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  1. Sophia Margeaux Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Margeaux, Sophia, Bliss, Tom
    Date: Mar. 18, 2022
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Bigender people, Crossdressing, Epilepsy, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ unhoused people
    Subject: Jon Winegarner, Sophia Margeaux
    Description: Sophia Margeaux was born Jon Winegarner in Hettinger, North Dakota in 1953 (Sophia continues to use both names in different contexts and uses he/she/they pronouns). After high school, Sophia moved ...
  2. Renee Imperato Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Imperato, Renee, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Jan. 23, 2021
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ veterans, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Racism against Black people, Sex work, Transfeminine people, Transgender disabled people, Transgender political activists, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: 220 Club, House of Sally, Leslie Feinberg, Paris Is Burning, SAGE Advisory Council, World Worker's Party
    Description: Renee Imperato was born on May 8, 1948 in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. Renee describes the first 30 some years of life as living as an “unconscious male impersonator.” Renee fought in ...
  3. Monica Helms Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Helms, Monica, MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Nov. 5, 2021
    Topics: Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender political activists
    Subject: It’s Time Arizona, TransAction, Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA)
    Description: Monica Helms was born on March 8, 1951, in Sumter, South Carolina. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1978. In 1997, Monica underwent the process of transitioning and reapplied to the Phoenix...
  4. Beth Elliott Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Elliott, Beth, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 12, 2021
    Topics: Gender dysphoria in youth, Lesbian separatism, LGBTQ+ musicians, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Beth Elliott, Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)
    Description: Beth Elliott was born on November 26, 1950 in Vallejo, California. Sometime during her teen years, Beth experienced what she calls her first goddess vision: looking down at her chest, and seeing br...
  5. Crystal Lynne Little Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Little, Crystal Lynne, Funk, Mason
    Date: Jul. 13, 2017
    Topics: Asexuality, LGBTQ+ veterans, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Subject: Crystal Lynne Little, Gulf Gender Alliance
    Description: Crystal Little was born in 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and named Charles. At 17, hoping to put his complex gender feelings to rest, Charles joined the Navy, which was at least useful for advent...
  6. Jessica Xavier Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Xavier, Jessica M., MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Jul. 5, 2022
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA), It’s Time, America!, Jessica Xavier, Leslie Feinberg, March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Transgender Educational Association, Transgender Needs Assessment Survey (WTNAS)
    Description: Jessica Xavier was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. From age 7, she realized she was not a boy but struggled to find a label to define herself. At age 39, she began her medical transition. Jess...
  7. Stephan Thorne Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Thorne, Stephan, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 11, 2021
    Topics: Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police , FtMs, Gay bars, Gay liberation, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ visibility, Police, Trans men
    Subject: Proposition L, Stephan Thorne, White Night Riots
    Description: Stephan ‘Steph’ Thorne was born on September 2nd, 1954, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Despite a happy childhood, Steph faced challenges as a closeted transgender man, identifying as a tomboy. In 1979, Step...
  8. Stephanie Stuart Wilson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Stuart Wilson, Stephanie, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Apr. 29, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, Bears (Gay culture), Cancer, Drag community, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Trans women, Transgender children, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Drag Queen Story Hour, Royal Court of Come Out St. Pete, Stephanie Stuart Wilson
    Description: Stephanie Stuart was born in a strawberry patch in Plant City, Florida on December 30th 1965. Growing up, she always knew she was different and would watch beauty pageants on TV in a toy crown. At ...
  9. Susan Stryker Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Stryker, Susan, Mukerjee, Lucy
    Date: Apr. 19, 2021
    Topics: Sexuality, Trans women, Transgender parents, Transgender studies, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: GLBT Historical Society (GLBTHS), GLQ, Susan Stryker, Transgender Nation, Transgender Studies Initiative, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly
    Description: Susan Stryker was born into a white working-class family in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on July 7, 1961. Susan earned her PhD in United States history from University of California in Berkeley. While juggl...
  10. Joan Roughgarden Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Roughgarden, Joan, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 30, 2021
    Topics: Evolution (Biology), Gender studies, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Joan Roughgarden
    Description: Joan Roughgarden was born on March 13, 1946 in Peterson, New Jersey, but also lived in the Philippines and Indonesia because her father was a missionary. Joan earned her PhD in biology from Harvard...
  11. Earline Budd Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Budd, Earline, Mendy, Nix
    Date: Nov. 11, 2022
    Topics: AIDS death and dying, AIDS education, Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Trans women, Transgender rights
    Subject: Dee Curry, Earline Budd, Frank Kameny, Gay Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA), HIV Community Coalition (HCC), Inner City AIDS Network (ICAN)
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language.
  12. Jude Patton Oral Histories

