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  1. Alejandra Rodriguez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Rodriguez, Alejandra, Oloya-Santiago, Tamara
    Date: Aug. 21, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Hormones, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Community Healthcare Network (CHN)
    Description: In this oral history, Alejandra Rodriguez speaks about immigrating from Mexico to the United States as a young adult to escape the intense discrimination they were suffering. Alejandra speaks about...
  2. Bianey Garcia Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Garcia, Bianey
    Date: Jul. 13, 2017
    Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Discrimination, Families, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Immigration, Immigration law, Imprisonment, Latin american cultures, Lawyers, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Bianey Garcia, Make the Road
    Description: Bianey Garcia is a community organizer at Make the Road New York, a non-profit organization providing services and advocacy for Latinx and working class communities. Born in Veracruz, Mexico and ra...
  3. Interview with Andrea Anderson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Anderson, Andrea
    Date: Apr. 26, 2016
    Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Childhood, Communities, Discrimination, Drag performance, Emigration and immigration law, Employment discrimination, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Immigration, Latin Americans, Latinos, Law enforcement, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Love, Machismo, Marriage, Middle West, Misogyny, MtFs, Politics, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Sex, Sexism, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people, Work
    Subject: Andrea Anderson, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Westside Clinic
    Description: Andrea Anderson is a Latina trans woman from Mexico City and Minnesota. In this oral history, Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the United States. She also speaks about he...
  4. Interview with Crispin Torres

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Torres, Crispin
    Date: May 27, 2016
    Topics: Coming out, Education, Educators, Gay community, Gay culture, Gay families, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Latinos, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mexican Americans, Misogyny, Musicians, Political movements, Roman catholicism, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Lambda Legal
    Description: Crispin Torres is a Latino trans masculine person. At the time of this oral history, Torres was working for Lambda Legal. In this oral history, Torres speaks at length about his childhood, coming o...
  5. Interview with Renata Garcia and Jennicet Gutierrez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Garcia, Renata, Gutierrez, Jennicet
    Date: Oct. 3, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Alien detention centers, Catholic Church, Dating, Families, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Illegal residents, Immigrants, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, MtFs, Nativism, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexuality, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people
    Subject: Bamby Salcedo, Barack Obama, FAMILIA Trans Queer Liberation Movement, Jennicet Gutierrez, Renata Garcia, Sylvia Rivera, Trans Latina Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican ...
  6. Lorena Borjas Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Borjas, Lorena, Van Ness, Lorenzo
    Date: Jun. 11, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Deportation, Friendships, Hormones, Human rights, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility
    Subject: Lorena Borjas Community Fund, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
    Description: (Entrevista en Español) Lorena Borjas habla con Lorenzo Van Ness sobre su vida como activista de los derechos de las mujeres trans inmigrantes indocumentadas y trabajadoras sexuales en Jackson Heig...
  7. Santos Arce Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Arce, Santos, Van Ness, Lorenzo
    Date: Jul. 14, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Child abuse, Childhood, Class struggle, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, FtMs, Gender identity, Hormones, Labour, Latinos, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Music, Music groups, Musicians, Night life, Sex education, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: Santos, a bassist and sex educator, shares the story of his life in New York City, from his strict upbringing in East New York in the 80's, to his introduction to the punk and hardcore scene in the...