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  1. Akasha Barker Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Barker, Akasha, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jul. 12, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Beauty schools, Body image, Change of name, Education, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Isolation, LGBTI community, Mental health, Music, NGOs, Police brutality, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: In this conversation with interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu, entertainer Akasha Barker (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) discusses her journey with her gender identity during the HIV/AIDS epid...
  2. Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 7 (July, 1997)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Jul. 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Advice columns, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Elections, Electrolysis, Gender realignment surgery, Hair, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ partners, Lobbying, Marriage, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Dana K. DeVilla, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Erie Sisters Riverside Gala Weekend, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Rachel Miller, The Bliss of Becoming One
  3. Carla Roldos Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Roldos, Carla, Keyes, Anna
    Date: Apr. 18, 2018
    Topics: Appearance, Death and dying, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Nursing, Passing (Gender), Politics, Public safety, Role models, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Gay mother
    Description: In an interview with Anna Keyes, trans woman Carla Roldos talks about her experiences transitioning and becoming a member of the trans community in New York City. Roldos specifically discusses the ...
  4. Clubs News (April 1988)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Gemini Club, Aquarius Club, Albany T.V. Entertainers Club, Uno Club, International Cultural Group
    Date: Apr. 1988
    Topics: Actors, Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag queens, Events, HIV/AIDS, Parties, Photography, Social activities clubs, Support groups
    Subject: Lynne Carter
  5. 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 identifies as a black trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California in the suburbs. She had an older brother who was murdered when s...
  6. Letter from Bet Power to Lou Sullivan (July 24, 1987)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben
    Date: Jul. 24, 1987
    Topics: Alcoholism, Buddhism, Clothing, Crossdressers, Femmes, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Labelling, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ lovers, Masculinities, Menopause, Self-acceptance, Self-image, Shamanism, SM, Spirituality, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: B Group, Ben Power, Bet Power, International Ms. Leather, Lou Sullivan, Outrageous Women, The Lesbian and Gay Pride Rally
    Description: Included with the letter is a speech given by Bet.
  7. Paris Milane Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Milane, Paris
    Date: Jun. 22, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Change of name, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Crimes, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Stealth (Transgender), Substance abuse, Support groups, Transgender community, Unemployment, Violence
    Subject: Housing Works, Paris Milane
    Description: Paris shares her experience of growing up in Atlanta and starting to “live her truth” at a young age. She recalls finding reassurance in a community of other Black trans women for the first time an...
  8. Pauline Park Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Park, Pauline
    Date: Mar. 9, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Adoption, Coming out, Diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Liberation movements, MtFs, Politics, Racism, Solidarity, Support groups, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Subject: Pauline Park
    Description: Pauline Park is a long-time transgender activist based in New York City who led the campaign for the 2004 New York City transgender rights law. Born in Korea but adopted into a Christian evangelica...
  9. Rafaela Anshel Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Arban, Courtney
    Date: Jul. 13, 2017
    Topics: Age, Child abuse, Childhood, Choirs, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Judaism, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Music, Popular culture, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Privacy, Self-acceptance, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Social workers, Stereotypes, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence
    Subject: Gender Identity Project, Rafaela Anshel
    Description: Rafaela Anshel is a Jewish trans woman, affiliated with the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. This interview is a reflection of Anshel’s transition. She details accounts from youth up until present ...
  10. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 8 No. 2 (February 1994)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Feb. 1994
    Topics: Appearance, Bisexuality, Buttplugs, Clothing, Crossdressing, Dildos, Discrimination, Events, Femininities, Friendships, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Lingerie, Masculinities, Phone sex, Plastic surgery, Racism, Self-image, Sex accessories, Support groups, Television
    Subject: Barbara Myerhoff, Elinor Lenz, The Feminization of America
  11. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 8 No. 5 (May 1994)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: May 1994
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Censorship, Civil rights, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Film, Gay liberation, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police, Sports, Stonewall riots, Support groups, Television, Transgender community, United nations
    Subject: Stonewall 25, United Nations
  12. Renaissance News, Vol. 2 No. 1 (January 1988)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1988
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Couples, Crossdressing, Events, HIV/AIDS, Letters, LGBTQ+ relationships, Support groups
    Description: Public Image; "Voices-The 1988 Conference on Transgender Issues"
  13. Renaissance News, Vol. 4 No. 11 (November 1990)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1990
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Kidnappings, LGBTI community, Parents of transgender people, Stonewall riots, Support groups, Transgender families, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Victims of crime
  14. Renaissance News, Vol. 5 No. 11 (November 1991)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1991
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, Fantasies, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ poetry, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Self-image, Suicide, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Caroline Cossey, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
  15. Renaissance News, Vol. 5 No. 5 (May 1991)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: May 1991
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ radio, Military service, MtFs, Popular culture, Sexting, Support groups, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Cynthia Howard, Fantasia Fair, Gender Alternatives League (GAL), Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Karen Baumgardner, Louis G. Sullivan, Mariette Pathy Allen