to “speak back...
  4. Tei Okamoto Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Okamoto, Tei
    Date: Mar. 10, 2019
    Topics: Artists, Black people, Coming out, Drag balls, Family members, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender role, Health care, Heterosexuals, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American families, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Oral history, Prisons, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Sex education, Sexuality, STDs, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Youth
    Subject: Asians, Blacks, and Latin and United New Tribes (ABLUNT), Azar Namdar, Bette Ledder, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), Che Vilanueva, Christopher Lee, City University of New York (CUNY), Club Universe, Coco Club, Dejah Dior, Estella Gonzales, Gail Wyatt, Gerbari Allah, Gina Eichenbaum, Greg Kats, House 806, House of Hope, House of Infinity, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Imani Uzuri, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jeannie Little, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joan Morgan, Joel Gomez, Justice: Just Us, Kara Paige, Kelsey Lou, Menses, Omar Daniel, Planned Parenthood, Project Street Beat, Queers for Economic Justice, Rockwood Fellow, Samin Bashir, Sarah Schulman, Sienna Shields, Sweetest Hangover, Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center, The Slams, Tom Dwayne, Tranny Fest, Trans Advocay in Rural Places (TARP), Trans Project at University of California, San Francisco, Trish Moran, When the Chicken Heads Come Home to Roost, Whitney Biennial, Women's Health Project, Zander Gracia
  5. Interview with Hannah Stein

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Stein, Hannah
    Date: Oct. 27, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Capitalism, Classical music, Clothing, Coming out, Employees, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Internet, Intersex, Middle class, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Repression (Psychology), Robbery, Schools, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Suicide, Theatre, Therapists, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: 20% Theatre, Door to Dooor Canvasing, Environment Minnesota, Lawrence University, Lebanese Restaurant, Mixed Blood Theater, The Naked I
    Description: Hannah Stein identifies as a trans woman assigned male at birth. She has a younger sister and grew up in Athens, Georgia in a middle-class household. Her mom worked for the hospital as a cancer nur...
  6. Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Alexander, Qui Dorian
    Date: Sep. 11, 2017
    Topics: Bible, Black people, Dating, Depression, FtMs, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Lesbians, Masculinities, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Adrienne Maree, Brown Boi Project, Charlene Arcila, Emergent Strategy, Mazzoni Center, Reg Ju, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Tiq Milan, Trans Health Conference
    Description: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and ...
  7. Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Chilko, Dominic Giovon
    Date: Jun. 2, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Assigned gender, Children, Corrective rape, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made
    Description: Dominic Giovon Chilko identifies as a biracial straight trans man and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and was adopted as a baby by his parents. Around the age of 7...
  8. Interview with Nicole Vanderheiden

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Vanderheiden, Nicole
    Date: May 17, 2017
    Topics: Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexual women, Bisexuality, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Conservatism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Evangelisation, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Religions, Self-repression, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Shame, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Alic Bitney, CeCe McDonald, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HB2, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queer Veterans Support Group, Reese Rathgen, SPARTA, Sylvia Rivera, Vote No Campaign
    Description: Nicole Vanderheiden identifies as a bisexual woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Marquette, Michigan and has 3 brothers who she got along with as a kid. Her parents relocated to D...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. Interview with Alexis Paige

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Paige, Alexis
    Date: Sep. 23, 2016
    Topics: Bisexuals, Breast, Community centres, Drag, Families, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Intersex, LGBTQ+ partners, Machismo, Psychotherapy, Racism, Same-sex marriage, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade AIDS Project, Corey Paige, Lambda Legal, RuPaul, Trans Lifeline, Transgender Working Groups
    Description: Alexis Paige is a 28-year-old bisexual queer trans woman assigned male at birth. She is half-Korean on her mom’s side and a mixture of Norwegian, Italian and Polish on her father’s side. She uses s...
  12. Interview with Elliot Winter

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Winter, Elliot
    Date: Jun. 8, 2016
    Topics: Adopted children, Anti-transgender violence, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Korean Americans, Masculinities, Online dating, Parents, White, Racism, Role behavior, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Therapies, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: Elliot Winter identifies as a transgender male and was assigned female at birth. One of his earliest memories is fighting his parents to wear clothing that suited him as a child. He moved around a ...
  13. Interview with Alyssandra Taylor

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Taylor, Alyssandra
    Date: May 14, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Body image, Change of name, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Oppression, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian Youth (BAGLY)
    Description: Alyssandra Taylor identifies as a trans feminine and non-binary woman depending on how they feel. She uses they/them and she/her pronouns and was assigned male at birth. They’re nicknames include A...
  14. Interview with Rehema Mertinez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mertinez, Rehema
    Date: Mar. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Authority, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, MtFs, Police, Police brutality, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network
    Description: Rehema Mertinez is a trans woman of color from Minneapolis, MN, though she lived for several years in Perth, Australia as a child. In this oral history, she shares her experiences with being kicked...
  15. Interview with Denise Sudbeck

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sudbeck, Denise
    Date: Jan. 15, 2016
    Topics: Addictions, Alcoholism, Baptist church, Bisexuality, Coming out, Dissertations, Doctor of philosophy degree, Estrogen, Evangelicalism, Gender identity, Hormones, Law enforcement, Lesbian identity, Liberation theology, Marriage, MtFs, Pronoun, Psychology, Religions, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Substance abuse, Theological seminaries, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: State University of New York, Transgender Day of Remembrance, United Theological New Brighton
    Description: Denise Sudbeck is from Downeast, Maine in a small fishing village on the coast. She identifies as a bisexual trans woman and was assigned male at birth. Sudbeck’s family moved to Skowhegan, Maine w...