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Ash Stephens Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ash Stephens Date: Apr. 19, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Butches, Change of name, Childhood, Christianity, Education, Family members, Femininities, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Higher education, Lesbian culture, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Military, Older people, Police patrol--Surveillance operations, Politics, Pronoun, Religions, Social classes, Soft butches, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Bible Belt, Black Hollywood, Brooklyn Bail Fund, Georgia Southern University, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, University of Illinois at Chicago Description: Ash recounts growing up in a southern Bible Belt community. He details his journey from Georgia to Chicago where he completed his higher-level education and met his “chosen family.” Ash is currentl... -
B. Hawk Snipes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Snipes, B. Hawk Date: Mar. 28, 2019 Topics: Artists, Bars, Black people, Childhood, Cocaine, Drug abuse, Education, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay community centers, Gay liberation, Gay pride, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hospitals, Housing, Jews, Latinos, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Neighborhood government, Police, Police raids, Prisons, Pronoun, Stonewall riots, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Unemployment, White people, Women, Youth, Youth organisations Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Amanda Milan, Amy's Bread, Anderson Cooper, Bawdy Audie Josie, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Covenant House Rite of Passage (ROP), Fenced Out, Greenwich Village Youth Council (GYC), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Iris House, James Street Hotel, JD Melendez, John Cameron Mitchell, Kate Barnhart, March of Dimes, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Peter Green, Project Reach, Rosie Perez, Sets, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Garden Left Behind, Trans Health Conference, Trans in Action, Transy House, Wilson Cruz, Zendo's Description: B. Hawk Snipes discusses their growing in the Bronx, their time at the La Guardia High School of the Performing Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, and eventually becoming an entertainer ... -
Capri Kasai Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kasai, Capri Date: Mar. 19, 2019 Topics: Black people, Body image, Child abuse, Childhood, Climatic changes, Conservatism, Disaster medicine, Divorce, Environmental justice, Environmentalism, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Masculinities, Military, Misogyny, Moving, Household, Music, Politics, Polygamy, Public health, Queer theory, Racism, Religions, Skinheads, Southern States, Visibility, Writers Description: Capri recounts their childhood in a military family and the resulting relocations that their family underwent. They address family dynamics that continue to affect their inner monologue and relatio... -
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... -
Chanel Lopez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lopez, Chanel, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 31, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Appearance, Change of name, Christianity, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Mental health, Role models, Schools, Self-acceptance, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community Subject: Anti Violence Project, Bronx Community Pride Center, Crash Club Description: Transgender communities liaison Chanel Lopez details her experience as a Latinx trans woman in both New York and the Dominican Republic. Lopez opens up to interviewer Sebastian Castro Niculescu abo... -
Che Gossett Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gossett, Che Date: May 3, 2019 Topics: AIDS education, Arab-Israeli conflict, Archivists, Baptist church, Black people, Black studies, Colonialism, Community centres, Cross-cultural relationships, Education, Femininities, Film, Gay clergy, Gender, Gender studies, Gentrification, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Justice, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Military, Politics, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Segregation, Thai boxing, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP Philly, All of Us or None, Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Black Panthers, Center for Reserach on Women at Barnard, Critical Resistance, Darby Hickey, David Farwell, Detroit: Yes I Do Mind Dying, Different Avenues, Fox News, Fred Milton, Galaei, George Jackson, Hearts on a Wire, James Baldwin, Jerry Brown, Lambda Literary Retreat, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Gurden, Native Son, Philadelphia FIGHT, Project Home, Roxbury, Ryan Smith, Ryan White Youth Conference, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Trans Health Conference, Uphams Corner Health Clinic, Yuri Kochiyama Description: Che Gossett shares on the left political history of their parents, their time spent in multiple abolitionist, black and queer organizing groups, and their becoming a critical scholar of trans studi... -
Eddie Jarel Jones Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jones, Eddie Jarel Date: May 29, 2019 Topics: African American universities and colleges, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Heterosexism, Homophobia, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Racism, Self-image, Social media, Telecommunication, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transphobia, Visibility, Women's colleges Subject: Bathroom Act, BlackTransTV, Jussie Smollett, King Children, Lincoln University, MOBIfest, Morehouse College, Philly Fashion Week, Pose, Sean Torrington, Slay TV, SLAYFEST, SpeakOut, Spelman College, Terry Torrington, The Phluid Project, World Pride 2019 Description: Eddie Jarel Jones is a Cleveland, Ohio native and current social influencer, media personality, producer, Emcee, and model. They reflect on the experience of attending a Historically Black College ... -