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Patton, Jude, Funk, Mason
    Date: Jan. 21, 2021
    Topics: Adopted LGBTQ+ people, Education, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ health education, Sex education, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender activism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Crossdressers, Heterosexual, Intersocial Club (CHIC), Donald Laub, Female to Male Conference of the Americas, Harry Benjamin, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Jude Patton, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Virginia Prince
    Description: Jude Patton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, assigned female at birth, and adopted at seven months old. Jude underwent gender-affirming surgery at Stanford University in 1972, one of the first tran...
  13. 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.
  14. 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,...
  15. Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Doroshow, Ceyenne, Mukerjee, Lucy
    Date: Feb. 25, 2022
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender autobiographies, Transmisogynoir
    Subject: 96 West, Andre's, Ceyenne Doroshow, Cooking in Heels: A Memoir, Flawless Sabrina, Gays and Lesbians Living In A Transgender Society ( G.L.I.T.S.)
    Description: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence and transphobic language.
  16. Janetta Johnson Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Johnson, Janetta, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 10, 2021
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transmisogynoir
    Subject: Janetta Johnson, Miss Major, Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP)
    Description: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to sexual assault and transphobic language.
  17. Charley Burton Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Burton, Charley, Bliss, Tom
    Date: Feb. 10, 2023
    Topics: Black transgender people, Electroshock therapy, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with substance use disorders, LGBTQ+ support groups, Segregation, Stealth (Transgender), Trans men, Transgender authors, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Alcoholics Anonymous, Black Trans Man Incorporated, Charley Burton, Morehouse College, The Boy Beneath My Skin: A Black Trans Man Living in the South, University of Virginia Hospital
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to sexual assault, child abuse, suicide, and transphobic language.
  18. Hoshina Seki Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Seki, Hoshina, Funk, Mason
    Date: Jan. 21, 2020
    Topics: Buddhism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Japanese Americans, Partners of transgender people, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941, Transgender Buddhists, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: American Buddhist Academy, Hoshina Seki, New York Buddhist Church
    Description: Hoshina Seki was born in 1941 in New York City. Her father founded the New York Buddhist Church in 1938 and Hoshina buried questions about her gender identity under the pressure to “set an example”...
  19. Karina Samala Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Samala, Karina, Valdez, Rain
    Date: Jul. 27, 2022
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Imperial Court, Jeffrey Prang, José Sarria, Karina Samala, The Closet Ball, West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board
    Description: Karina Samala migrated to California from Manila, Philippines after finishing school, where she worked for 13 years as a senior engineer in an aerospace military company. After winning Closet Ball ...
  20. Tracee McDaniel Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: McDaniel, Tracee, Mukerjee, Lucy
    Date: Dec. 13, 2022
    Topics: Black transgender people, Entertainers, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transgender autobiographies, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights
    Subject: Atlanta Citizens Review Board, Betty Couvertier, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Peanuts Disco, The Housing Atlanta Program (THAP), Tracee McDaniel, Trans Affairs Committee
    Description: Tracee McDaniel was born on January 20th 1967 in Sumter, South Carolina. At the age of 18, Tracee began performing as her alter ego Destiny (Your Mistress of Illusions), before moving to L.A. and s...
  21. Simo Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Simo
    Date: Aug. 1, 2023
    Topics: Farms, Feminism, Figure skating, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Queer people, Transgender people
    Description: An interview with Simo about their life and experiences.
  22. Siobhan Meow Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Meow, Siobhan
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Squatter settlements, Suicidal behavior, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: An interview with Siobhan Meow discussing it's life and experiences.
  23. K. Kerimian Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Kiermian, K.
    Date: Aug. 3, 2023
    Topics: Androgyny, Family members, Gender identity, Sexual orientation, Transgender people
    Description: An interview with K. Kerimian about their life and experiences.
  24. Eli Erlick Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Erlick, Eli
    Date: Jul. 11, 2023
    Topics: Educational planning, Gender studies, Transfeminine people, Transgender authors, Transgender literature
    Subject: Trans Student Educational Resources
    Description: Born in rural California, Eli Erlick recounts her experiences as one of the only trans kids in her area, which led her, at age 15, to co-found Trans Student Educational Resources, an organization t...
  25. Daphne Banks Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Banks, Daphne
    Date: Mar. 17, 2023
    Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, QTPOC, Religion, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Description: An interview with Daphne Banks about her life and experiences.
  26. Qais Kamran Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Kamran, Qais
    Date: Mar. 14, 2023
    Topics: Jewish transgender people, Nightlife, QTPOC, Transgender community, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement
    Description: Qais Kamran describes his experiences growing up as a first generation Iranian Jew in Los Angeles, attending Jewish day school and discovering the importance of oral history to his family’s communi...
  27. Ayelet Hashachar Adelman Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Adelman, Ayelet Hashachar
    Date: Mar. 11, 2023
    Topics: Jewish transgender people, Medical care, Older transgender people, Teachers, Transfeminine people
    Description: Born in Long Island, Ayelet Hashachar Adelaman recounts growing up in Jerusalem, participating in an anarchist drum line group called Kasamba, and discovering a positive relationship between her an...
  28. Yves Bess Golden Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Golden, Yves BEss
    Date: Mar. 8, 2023
    Topics: Art, Black transgender people, Dissociation, Spirituality, Transfeminine people
    Description: An interview with Yves Bess Golden about her life and experiences.
  29. Ita Segev Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Segev, Ita
    Date: Feb. 22, 2023
    Topics: Femininities, Jewish transgender people, Nationalism, Religion, Transfeminine people
    Description: An interview with Ita Segev about her life and experiences growing up in Jerusalem.
  30. Iman Le Caire Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Le Caire, Iman
    Date: Feb. 17, 2023
    Topics: Artists, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Police harassment, QTPOC, Religion, Sexual violence, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Description: An interview with Iman Le Caire a trans woman from Cairo, Egypt. Iman talks about her life and experiences.
  31. Ari Brostoff Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Brostoff, Ari
    Date: Jan. 2, 2023
    Topics: Jewish transgender people, Queer theory, Social advocacy, Transgender authors, Transgender community
    Subject: Beyond the Pale, Jewish Currents
    Description: Ari Brostoff is an author and editor at Jewish Currents magazine. In this interview, they recount reading Jewish historical fiction as a child growing up in California. After attending college on t...
  32. Mikail Khan Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Khan, Mikail
    Date: Dec. 19, 2022
    Topics: Family violence, Gender non-conforming identity, Language, QTPOC, Queer community, Sexual orientation, South Asian transgender people
    Description: An interview with Mikail Khan, a trans identifying person from Dhaka, Bangladesh. They talk about their life and experiences.
  33. Erica Dawn Lyle Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lyle, Erica Dawn
    Date: Mar. 21, 2023
    Topics: Artists, Communal living, Forests and forestry, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Description: An interview with Erica Dawn Lyle, a trans woman from Florida.
  34. Gage Spex Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Spex, Gage
    Date: Dec. 2, 2022
    Topics: Art schools, Fashion, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ artists, Nightlife, Non-binary people, Transgender community
    Subject: Dreamhouse, Spectrum
    Description: Gage Spex discusses growing up in Western Massachusetts, where, at a young age, they fell in love with fashion through older movies, like those of Judy Garland. Gage later moved to San Francisco to...
  35. Dr. T.J. Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Dr. T.J.
    Date: Sep. 20, 2022
    Topics: Armed Forces, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Non-binary people, Physicians, Transgender community
    Description: An interview with Dr. T.J. about their live and experiences.
  36. Yva Las Vegass Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Las Vegass, Yva
    Date: Jul. 13, 2020
    Topics: Folk music, Gender expression, Non-binary people, Performance art, QTPOC
    Subject: Chris Novoselic, Sweet 75
    Description: Yva Las Vegas was born in Venezuela in 1963. They recount their early childhood memories of playing folk music on the cuatro and singing boleros with their mother. Yva moved to the US as a teenager...
  37. Aoife Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Aoife
    Date: Jul. 26, 2020
    Topics: Intergenerational relations, Nightlife, Older transgender people, Queer community, Transgender people, Women's colleges
    Description: Aoife recounts their experiences splitting time between New York City and a more suburban Connecticut setting as a child. They describe navigating their queer identity through high school and comin...
  38. Emmett Metier Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Metier, Emmett
    Date: Jul. 14, 2020
    Topics: Butches, Coming out, Family members, Lesbianism, Transmasculine people
    Description: An interview with Emmett Metier discussing their life and experiences as a trans person in NYC.
  39. Leopoldo Bloom Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Bloom, Leopoldo
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Artists, Gender dysphoria, Trans men, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: An interview with Leopoldo Bloom about his life and experiences as a trans person in NYC.
  40. Sandy Loam Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Loam, Sandy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Family members, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, Pornography, Racism, Trans women
    Description: Interview with Sandy Loam about her life and experiences as a tran woman in NYC.
  41. Sydney Baloue Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Baloue, Sydney
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Ball culture, Black transgender people, Multiracial transgender people, South Asian transgender people, Transgender authors, Transmasculine people, Universities and colleges--Graduate work, Voguing
    Description: Sydney Baloue is a writer, producer, boxer, voguer, and the coordinator of events and programming at the Center for LGBTQ Studies at CUNY. In this interview, he takes us on a tour through the ballr...
  42. Macy Rodman Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Rodman, Macy
    Date: May 29, 2020
    Topics: Dance music, Nightlife, Performance art, Trans women, Transgender artists
    Subject: Nymphowars
    Description: Macy Rodman was born in Juneau, Alaska. During her early life she describes visits to the local sex shop where she learned about gay life, including NYC’s glam scene which featured images of modifi...
  43. Denne Michele Norris Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Norris, Denne Michele
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Authors, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community
    Description: Denne Michele Norris is a writer, figure skater and musician. In this interview she discusses her writing practice, how figure skating relates to writing, nonlinear time, and growing up in Clevelan...
  44. Yoseñio Lewis Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Lewis, Yoseñio
    Date: Dec. 17, 2021
    Topics: AIDS education, Latino/a/x transgender people, Older transgender people, Trans men, Transgender political activists
    Subject: The TransAms, Yoseñio Lewis
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains sensitive content related to child abuse and sexual assault.
  45. Tori Cooper Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Cooper, Tori
    Date: Feb. 26, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Public health advisory groups, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Presidential Advisory Council on HIV & AIDS, Tori Cooper
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Tori Cooper conducted by Andrea Pino-Silva on February 26, 2021 in College Park, GA. Tori Cooper is a health and equity advocate, community organizer, author, and leading fi...
  46. 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...
  47. Elia Chinó Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Chinó, Elia
    Date: Sep. 11, 2020
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Christianity, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Elia Chinó, Latin American Foundation for Social Action (FLAS)
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elia Chinó conducted by Andrew Lush on September 11, 2020 in Huston, TX. Elia Chinó was born on April 24, 1962 in La Huacana, Michoacan, Mexico. In 1989, when she learned he...
  48. Interview with Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Wicker, Randy
    Date: Feb. 1, 2003
    Topics: Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Uplift Lighting
    Description: An interview with Randy Wicker in which he talks about Marsha Johnson’s involvement with GAA and Heritage of Pride. He also discusses Marsha’s mental health, institutionalization, prostitution, and...
  49. Interview with Frank Constantino, Part I

