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Interview with Toni-Michelle Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Willliams, Toni-Michelle Date: Jun. 7, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activism, AIDS (Disease), Androgyny, Arrests, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Courts, Drag, Drag performance, Drag queens, Family relationships, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Heterosexuals, HIV infections, Hormone therapy, Law enforcement, Legal process, Love, Prisons, Race, Racism, Sex, Social movements, Southern States, Transgender people Subject: Access Aids Health Care, Barack Obama, Emerging Leaders Initiative with the National Black Justice Coalition, Jasmine Dyree, Jasmine Gray, Jim Crowe, Kimberly Waldon, Laverne Cox, Leading the Education of Gay and Straight Individuals (LEGSI), Morgan Harrison, National Organization for Women (NOW), Rob Burr, RuPaul, Sojourner Truth, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, T Girls Empowerment, Tijuana Michelle Ponder, Toni Braxton, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Toni-Michelle Williams is a Black woman of trans experience who has spent time in Georgia and Norfolk, Virginia. In this interview, Williams touches upon topics such as drag, family relationships, ... -
Interview With Tracie Jada O'Brien
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Tracie Jada Date: Jan. 13, 2017 Topics: Adult child abuse victims--Mental health, African American transgender people, African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc, Assigned gender, Blacks--Segregation, Bullying, Christianity, Cosmetics, Counselors, Depression, Mental, Drag queens, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, MtFs, Police raids, Religions, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Transgender prostitution Subject: Affordable Care Act, Christine Jorgensen, Miss Fannie's Ball, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tenderloin, The Center for Special Problems Description: Tracie Jada O'Brien is a Black female who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, she was doing social work in San Diego. In this oral history O'Brien talks at length about h... -
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... -
Interview with Ty Yule
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Yule, Ty Date: Aug. 20, 2015 Topics: Activists, Bullying, Businesses, Butches, Coming out, Family members, Femininities, FtMs, Gay culture, Gay pride, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intolerance, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Punk, Same-sex marriage, Self-destructive behavior, Social movements, Soft butches, Suicidal behavior, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women's bars Subject: ACT UP, Cher, Queer Nation, The L Word Description: Ty Yule is a white trans man. In life, Yule has spent time in the Midwest (in Iowa and Minnesota) and in California (in Apple Valley and San Francisco). In this interview, Yule touches upon topics ... -
Interview with Tygra Slarii
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Slarii, Tygra Trinity Date: Jan. 26, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Ballroom dancing, Biological parenthood, Choirs, Drag, Drag community, Families, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Twins Subject: Aquarius, Brody Bartlett, Damon Kelsey, Michelle Obama, On the Roof, Puttin on the Ritz Description: Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also disc... -
Interview with Valerie Spencer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Valerie Date: Oct. 5, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Exorcism, Families, Families, Black, Femininities, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Identity politics, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labeling, Language, Marriage, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Racism, Role behavior, Role models, Schools, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center of Color Description: Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her di... -
Interview with Vanessa Sheridan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sheridan, Vanessa Date: Jul. 12, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Families, Fundamentalism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Performing arts, Racism, Religions, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Crossing Over, HB2, Jerry Springer Show, Laura Jane Grace, Laverne Cox, Liberating the Transgendered Christian, Maury Povich, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pulse Night Club, RuPaul, The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace, Virginia Prince, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Description: Vanessa Sheridan is a white transgender woman raised in the South. At the time of this interview, Sheridan was the Director of Transgender Relations and Community Engagement at Center on Halsted (C... -
Interview with Venus DeMars part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: DeMars, Venus Date: May 3, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Autobiographies, Breast, Bullying, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Hormones, Marriage, MtFs, Musicians, Nose--Surgery, Pronoun, Puberty, Transgender people Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Venus de Mars Description: Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews that the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview she was... -
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... -
Interview with Xaundra Nawa
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Nawa, Xaundra Date: Aug. 29, 2017 Topics: Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Definitions, Discrimination, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, Gay identity, Genderfluid identity, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Non-monogamous relationships, Police, Poor, Racism, Racism in language, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Unemployed Description: Xaundra Nawa is Black fluid demigirl from Minnesota. In this interview they talk extensively about their childhood experiences with gender presentation, their relationship with their parents and br... -
Interview with Yvonne Cook-Riley
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Cook-Riley, Yvonne, Taylor, Evan Date: Jan. 7, 2020 Topics: Crossdressers, Education, Identity politics, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Non-binary people, Shamanism Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Yvonne Cook-Riley Description: Oral history with Yvonne Cook-Riley discussing spirituality, activism, and the military. -
Interview with Zakia McKensey
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McKensey, Zakia Date: Jul. 21, 2020 Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS education, Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Nationz Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Zakia McKensey, an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-ba... -
Interview with Zeam Porter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Porter, Zeam Date: Dec. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Age, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Mental disorders, Poetry, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Sexual orientation, Sports Subject: Gender Revolution 8, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Zeam Porter is a Black and Blackfoot demiboy from Minnesota who goes by they/he/Z. At the time of this oral history, Porter was a student at Macalester College living in Minnesota. In this oral his... -
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. -
Izzy Mustafa Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Mustafa, Izzy Date: Apr. 11, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Coming out, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gender diversity, Identity, Intersex, Islam, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Politics, Religious right, Representation, Social norms, Training programs, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Description: Izzy's family-life intertwines heavily with his oral history and coming out process. The middle child of a Muslim-Palestinian man and Christian-American woman, he talks about the particular ways ea...