El Roy Red Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Red, El Roy, Holmes, Zoe Date: Mar. 30, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Body image, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Higher education, Immigration, Isolation, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Substance abuse Subject: El Roy Red, Ponderosa Movement and Discovery, University of Pittsburgh Description: El Roy Red is a poet who has lived in New York City for three years. Red begins the interview by discussing her self-expression through a unique sense of style and how she found her voice as a writ... -
Gia Love Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Love, Gia Date: Apr. 11, 2019 Topics: African diaspora, African-americans, Black people, Bullying, Butches, Childhood, Crossdressing, Debates, Drag balls, Femininities, Foster children, Gender, Gender diversity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mothers, Racism, Sexism, Sexual abuse, Soft butches, Special education, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Women Subject: Butch Queen, City College, Destination Tomorrow, Ginovia, Greenlight Hub, Harlem United, Harvard University, House of Bacardi, House of Juicy, House of Louboutin, House of McQueen, Islan Nettles, Kalem Lord, Malcolm X, Marist College, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), Paris Is Burning, Sundance, TQ, Uber Description: Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a sup... -
Interview with Geena Rocero
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rocero, Geena Date: Nov. 16, 2016 Topics: Anthropology, Art, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Celebrities, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Femmes, Filipino American women, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ visibility, Medical care, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Sexual harassment, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Asian Pacific Wellness Center, Babaylan, Bakla, Beutiful as I Want to Be, Caitlyn Jenner, Ferdinand Magellan, Gender Proud, Janet Mock, Jazz Jennings, Jeffrey Caliendo, Lauren Foster, Mahu, Papuan, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Geena Rocero is a Filipino trans woman and supermodel from Makati City in the Philippines. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, her career as a model and founder of the prod... -
Interview with Ignacio Rivera
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rivera, Ignacio Date: Nov. 7, 2015 Topics: Activists, Androgyny, Art, Artists, Assigned gender, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Polyamory, Race, Racism, Sex, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Work, Writers Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Ignacio Rivera is a Black-Boricua-Taíno transgender Two-Spirit person from Brooklyn. At the time of this interview, Rivera was working as an Educator, Activist, and Performer based out of New York.... -
Interview with Julienne Brown (Mizz June)
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Julienne (Mizz June) Date: May 6, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Allies, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bullying, Celebrities, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Creative ability, Creative activities and seat work, Dating, Education, Femininities, Film, Friendship, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Love, Migration, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity), Race, Religion, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sex, Sexism, Sexual identity, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Julienne Brown, also known as “Mizz June”, is a Black trans woman raised in New York. At the time of this oral history, Brown was working as a musician and an actor. In this oral history she speaks... -
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 is a Black queer non-binary trans woman based in Atlanta who co-founded and organized the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival. At the time of this interview, she was an organizer wit... -
Interview with Naiymah Sanchez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sanchez, Naiymah Date: Jan. 21, 2017 Topics: AIDS (Disease), Appearance, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Bathrooms, Children of immigrants, Citizenship, Clothing, Cosmetics, Cubans, Depression, Ethiopians, Ethnic relations, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Identification cards, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Manic-depressive illness, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychology, Pathological, Puerto Ricans, Race, Racially mixed people, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Transgender people, Unemployment Description: Naiymah Ariana Sanchez is a Afro-Latina transgender female from the Bronx and Philadelphia. At the time of this oral history, Sanchez worked as the Trans Justice Coordinator with the American Civil... -
Interview With Owen Marciano
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Marciano, Owen Date: Dec. 5, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Menstruation, Mental health, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Self-acceptance, Sex, Suicide Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming...