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  1. Interview with Rehema Mertinez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mertinez, Rehema
    Date: Mar. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Authority, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Celebrities, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Depression, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Latin Americans, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Media, Medical care, Mental health, MtFs, Multiracial transgender people, Police, Police brutality, Prisons, Racially mixed people, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sex, Sexuality, Spirituality, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Youth
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity,...
  2. Interview with Shauntelle Hammonds

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hammonds, Shauntelle
    Date: Jul. 20, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Halfway houses, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Subject: Black Trans Lives Matter, Peter's Place
    Description: An interview with Shauntelle Hammonds, a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Pe...
  3. Interview with Shawn Demmons

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Demmons, Shawn
    Date: Apr. 23, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), LA Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Shawn Demmons, MPH, a Black trans man, community organizer, public health and HIV/AIDS advocate, and trans health activist based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interv...
  4. Interview with the Reverend Louis Mitchell

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mitchell, Louis
    Date: Nov. 18, 2019
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ religious people, Older transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender clergy
    Subject: Chris Paige, TransFaith
    Description: An interview with Reverend Louis Mitchell, a Black trans man, trans activist and advocate.At the time of this interview, he was the executive director and co-founder of TransFaith, a multi-traditio...
  5. Interview with Tona Brown

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Brown, Tona
    Date: Sep. 22, 2016
    Topics: Art, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Classical music, Coming out, Counseling, Creative activities and seat work, Discrimination, Entertainers, Family members, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Religion, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people, Violinists, Work
    Subject: Carnegie Hall, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Tona Brown is a African American transgender woman from Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of this interview, Brown was working as a musician, a teacher, and a world-class performer. In this oral hi...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. Marlow Monique Dickson Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Dickson, Marlow Monique
    Date: Jun. 19, 2021
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Older transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Jewel Box Revue, Josephine Baker, Marlow Monique Dickson
    Description: OUTWORDS guest interviewer Zackary Drucker interviewed Marlow Monique Dickson in Chicago in 2021. In the 1960s, Marlow moved from Chicago to New York, performing in bars around Greenwich Village. S...
  9. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement
    Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women...
  10. Tori Cooper Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Cooper, Tori
    Date: Feb. 26, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Public health advisory groups, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Presidential Advisory Council on HIV & AIDS, Tori Cooper
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Tori Cooper conducted by Andrea Pino-Silva on February 26, 2021 in College Park, GA. Tori Cooper is a health and equity advocate, community organizer, author, and leading fi...
  11. Valda Prout Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Prout, Valda
    Date: Aug. 6, 2016
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Hair removal, Homophobia, Hormone therapy (Gender), Police harassment, Police raids, Racism, Segregation, Slurs, Theater, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, West Indian Americans
    Subject: Agassiz Village, Auntie Mame, Dorothy Mallory, Dr. Risch, George L. Prout, Jacque's, La Belse, Mae Bonds, Paul Robeson, Phil Black, Punch Bowl, Summer Stock, Valda Prout
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Valda Prout, conducted by Mason Funk on August 6, 2016 in Washington DC. "Today, Valda lives in a small apartment just north of Logan Circle in Washington DC, a short walk f...