Interview with Max Gries

An interview with Max Gries, a white genderqueer person from Wisconsin. At the time of this oral history, Gries was working at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, Gries reflects upon exploring their sexuality in college, moving to Minneapolis in the mid-1990s, becoming involved with bisexual organizing, attending Michigan Womyn's Festival, and serving in early leadership positions on the UMN Transgender Commission and the Minnesota Trans Health Coalition. They discuss the shifts that occurred in the late 90s/early 2000s in lesbian communities as more people began to explore transitioning, and remark upon the shifts in their own gender identity, sexual orientation and the public perceptions of their relationship their husband.

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Identifier: 70795804t
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Gries, Max
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Oct. 28, 2016
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Minnesota Trans Health Coalition
UMN Transgender Commission
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Topic(s): Genderqueer people
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ activists
LGBTQ+ communities
LGBTQ+ relationships
Medical care
Sexual orientation
Transitioning (Gender)
White LGBTQ+ people
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
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