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Interview with finn schneider
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: schneider, finn Date: Aug. 4, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Body image, Change of name, Clothing, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Educational institutions, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Jews, Marriage, Masculinities, Mental health, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Universities Description: finn schneider identifies as a white transgender queer, non-binary, and trans masculine. They were 32 at the time of the interview. They were assigned female at birth. They are of German heritage a... -
Interview with Freya Richman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Richman, Freya Date: Nov. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Arts and entertainment occupations, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Directors, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Femmes, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Jews, MtFs, Pronoun, Religions, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: 20% Theatre, Artaria String Quartet, Community Center, The Naked I, Transgender Equity Council of the City of Minneapolis Description: Freya Richman identifies as Jewish female or femme assigned male at birth. She is the youngest of three siblings and grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, a small city in the northeastern part of Wiscons... -
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, Assigned gender, Bullying, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Femininities, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, 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 Description: Geena Rocero was raised in the Philippines and grew up poor in a small neighborhood in the metro city of Makati with three siblings and her parents. Realizing she identified as a girl at 4 or 5 yea... -
Interview with Gradylee Shapiro
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Shapiro, Gradylee Date: Jan. 17, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Baldness, Bisexuality, Bullying, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Dating, Death and dying, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Mental disorders, Ovariectomy, Passing (Gender), Poor, Schools, Soft butches, Swindlers and swindling, Testosterone, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: District 202, Ethan Laubach, Gender Blur, GLBT Youth Organization, Prism Description: Gradylee Shapiro identifies as a butch and was assigned female at birth. They did not specify preferred pronouns in their interview so the gender-neutral terms, they/them, are used throughout this ... -
Interview with Hannah Stein
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Stein, Hannah Date: Oct. 27, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Capitalism, Classical music, Clothing, Coming out, Employees, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Internet, Intersex, Middle class, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Repression (Psychology), Robbery, Schools, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Suicide, Theatre, Therapists, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: 20% Theatre, Door to Dooor Canvasing, Environment Minnesota, Lawrence University, Lebanese Restaurant, Mixed Blood Theater, The Naked I Description: Hannah Stein identifies as a trans woman assigned male at birth. She has a younger sister and grew up in Athens, Georgia in a middle-class household. Her mom worked for the hospital as a cancer nur... -
Interview with Harvey Katz
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Katz, Harvey Date: Jan. 29, 2016 Topics: Colleges, Educators, Entertainers, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Jewish transgender people, LGBTQ+ poetry, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Representation, Storytelling, Visibility, White people Subject: Athens Boys Choir Description: "Harvey Katz describes himself as a “Man with a transgender history.”. Katz is a performer and educator best known for his storytelling act, Athens Boys Choir which performs across the U.S. on coll... -
Interview with Hayden Mora
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mora, Hayden Date: Sep. 26, 2016 Topics: Alcoholism, Assigned gender, Clothing, Educational institutions, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender role, Health, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Lesbian identity, Marriage law, Masculinities, Physical health, Pluralism, Politics, Poverty, Pronoun, Racism, Testosterone, Therapies, Transgender people, Working class, Xenophobia Subject: Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Description: Hayden Mora is an organizer originally from Boston, MA, working in Washington, DC. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with things like addiction and sobriety; having a narrative that i... -
Interview with Haylee Veazey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Veazey, Haylee Date: Dec. 1, 2016 Topics: Bisexual identity, Bullying, Christianity, Clinics, Coming out, Conservatives, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gay-straight alliances, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical policy, MtFs, Overweight people, Religions, Sexism, Stress, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women Subject: Affordable Care Act, Hennepin County Medical Center Description: Haylee Veazey identifies as a bisexual transgender woman assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Farmington, New Mexico and grew up in a conservative Christian home. She has an older bro... -
Interview with Hunta Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Williams, Hunta, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 18, 2016 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Cooks, Deaf people, Families, FtMs, Health care, Hormones, Parents of transgender people, Police brutality, Surgery, Transgender people Subject: Hunta Williams Description: Hunta Williams is a deaf, black trans man. Williams grew up in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Minneapolis to attend culinary school. From a young age, he felt “different” than his peers, always playing ... -
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, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Writers Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back Description: Ignacio Rivera identifies as a transgender queer, two-spirit person who was assigned female at birth. They are an internationally known performance artist, activist, sex educator, writer, and blogg... -
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: Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Counseling, Depression, Discrimination, Drag, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Roman catholicism, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: JAC Stringer identifies as part Native American and genderqueer on the trans masculine spectrum and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio in a city neighborhood close to down... -
Interview with James Schwartz
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schwartz, James Date: Jun. 15, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Change of name, College students, Coming out, Development, Environmentalism, Film, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Health insurance, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Social norms, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Forest and Natural Resource Management, Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life, Gender Education Center, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Description: James Schwartz identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born in Maple Grove, Minnesota where his parents grew up and then moved to Monticello, Minnesota in second grade. S... -
Interview with Jane Fee
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fee, Jane, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Mar. 18, 2017 Topics: Activists, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Crossdressing, Divorce, Gender identity, Grandchildren, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Identity, Identity (Psychology), Military, MtFs, Politics, Transgender people, Veterans, 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, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook Description: Jane Fee is a retired veteran and advocate who lives in St. Petersburg, FL. In this oral history, she touches on many things including her 29 years in the service, part of which took place in WWII;... -
Interview with Jess Dugan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Dugan, Jess Date: Jan. 22, 2016 Topics: Appearance, Arts, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Dating, Divorce, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Puberty, Self-acceptance Subject: Dykes to Watch Out For, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Transcending Boundaries, True Spirit Description: Jess Dugan identifies as genderqueer and gender variant and was assigned female at birth. Her parents divorced when she was 7 after her mom came out as a lesbian. She grew up in Little Rock, Arkans... -
Interview with Joe Ippolito
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Ippolito, Joe Date: Sep. 3, 2015 Topics: Aging, Educators, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Heterosexuality, Hormones, Jews, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Roman catholicism, Surgery, Therapists, Transgender people Subject: Gender Reel, Joe Ippolito, Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Philadelphia| psychology Description: Joe Ippolito grew up in Florida in the 1970s. In this oral history, he shares some of his experiences building trans community: establishing the Gender Reel festival, chairing the Philadelphia Tran...
