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  1. Free CeCe McDonald Panel

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Cox, Laverne, Gares, Jac, McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe)
    Date: Aug. 29, 2016
    Topics: Activists, Actors, Black people, Feminism, Film industry, Gender dysphoria, Imprisonment, Oppression, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Anti Violence Project, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Free CeCe, In The Life, Musical Chairs, Orange is the New Black, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sayuri Hernandez, The Exhibitionist, Transforming, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Unraveled
    Description: Laverne Cox is the executive producer of the Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black. She plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Cox is a renowned speaker...
  2. Interview with Ben Singer

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Singer, Ben
    Date: Nov. 24, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, Drag performance, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Education, Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Oppression, Privilege (Social psychology), Public health, Race, Racism, Rural development, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Social movements, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ben Singer is a white trans guy from Illinois. He talks about how rural identity and class shaped his idea of gender, and his research on transgender identity. He talks about his experience in the ...
  3. Interview with Chishaun (CeCe) McDonald

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe)
    Date: Nov. 27, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Christianity, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femmes, Gay boys, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Neonazism, Physical violence, Prisons, Racism, Role behavior, Sissies, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Angela Davis, Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Dean Spade, Dorothy Day Shelter, Free CeCe, George Zimmerman, Honey Bear Royal, Howard Brown Center, Jerry Springer Show, Laverne Cox, Magic Johnson, Marci Bowers, Matthew Shepherd, Normal Life, The New Jim Crowe, Trayvon Martin
    Description: CeCe McDonald is a Black-Boricua-Taíno woman from the South Side of Chicago. At the time of this oral history, she was working in Minneapolis as a barista, activist, and social instigator. In this ...
  4. Interview with Dr. Katie Spencer

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Spencer, Katie
    Date: Feb. 29, 2016
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Assigned gender, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Education, Feminism, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, Medical care, Medicalisation, Middle West, Misogyny, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychology, Psychotherapy, Race, Racism, Sexism, Social movements, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Deb Thorp, Eli Colman, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Keith Ellison, OutFront Minnesota, Park Nicollet, Riki Wilchins, Roxanne Anderson, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Transsexual Menace, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Xavier Schmidt
    Description: Katie Spencer is a white cisgender woman who grew up in Farmington, Missouri. At the time of this oral history, Spencer was living in Minnesota and working at the University of Minnesota's Program ...
  5. 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....
  6. Interview with JAC Stringer

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Stringer, JAC
    Date: Feb. 17, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Childhood and youth, Coming out, Community life, Counseling, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Drag, Education, Femininities, Friendship, Gender binaries, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Race, Roman catholicism, Social movements, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Tran...
  7. Interview with Jane Fee

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fee, Jane
    Date: Mar. 18, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bars (Drinking establishments), Celebrities, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Divorce, Drag performance, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Identity, Identity (Psychology), Income, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Military, MtFs, Parenthood, Politics, Privilege (Social psychology), Social classes, Social movements, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Two thousands (Decade), Veterans, Wealth, Whites--Race identity, World war II
    Subject: Board of Directors of the DFL Gay and Lesbian Caucus, Christine Jorgensen, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), It’s Time America, It’s Time Minnesota, Jane Fee, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Sally Jessy Raphael Show, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook
    Description: Jane Fee is a white trans woman raised in Maryland. At the time of this interview, Fee was a retired and living in St. Petersburg, Florida. In this oral history, she touches upon her 29 years in th...
  8. Interview with June Remus, Part 1 of 2

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Remus, June
    Date: Aug. 5, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Celebrities, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, Middle West, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sex, Sexuality, Social integration, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Strippers, Transgender youth, Transsexual people, Women
    Subject: June Remus, Transgender Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality
    Description: June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. This is the first of two oral histories the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and Remus. At the time...
  9. Interview with June Remus, Part 2 of 2

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Remus, June
    Date: Sep. 2, 2016
    Topics: Activists, Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, LGBTQ+ families, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sexuality, Slurs, Social integration, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Strippers, Transgender youth, Transsexual people, Women
    Subject: June Remus, Transgender Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality
    Description: June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of this interview, Remus was a retired caregiver living in Minnesota. This is the second of two...
  10. Interview with June Taylor

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Taylor, June
    Date: Oct. 31, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Celebrities, Change of name, Children, Coming out, Communication, Community life, Conservatives, Cosmetics, Counseling, Couples therapy, Discrimination, Drag performance, Drugs, Electrolysis, Estradiol, Estrogen, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Heteronormativity, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intolerance, Legislation, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Love, Marriage, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity) in literature, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sex, Sexism, Therapeutics, Transgender people, Transvestism
    Subject: Trans Commission, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: This video features an interview with two people who are good friends––June Taylor and Isabelle Wedin. June Taylor is a white trans woman from Winston-Salem North Carolina, and Isabelle Wedin is a ...
  11. Interview with Kye Allums

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Allums, Kye
    Date: Sep. 4, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Bisexuals, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Education, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mentoring, Middle West, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Sexual orientation, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Fearless Project, Gay and Lesbian Sports Education Network, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hancock Recreation Center, Jeff Sheng, National Black Justice Coalition, RECLAIM!, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Kye Allums is a Black queer fluid trans person from Minnesota who goes by he and they. In this oral history, Allums speaks at length about playing Division I basketball for George Washington Univer...
  12. Interview with Renata Garcia and Jennicet Gutierrez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Garcia, Renata, Gutierrez, Jennicet
    Date: Oct. 3, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Alien detention centers, Catholic Church, Dating, Families, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Illegal residents, Immigrants, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, MtFs, Nativism, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexuality, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people
    Subject: Bamby Salcedo, Barack Obama, FAMILIA Trans Queer Liberation Movement, Jennicet Gutierrez, Renata Garcia, Sylvia Rivera, Trans Latina Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican ...
  13. Interview with Roxanne Anderson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Anderson, Roxanne
    Date: Jul. 23, 2015
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Adoption, Appearance, Artists, Community life, Discrimination, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hormones, Law enforcement, Middle West, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racially mixed people, Social movements, Social work with youth
    Subject: queer identity, Transmasculine, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota....
  14. Interview with T. Aaron Hans

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hans, T. Aaron
    Date: Feb. 25, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, AIDS activists, Bullying, Butches, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, FtMs, Gay identity, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Identity, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Love, Masculinities, Medication, Middle West, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sex, Social movements, Social norms, Sports, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transmasculine people, Voice therapy (Gender), White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work, Youth
    Subject: Creating Change, Gay and Lesbian Antiviolence Program, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Minnie Bruce Pratt, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Shadow Morton, Title IX, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Trump Administration
    Description: T. Aaron Hans is a white butch transmasculine person who grew up in Germany and the United States and uses he and ze. At the time of this oral history, Hans was working as at Hamline University. In...
  15. Interview with Taylor Foster

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Foster, Taylor
    Date: Oct. 7, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Colleges, Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Discrimination, Drag, Drag performance, Education, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender-affirming care, Love, Lutheranism, Middle West, Passing (Identity), Privilege (Social psychology), Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transitioning (Gender), White people--Race identity--United States, Work
    Subject: Augsburg University, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Taylor Foster is a white transman who grew up in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Foster was working as a 911 dispatcher for the City of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Fo...