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Constantino, Frank
    Date: Mar. 16, 2002
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people with alcohol use disorders, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender political activists, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Disney World, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: An interview with Frank Constantino, Sylvia Rivera's long-time former partner. Constantino talks about their relationship and Rivera's life when they were together. (Part II can be accessed using t...
  50. Interview with Frank Constantino, Part II

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Constantino, Frank, Kearns, John J.
    Date: Mar. 16, 2002
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Julia Murray, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Part II of an interview with Frank Constantino where he talks about a few stories with Sylvia Rivera and her partner Julia Murray. (Part I can be accessed using the second related URL included below).
  51. Interview with Marie Bobby Miller

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Miller, Marie Bobby, Kearns, John J.
    Date: Mar. 9, 2002
    Topics: Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: An interview with Marie Bobby Miller about Marsha Johnson’s early days on the street panhandling, interest in Easter. The interviewer reads his poem “Marsha P. Johnson March.”
  52. Interview with Michael Lynch

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Lynch, Michael
    Date: Dec. 6, 2000
    Topics: Black queer people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Performance art, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Christopher Street Columbus Tour, Hot Peaches, Jimmy Camicia, Marsha P. Johnson, Spare Change for a Dying Queen, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: An interview with Micheal Lynch. The two talk about Lynch's experience in the Hot Peaches, and provides stories about Marsha P. Johnson. Lynch describes the group's trip to London and Hambrug—speci...
  53. Interview with Amy Coleman

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Coleman, Amy, Kearns, John J.
    Date: Jul. 16, 2000
    Topics: Drag, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Hot Peaches, International Chrysis, Jimmy Camicia, Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: An interview with Amy Coleman about her time with Hot Peaches and her relationship with Jimmy Camicia. Amy also discusses Marsha Johnson’s role in Hot Peaches, her mental health, and her institutio...
  54. Interview with Emmie Saux

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Saux, Emmie
    Date: May 16, 2020
    Topics: Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ support groups, Non-binary people, Social advocacy, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Emmie Saux, who identifies as genderqueer and non-binary. They talk about discovering gender identities, building community, and the importance of advocacy work related to trans r...
  55. Interview with Riley Valentine

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Valentine, Riley
    Date: May 10, 2020
    Topics: Educators, LGBTQ+ religious people, Non-binary people, Transgender political activists
    Description: An interview with Riley Valentine, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Valentine talks about their early life experiences, moving to Louisiana from Atlanta, and their Catholic...
  56. Interview with Dre Tarleton

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Tarleton, Dre
    Date: Sep. 4, 2020
    Topics: BIPOC, Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Non-binary people
    Description: An interview with Dre Tarleton, who identifies as non-binary / genderqueer and uses they/them pronouns. Tarleton talks about discovering gender language, practicing rootwork, and being trans in Lou...
  57. 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...
  58. Interview with Peyton Michelle

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Peyton, Michelle
    Date: Aug. 17, 2020
    Topics: Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates, PFLAG Lafayette
    Description: An interview Petyon Michelle who identifies as transfemme. Michelle discusses homecoming dresses, visibility as activism, and being the first out trans woman elected to office in Louisiana.
  59. Interview with Diana Newburger

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Newburger, Diana
    Date: Jan. 24, 2021
    Topics: Catholic Church, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans women
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Diana Newburger about her time with the Franciscan Order, and building a new community.
  60. Interview with Cody Smith

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Smith, Cody
    Date: Aug. 21, 2020
    Topics: Psychotherapists, Trans women, Transgender community
    Subject: House of Tulip, Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Cody Smith about her experience being trans in Louisiana. She also talks about being the first trans person to be licensed as a professional counselor in the state, and being the ...
  61. Interview with Danielle Grace

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Grace, Danielle
    Date: Jan. 21, 2021
    Topics: Baptists, Coming out, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Trans women, Transgender clergy
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Danielle Grace discussing her experiences coming out, being a pastor, and her relationship with her children. Grace also discusses current politics and the place of religion in he...
  62. Interview with Sophie Marie White

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: White, Sophie Marie
    Date: Jan. 25, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: An interview with Sophie Marie White discussing being trans in the workplace, mental health, and her experiences with coming out and transitioning.
  63. Interview with Jamie Wright

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Wright, Jamie
    Date: Feb. 23, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, Educators, Queer community, Trans women, Transgender people in the workplace
    Description: An interview with Jamie Wright discussing her early life experiences, being trans in the workplace, and life as a trans woman in Louisiana.
  64. Interview with Peter Marie Jenkins

