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  1. Jennifer Pritzker Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Pritzker, Jennifer, Funk, Mason
    Date: Nov. 11, 2021
    Topics: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, Israel-Arab War, 1973, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ veterans, Public bathroom bills
    Subject: Barry Winchell, Calpernia Addams, Jennifer Pritzker
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  2. Lisa Oakley Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Oakley, Lisa, MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Feb. 4, 2022
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender wheelchair users
    Subject: Lisa Oakley
    Description: Lisa Oakley was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. For as long as she could remember, Lisa felt that she should have been born a girl. Lisa entered into the military at age nineteen for four years,...
  3. Marlow Monique Dickson Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Dickson, Marlow Monique
    Date: Jun. 19, 2021
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Older transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Jewel Box Revue, Josephine Baker, Marlow Monique Dickson
    Description: OUTWORDS guest interviewer Zackary Drucker interviewed Marlow Monique Dickson in Chicago in 2021. In the 1960s, Marlow moved from Chicago to New York, performing in bars around Greenwich Village. S...
  4. Interview with Liam Lair

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lair, Liam
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Coming out, Transgender activism, Transmasculine people, White transgender people
    Description: An interview with Liam Lair, who identifies as transmasculine and uses he/him pronouns. Lair talks about living in Japan, almost becoming a minister, resisting common trans narratives, and the powe...
  5. Interview with Jacsen Callanan

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Callanan, Jacsen
    Date: Mar. 16, 2021
    Topics: Educators, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ health education, LGBTQ+ youth, Transmasculine people, White transgender people
    Subject: Philadelphia Trans Health and Wellness Conference
    Description: An interview with Jacsen Callanan, a white masculine trans health organizer and educator based in rural Vermont. At the time of this oral history interview, he was working in the NICU (newborn/neon...
  6. Interview with Lee Andel Dewey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Dewey, Lee Andel
    Date: Dec. 18, 2020
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Non-binary people, Prison abolition movements, Queer people, Reproductive rights, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transmasculine people, White transgender people
    Subject: CommunityCave Chicago, GenderQueer Chicago, LADhoc Accounting
    Description: An interview with Lee Andel Dewey, a white nonbinary organizer, HIV/AIDS activist, and abolitionist based in Chicago. They are the founder of LADhoc Accounting, a business providing sliding-scale-t...
  7. Interview with Grecia Magdaleno

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Magdaleno, Grecia
    Date: Dec. 4, 2020
    Topics: Cults, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ youth, Non-binary people
    Subject: Planned Parenthood, Safe Schools Alliance
    Description: An interview with Grecia Magdaleno, a Latinx non-binary advocate, organizer, and interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this interview, they were the Policy and Adovcac...
  8. Interview with LaSaia Wade

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Wade, LaSaia
    Date: Jan. 18, 2020
    Topics: Afro-Latin American transgender people, Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discrimination in employment, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Afro-Puerto Rican people, Black Trans Gender Nonconforming Collective, Brave Space Alliance, Tennessee Trans Journey Project (TTJP)
    Description: An interview with LaSaia Wade, an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Dir...
  9. Interview with Dean Spade

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Spade, Dean
    Date: Nov. 9, 2019
    Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Nonprofit organizations, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Subject: Sylvia Rivera Law Project
    Description: An interview with Dean Spade, a white trans activist, writer and teacher. He founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, int...
  10. Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 1, 2016 April 9

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives
    Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina
    Date: Apr. 9, 2016
    Topics: Detransitioning, Gay community, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Retransitioning, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Transgender-owned businesses
    Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Janice Covington Allison, Lavender Panthers
    Description: In this first in a series of interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years and her early adult life. She recal...
  11. Interview with Deirdre McCloskey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: McCloskey, Deirdre, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jan. 10, 2020
    Topics: Economics, Education, Family members, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ relationships, Trans women
    Subject: Deirdre McCloskey, Michael Bailey
    Description: Oral history with Deirdre McCloskey discussing family, academia, and her transition.
  12. Interview with Yvonne Cook-Riley

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Cook-Riley, Yvonne, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jan. 7, 2020
    Topics: Crossdressers, Education, Identity politics, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Non-binary people, Shamanism
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Yvonne Cook-Riley
    Description: Oral history with Yvonne Cook-Riley discussing spirituality, activism, and the military.
  13. Ben Power Alwin Full Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Taylor, Evan, Alwin, Ben Power
    Date: Feb. 18, 2020
    Topics: Anti-racism, Archives, Education, Feminism, History, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Politics, Practical, Sexuality, Social justice, Social movements, Socioeconomic status
    Subject: Leslie Fienberg, ONE Archives, Sexual Minorities Archives
    Description: Oral history with Ben Power Alwin focusing on his activism, politics, and work on the Sexual Minorities Archives.
  14. Erica Rand Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries
    Creator: Rand, Erica, Demary, Danella
    Date: Nov. 12, 2017
    Topics: Advice columns, Ageism, Butch-femme relationships, Coming out, Dyke marches, Dykes, Eroticism, Femininities, Femmes, Gender studies, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ families, Pornography, Queer relationships, Queer studies, Sex education, Skating
    Subject: ACT UP Portland, FTM International, Kings of the Hill, Salacious, Stone Butch Blues, The Pissed Off Dyke Cell, Women's Health Action Crew
    Description: Erica lived in Chicago for many years, but relocated to Maine because of her teaching position at Bates College. She is a Professor of Art and Visual Culture and of Gender and Sexuality Studies, an...
  15. Joanne and Julie Nemecek Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Nemecek, Julie, Nemecek, Joanne
    Date: Jul. 17, 2017
    Topics: LGBTQ+ Baptists, Marriage, Transgender people
    Subject: Bethel College, Christine Jorgensen, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Joanne Nemecek, Julie Nemecek, Michigan Equality, PFLAG, Renee Richards, Roberts Wesleyan College, Soulforce, Spring Arbor University, Susan Stanton
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Joanne and Julie Nemecek, conducted by Mason Funk on July 17, 2017 in their home in Spring Arbor, Michigan. Julie is a proud grandmother, Presbyterian church elder, and publ...