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Interview with Hunta Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Williams, Hunta, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 18, 2016 Topics: Activism, Anti-transgender violence, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black people--Race identity, Coming out, Community life, Cooks, Deaf people, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, Hormones, Law enforcement, LGBTQ+ Deaf people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Medical care, Middle West, Parents of transgender people, Police brutality, Prisons, Race, Racism, Sex, Social movements, Surgery, Transgender people, Work Subject: Hunta Williams, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Hunta Williams is a deaf, black trans man. Williams grew up in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Minneapolis to attend culinary school. From a young age, he felt “different” than his peers, always playing ... -
Interview with Jamison Green
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Green, Jamison Date: Mar. 20, 2016 Topics: Activism, Activists, Bars (Drinking establishments), Coming out, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Human rights advocacy, Identity politics, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ parenthood, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Parenthood, Sex, Social movements, Social privilege, Transitioning (Gender), White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Jamison Green, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: Jamison Green is a white male raised in California. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. In this oral history, Green spea... -
Interview with Jay Corprew
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Corprew, Jay Date: Jul. 16, 2020 Topics: Black transgender people, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Queer people of color, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transmasculine people Subject: LGBT Life Center, Organizing for the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia Description: An interview with Jay Corprew, a Black trans man, activist, poet, and mentor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Organizing for the Transgender ... -
Interview with Joy Michael Starkey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Starkey, Joy Michael Date: Jul. 5, 2017 Topics: Bisexual identity, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Conservatives, Education, Family members, Family relationships, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ visibility, Prisons, Quakers, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexism, Social movements, Soft butches, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Joy Michael Starkey is a white genderqueer non-binary trans person from Washington. At the time of this interview, Starkey was a PhD student. In this oral history, Starkey speaks at length about st... -
Interview with LaSaia Wade
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wade, LaSaia Date: Jan. 18, 2020 Topics: Afro-Latin American transgender people, Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discrimination in employment, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color Subject: Afro-Puerto Rican people, Black Trans Gender Nonconforming Collective, Brave Space Alliance, Tennessee Trans Journey Project (TTJP) Description: An interview with LaSaia Wade, an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Dir... -
Interview with Nicole Vanderheiden
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vanderheiden, Nicole Date: May 17, 2017 Topics: Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexual women, Bisexuality, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Conservatism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Evangelisation, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Law, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ parenthood, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Marriage, Medical care, Military, Names, Personal, Passing (Gender), Police, Prisons, Religion, Religions, Self-repression, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Shame, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Alic Bitney, CeCe McDonald, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HB2, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queer Veterans Support Group, Reese Rathgen, SPARTA, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vote No Campaign Description: Nicole Vanderheiden is a white woman from Colorado and Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Vanderheiden worked in the Social Security office. In this oral history she touches upon her experie... -
Interview with Rebecca Kling
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kling, Rebecca Date: Jan. 25, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Hormones, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ visibility, Medical care, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Social movements, Social privilege, Surgery, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, White transgender people Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Creating Change, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Rebecca Kling is a white trans woman from Chicago, Illinois. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and college years, her transition, and her work within Camp Aranu'tiq and th... -
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,... -
Interview with Sayuri Hernandez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hernandez, Sayuri Date: Sep. 12, 2016 Topics: Addictions, Armed Forces, Child abuse, Classism, Dating, Exercise, Family relationships, Feminism, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ visibility, Medical care, Mental health, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Slurs, Spirituality, Stores, Retail, Substance abuse, Tucking (Phallus), White people, Women, Work Subject: George Michael, Lana Del Ray, Loyola University, Rihanna, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sayuri Hernandez Description: Sayuri Hernandez is a Puerto Rican trans woman from Houston, Texas. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, experiences of addiction and recovery, her thoughts o... -
Interview with Thalia Fontan
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fontan, Thalia Date: Feb. 12, 2016 Topics: Celebrities, Education, Family relationships, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mental health, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Puerto Rican women, Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Social privilege, Trans women, Transgender victims of bullying, Transgender youth, White transgender people, Work Subject: Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Thalia Fontan is a Puerto Rican and white transwoman from Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Fontan was a student at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Fontan speaks at length... -
Jaheed Hines Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hines, Jaheed Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Black transgender people, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride week, LGBTQ+ visibility, Transgender community, Transmasculine people Description: Jaheed Hines (he/him) is a black trans masculine man who was raised in Brooklyn, NYC. He begins detailing his childhood and how he found himself uncomfortable with societal expectations set upon hi... -
Stephan Thorne Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Thorne, Stephan, Funk, Mason Date: Aug. 11, 2021 Topics: Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police , FtMs, Gay bars, Gay liberation, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ visibility, Police, Trans men Subject: Proposition L, Stephan Thorne, White Night Riots Description: Stephan ‘Steph’ Thorne was born on September 2nd, 1954, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Despite a happy childhood, Steph faced challenges as a closeted transgender man, identifying as a tomboy. In 1979, Step... -
Stormé DeLarverie Memorial
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: May 29, 2014 Topics: BIPOC, Black lesbians, Butches, Drag kings, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ memorials, LGBTQ+ visibility, Racially mixed people, Stonewall riots Subject: Stonewall Veterans' Association, Stormé DeLarverie Description: Footage from a memorial service held for Stormé DeLarverie on May 29, 2014. Several people offer tributes to DeLarverie by sharing personal stories and speaking about her activism. Photos of DeLarv... -
Tracee McDaniel Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: McDaniel, Tracee, Mukerjee, Lucy Date: Dec. 13, 2022 Topics: Black transgender people, Entertainers, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transgender autobiographies, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights Subject: Atlanta Citizens Review Board, Betty Couvertier, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Peanuts Disco, The Housing Atlanta Program (THAP), Tracee McDaniel, Trans Affairs Committee Description: Tracee McDaniel was born on January 20th 1967 in Sumter, South Carolina. At the age of 18, Tracee began performing as her alter ego Destiny (Your Mistress of Illusions), before moving to L.A. and s... -
Transgender Liberation
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Feinberg, Leslie Date: Jun. 1992 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Anti-transgender violence, Butches, Criminalization, Gay movement, Gender expression, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mass media, Passing (Gender), Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transgender community Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Joan of Arc Description: A pamphlet written by Leslie Feinberg in 1992. In the pamphlet, Feinberg attempts to map the history of transgender people as well as the discrimination this community has faced through the years.