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Jenkins, Peter Marie
    Date: Feb. 20, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Non-binary people, Queer people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), The Future of Transgender and Nonbinary People
    Description: An interview with Peter Marie Jenkins. Peter is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. The interview covers topics related to their childhood, activism, and trans visibility.
  65. Interview with Stephanie Luz Hernandez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Luz Hernandez, Stephanie
    Date: Aug. 20, 2021
    Topics: BIPOC, Femmes, Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormone therapy (Gender), Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Medical care, Queer people
    Subject: Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (GALAP)
    Description: An interview with Stephanie Luz Hernandez, LMFT, a queer Latinx trans-femme licensed mental health therapist, gender health specialist, and trans health activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area...
  66. Interview with Shawn Demmons

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Demmons, Shawn
    Date: Apr. 23, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), LA Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Shawn Demmons, MPH, a Black trans man, community organizer, public health and HIV/AIDS advocate, and trans health activist based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interv...
  67. Interview with Shannon TL Kearns

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Kearns, Shannon TL
    Date: Nov. 18, 2021
    Topics: LGBTQ+ religious people, Queer community, Trans men, Transgender clergy, Transgender community, White transgender people
    Subject: QueerTheology.com, Uprising Theatre Company
    Description: An interview with Shannon TL Kearns, a white trans man, playwright, and ordained priest based in Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, he was the founder and artistic director of Uprising The...
  68. Interview with Nico Amador

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Amador, Nico
    Date: Jan. 22, 2021
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender community
    Subject: Fund for Trans Generations, Trans Justice Funding Project
    Description: An interview with Nico Amador, a Latinx trans man, community organizer, trainer, educator, and writer based in Vermont. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Operations at People's ...
  69. Interview with Katie Burgess

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Burgess, Katie
    Date: Nov. 16, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, Queer people, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transgender youth, White transgender people
    Subject: CeCe McDonald, Homeless Youth and the Minnesota Trans Health Coalition (MTHC), Open Flame Theatre, The Exchange, Trans Youth Support Network (TYSN)
    Description: An interview with Katie Burgess, a white trans woman, community organizer, social worker, trans activist, and theatre artist based in Minneapolis. At the time of this oral history interview, she wa...
  70. Interview with Jenna Rapues

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Rapues, Jenna
    Date: Jun. 21, 2021
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ migrants, LGBTQ+ older people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Public health, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), Gender Health SF, Openhouse, U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
    Description: An interview with Jenna Rapues, MPH, a Filipina trans woman, activist, and leader in public and transgender health in government, research, academic and public health institutions. She lives in San...
  71. 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...
  72. Interview with Harper Jean Tobin

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Tobin, Harper Jean
    Date: Jun. 25, 2021
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Government policy, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ employment, Official documentation, Trans women, White transgender people
    Subject: National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
    Description: An interview with Harper Jean Tobin, a white trans woman, consultant, and policymaker based in Washington, D.C. At the time of this interview, she worked as an independent policy consultant and edu...
  73. Interview with Hailey Ockinga

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ockinga, Hailey
    Date: Nov. 8, 2021
    Topics: Alaska Natives, Gender non-conforming people, Tlingit Indians, Trans women, Transgender political activists, Transgender prisoners
    Subject: Beyond These Walls
    Description: An interview with Hailey A Ockinga, an Alaskan Native / Tlingit trans woman, anti-incarceration activist, and community organizer based in Washington state. At the time of this interview, she was E...
  74. Interview with Emerson Steiner Hayward

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Steiner Hayward, Emerson
    Date: Nov. 22, 2021
    Topics: Harm reduction, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Non-binary people, Transgender people in the workplace, Transitioning (Gender), Transmasculine people, White transgender people
    Description: An interview with Emerson Steiner Hayward, a white, Ashkenazi Jewish, trans-masc, and nonbinary individual based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview with Macalester College stude...
  75. Interview with Dr. Rhys Preston

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Preston, Rhys
    Date: Oct. 28, 2021
    Topics: Chiropractors, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ recovery groups, LGBTQ+ youth, Trans men, White transgender people
    Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queerspace Collective
    Description: An interview with Dr. Rhys Preston, a white trans man, chiropractor, and trans health activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, he was practicing at his chiropractic ...
  76. Interview with Dr. Marci Bowers

