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  1. Interview with Lawrence Tanner Richardson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Richardson, Lawrence Tanner
    Date: Jun. 10, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Black people--Race identity, Child abuse, Christianity, Community life, Depression, Drug abuse, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Homeless people, Identity, Language, Law enforcement, Loneliness, Love, Marriage, Menstruation, Mental disorders, Middle West, Police, Prisons, Puberty, Race, Racism, Religion, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Separation, Sex, Sexual orientation, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people
    Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Lawrence Tanner Richardson is a Black trans man from St. Paul, Minnesota. He talks about his childhood, including being raised by his grandmother and being very involved in the Southern Baptist chu...
  2. Interview with Lee Livingston Perine

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Perine, Lee Livingston
    Date: Dec. 22, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Butch-femme relationships, Children, Coming out, Community life, Divorce, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Marriage, Masculinities, Misogyny, Race, Racism, Sexuality, Social privilege, Sports, Suicide, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins, Work
    Subject: Donald Trump, Prince, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Lee Levingston Perine is a Black genderqueer person from St. Louis, Missouri. They talk about their early life, college, and grad school, as well as having a very supportive family. They talk at le...
  3. Interview with Lourdes Ashley Hunter

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hunter, Lourdes Ashley
    Date: Mar. 22, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Christianity, Community life, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Genocide, Hair--Removal, Healing, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Mentoring, Middle West, Race, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex work, Social movements, Social work with youth, Transgender people, Violence
    Subject: Barack Obama, Creating Change, Ellie Ford, Islan Nettles, Laverne Cox, Queers for Economic Justice, Slyvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice, Trans Youth Group, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Women's March
    Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a Black trans woman from Detroit, Michigan. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, her visions and thoughts on trans politics, and her decades of work in Black tr...
  4. Interview with Mara Glubka

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Glubka, Mara
    Date: Apr. 11, 2016
    Topics: Celebrities, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Happiness, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Legal name, Love, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Parenthood, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: An Act to Provide for Single-sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide Consistency in Regulation of Employment and Public Accommodations, Christine Jorgensen, HB2, Mara Glubka, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Mara Glubka is a white transgender woman born and raised in Winona, MN. At the time of this interview, Glubka was retired and living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Glubka talks about her child...
  5. Interview with Mara Keisling

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Keisling, Mara
    Date: Jan. 20, 2017
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Atlantic Coast (North America), Coming out, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Conversion therapy, Education, Electrolysis, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Human rights, Income, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Shame, Southern States, Surgery, Plastic, Transgender people, Transphobia, Wealth, White people, White people--Race identity--United States, Work
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Mara Keisling is a white transgender woman from Pennsylvania. At the time of this interview, Keisling was the Executive Director at the National Center for Transgender Equality. In this oral histor...
  6. Interview with Nick Metcalf

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Metcalf, Nick
    Date: May 10, 2016
    Topics: Activism, Assigned gender, Bullying, Community life, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender identity, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Middle West, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Navajo Indians, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Social movements, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Afro Elegance, American Indian Movement, Brandon Lacy Campos, Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, Gay Student Association, Man to Man, Minnesota Men of Color, Richard La Fortune, RuPaul, Ryan White Program, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Nick Metcalf is an American Indian Two-Spirit person born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation located in South Dakota. At the time of this interview, Metcalf was working in the Twin Cities. In th...
  7. Interview with Paula Overby

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Overby, Paula
    Date: Nov. 16, 2015
    Topics: Art, Community life, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Divorce, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Marriage, Medical care, Mental health, Middle West, Politics, Race, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender rights, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Confessions of a Crossdresser, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Paula Overby is a white transgender woman from the United States. At the time of this oral history, Oberby was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Overby speaks at length about growing up in...
  8. Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Alexander, Qui Dorian
    Date: Sep. 11, 2017
    Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Ball culture, Bible, Black people, Black transgender people, Community life, Dating, Depression, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Multiracial transgender people, Oppression, Parenthood, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Adrienne Maree, Brown Boi Project, Charlene Arcila, Emergent Strategy, Mazzoni Center, Reg Ju, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Tiq Milan, Trans Health Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and ...
  9. Interview with Rachel Schroeder

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Schroeder, Rachel
    Date: Feb. 23, 2016
    Topics: Anxiety, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Body building, Celebrities, Child custody, Children, Community life, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Intolerance, Lesbian identity, Love, Marriage, Medication, Middle West, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity) in literature, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex, Social exclusion, Symbolic representation, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Janitorial Company, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Rachel Schroeder is a white trans woman from Burnsville, Minnesota. She discusses how her desire and her decision to transition impacted her relationships, and the importance of being correctly gen...
  10. Interview with Raymond Rea

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Rea, Raymond
    Date: Oct. 16, 2016
    Topics: Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Butches, Community life, Creative activities and seat work, Education, Friendship, Gay and lesbian film festivals, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Genderqueer people, Health, Italian American men, LGBTQ+ films, Medical care, Middle West, Older queer people, Older transgender people, Pacific Coast (U.S.), Trans men, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Raymond Rea is a Italian-English-American-white trans male raised in Massachusetts. At the time of this oral history, Rea was working as a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Design at Minnesot...
  11. 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,...
  12. Interview with Renae Pagel

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Pagel, Renae
    Date: Aug. 23, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Change of name, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Depression, Electrolysis, Estrogen, Family relationships, Friendship, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medication, Military bases, Progesterone, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), White people--Race identity--United States, Work
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Renae Pagel is a white trans female from Cannon Falls, Minnesota. She talks about her early life and her family relationships, and serving as a mechanic in the Army from 1985-1990. She talks about ...
  13. Interview with Reneka Evans

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Evans, Reneka
    Date: Aug. 21, 2016
    Topics: Activism, AIDS (Disease), Bars (Drinking establishments), Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Drag balls, Drag performance, Education, Educators, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, HIV infections, Hormones, Law enforcement, Love, Medical care, MtFs, Prisons, Religion, Sex, Sex work, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work
    Subject: Red Door Clinic, Reneka Evans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality
    Description: Reneka Evans is a Black trans female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving...
  14. 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....
  15. Interview with Roxanne Anderson, Part 2

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Anderson, Roxanne
    Date: Jul. 20, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Ball culture, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Community life, Discrimination, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender non-conforming people, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Mentoring, Middle West, Police, Prisons, Queer community, Race, Racial profiling in law enforcement, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Social movements, Transmasculine people, Work, Youth
    Subject: OutFront Minnesota, 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....