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Bowers, Marci
    Date: Nov. 4, 2021
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Plastic surgeons, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people
    Subject: World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
    Description: An interview with Dr. Marci Bowers, a white woman with a lived trans experience, OB/GYN, and plastic surgeon specializing in gender affirming surgeries. At the time of this interview, she was the p...
  77. Interview with Dominique Morgan

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Morgan, Dominique
    Date: Jan. 29, 2021
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Prison abolition movements, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Black and Pink, Nebraska Pride, Nebraska Youth Pride
    Description: An interview with Dominique Morgan, a Black trans woman, prison abolition activist, and artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this interview, Morgan was the Executive Director of Black an...
  78. Interview with Devi Peacock

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Peacock, Devi
    Date: Feb. 24, 2021
    Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ people of color, Non-binary people, Restorative justice, South Asian transgender people, Transgender artists
    Subject: Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA), Peacock Rebellion, Queer Cultural Center
    Description: An interview with Devi Peacock, a South Asian non-binary storyteller, performing artist and community organizer based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, they were the founding A...
  79. Interview with Canyon Carballosa

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Carballosa, Canyon
    Date: Nov. 11, 2021
    Topics: Choreographers, Dancers, Gender roles, Non-binary people, White transgender people
    Description: An interview with Canyon Carballosa, a white Cuban queer trans nonbinary dancer and movement maker based in Los Angeles. At the time of this oral history interview, they were working as a professio...
  80. Interview with Bran Fenner

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fenner, Bran
    Date: Nov. 12, 2021
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ youth, Nurses, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Education for Liberation Project, FIERCE, The Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Bran Fenner, a Black transmasculine activist, consultant, educator, and ER and hospice nurse based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, he was Director of People ...
  81. Interview with Beau Larsen

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Larsen, Beau
    Date: Nov. 20, 2021
    Topics: Feminism, Femmes, Forensics (Public speaking), Genderqueer people, Non-binary people, Queer theory, Sex work, White transgender people
    Subject: ONE Archives
    Description: An interview with Beau Larsen, a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester Co...
  82. Interview with Andy Marra

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Marra, Andy
    Date: Feb. 26, 2021
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Gender non-conforming people, Interracial adoption, Korean American women, LGBTQ+ activism, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF)
    Description: An interview with Andy Marra, a Korean-American trans woman, activist, educator, and public policy advocate based in New York City. At the time of this interview, she was the Executive Director of ...
  83. Interview with Wahira LaBelle

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: LaBelle, Wahira
    Date: Dec. 7, 2020
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ migrants, Queer people, Transfeminine people, Women, Somali
    Subject: Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), Black Trans Migrants United (BTMU)
    Description: An interview with Wahira LaBelle, a trans fem queer of Somali descent, community organizer, migrant justice activist, and advocate based in California. At the time of this interview, she was the Ba...
  84. Interview with Tristan "TK" Morton

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Morton, Tristan "TK"
    Date: Dec. 4, 2020
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Coming out, Education, Higher, LGBTQ+ people of color, Queer people, Racial justice in education, Transgender activism, Transgender people
    Description: An interview with TK Morton is a Black queer trans higher education professional, advocate, and activist based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, ze was the Assistant Director o...
  85. Interview with Thalia Hernandez

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hernandez, Thalia
    Date: Aug. 3, 2020
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Gender non-conforming people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Non-binary people, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Subject: Equality Virginia
    Description: An interview with Thalia Hernandez, a white and Latinx non-binary trans woman, trans activist, and advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director ...
  86. Interview with Shauntelle Hammonds

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hammonds, Shauntelle
    Date: Jul. 20, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Halfway houses, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Subject: Black Trans Lives Matter, Peter's Place
    Description: An interview with Shauntelle Hammonds, a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Pe...
  87. Interview with Sam Ames

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ames, Sam
    Date: Jan. 17, 2020
    Topics: Civil disobedience, Civil rights lawyers, Harm reduction, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ youth, Sexual reorientation, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transmasculine people, White transgender people
    Subject: Our Family Coalition, Trans Lifeline, Unitarian Universalist Church
    Description: An interview with Sam Ames, a white transmasculine civil rights attorney, anti-conversion therapy activist, and theologian based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he was the in...
  88. Interview with Na Choih

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Choih, Na
    Date: Oct. 9, 2020
    Topics: Asian American transgender people, Environmental justice, Non-binary people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Climate Generation, Korean people
    Description: An interview with Na Choih, a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Ci...
  89. 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...
  90. Interview with Kiyomi Fujikawa

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fujikawa, Kiyomi
    Date: Jan. 15, 2020
    Topics: BIPOC, Intersectionality, Multiracial transgender people, Queer people, Transfeminine people, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender youth
    Subject: Fund for Trans Generations, Third Wave Fund
    Description: An interview with Kiyomi Fujikawa, a mixed-race queer trans femme and activist based in Seattle. At the time of this interview, she served as Co-Director of Third Wave Fund, an activist philanthrop...
  91. Interview with Kayla Gore

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Gore, Kayla
    Date: Nov. 19, 2020
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Criminalization, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, Public health personnel, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists
    Subject: My Sistah’s House, Tennessee Department of Health's Transgender Task Force, Trans Justice Funding Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Kayla Gore, a Black trans woman, community organizer, housing activist, and public health worker based in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this interview, she served as the Sout...
  92. Interview with Kat Purcell

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Purcell, Kat
    Date: Dec. 10, 2020
    Topics: Homelessness, LGBTQ+ theater, Non-binary people, Prison abolition movements, Transgender artists, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Subject: Lightning Rod, Studio he(ART)h Project
    Description: An interview with Kat Purcell, a white (irish famine diaspora) non-binary trans performer, lighting designer, installation artist, producer, director, and street activist based in Minneapolis, Minn...
  93. Interview with JD Davids

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Davids, JD
    Date: Jan. 16, 2020
    Topics: AIDS activists, Journalists, LGBTQ+ people with chronic illnesses, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender people, White transgender people
    Subject: ACT UP Philadelphia
    Description: An interview with JD Davids, a white trans journalist, writer, AIDS activist, and advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS and chronic illnesses. At the time of this interview, he was director of J...
  94. Interview with Jay Corprew

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Corprew, Jay
    Date: Jul. 16, 2020
    Topics: Black transgender people, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Queer people of color, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transmasculine people
    Subject: LGBT Life Center, Organizing for the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia
    Description: An interview with Jay Corprew, a Black trans man, activist, poet, and mentor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Organizing for the Transgender ...
  95. 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...
  96. Interview with Essence Thompson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Thompson, Essence
    Date: Aug. 7, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Family members, Harassment, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender people of color, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Equality Virginia, Nationz Foundation
    Description: An interview with Essence Thompson, a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbr...
  97. Interview with Robert Labossier (Vilet Labossier)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Labossier, Robert
    Date: Aug. 5, 2019
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Empress XIII, Imperial Court of Rhode Island, Vilet Labossier
    Description: An interview with Vilet Labossier. Vilet is a drag persona performed by Robert Labossier in Rhode Island since the early 1990s. Topics in order of discussion include: developing a drag persona and ...
  98. Interview with Shey Rivera

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Rivera, Shey
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Decolonization, Intersectionality, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x queer people, LGBTQ+ artists, Non-binary people, Puerto Ricans, Queer people, Taino Indians, Transphobia
    Description: An Interview with Shey Rivera. Shey is a queer and non-binary multidisciplinary artist from Puerto Rico. Shey studied Psychology and Sociology at the Universidad de Puerto Rico and Contemporary Med...
  99. Interview with Sherenté Harris

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Harris, Sherenté
    Date: May 27, 2020
    Topics: BIPOC, Coming out, Decolonization, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ youth, Misgendering, Narragansett Indians, Powwows, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people
    Description: An interview with Sherenté Harris. Harris is a two-spirit indigenous person, member of the Narragansett Tribe, artist, cultural educator, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: growin...
  100. Interview with Selene Means

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Means, Selene
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender identity, Intersectionality, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ support groups, Mexican American families, Non-binary people, Political activists, Social justice
    Description: An interview with Selene Means. Means is a Latinx, non-binary person. He / They is an activist as well as a photographer and filmmaker who focuses on documenting social justice and activist work in...