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  1. Heartland Homicide

     
    Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Ricks, Ingrid
    Date: Mar. 8, 1994
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, LGBTQ+ victims of hate crimes, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Brandon Teena, John Lotter, Lana Tisdel, Leslie Feinberg, Marvin Nissen, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
    Description: Article originally published in The Advocate detailing the murder of Brandon Teena. Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as ...
  2. Honeymoon Murder of the Transsexual Bride

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Krell, Eddie
    Date: Jun. 1, 1976
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Appearance, Crossdressers, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murderers, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Pets, Police
    Subject: Darrell Hurley, James Kelley, James Verwers, Richard Moore, Terri A. Williams
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence
  3. Impersonator Found Slain

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: May 28, 1937
    Topics: Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Violence
    Subject: Edward F. Dolan
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  4. Interview with Bennie Toney and Footage of a Street Memorial for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Cold cases (Criminal investigation), Drag queens, Eyewitness accounts, LGBTQ+ memorials, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Bennie Toney, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  5. Interview with Chishaun (CeCe) McDonald

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe)
    Date: Nov. 27, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Christianity, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femmes, Gay boys, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Neonazism, Physical violence, Prisons, Racism, Role behavior, Sissies, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Angela Davis, Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Dean Spade, Dorothy Day Shelter, Free CeCe, George Zimmerman, Honey Bear Royal, Howard Brown Center, Jerry Springer Show, Laverne Cox, Magic Johnson, Marci Bowers, Matthew Shepherd, Normal Life, The New Jim Crowe, Trayvon Martin
    Description: CeCe McDonald identifies as a black woman and was assigned male at birth. Her full name is Chrishaun Reed Mai’luv McDonald. She was 27 at the time of the interview and is the oldest of seven siblin...
  6. Interview with Elle Hearns

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hearns, Elle
    Date: Feb. 7, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Gay identity, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transgender people, Verbal abuse, Violence
    Subject: Anita Moore, Betty Skinner, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brittany Nicole Kidd-Stergis, Cemia Dove, Cherno Biko, Dom Mockings, Erin Lange, GetEQUAL, John Crawford, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Michael Brown, Michael David Battle, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Sylvia Rivera, TGNCF, Tiffany Edwards, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tras Health Care Summit, Wriply Bennet
    Description: Elle Hearns identifies her gender as Black and her assigned birth as Black. She’s also identifies herself as a black trans woman. She was always tiny, she says, but in her mind, she was always big....
  7. Interview with Essence Thompson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Thompson, Essence
    Date: Aug. 7, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Family members, Harassment, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender people of color, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Equality Virginia, Nationz Foundation
    Description: An interview with Essence Thompson, a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbr...
  8. Interview with Nemo Siqueiros

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Siqueiros, Nemo
    Date: Oct. 14, 2016
    Topics: Academic education, Acceptance, Artificial insemination, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism spectrum disorders, Aztec calendar, Bullying, Clothing, Colonialism, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gender role, Gender swapping, Genderfluid identity, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Indigenous peoples, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Medication, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, Mexico--Civilization, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Psychiatry, Racism, Schools, Scoliosis, Sexism, Suicide, Terminology, Third gender, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Finding Me, Mexi DashCamm People's Press Project, Muxe of the Zapotec, National Coming Out
    Description: Nemo Siqueiros identifies as a demisexual trans man assigned female at birth and uses he/him and they/them pronouns. They were born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Muscatine, Iowa and North Libert...
  9. Interview With Paulina Angel

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Angel, Paulina
    Date: Dec. 8, 2016
    Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, Linguistics, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Online social networks, Passing (Gender), Politics, Pronoun, Role behavior, Self medication, Self-acceptance, Social advocacy, Social movements, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources
    Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman and musician originally from Indio, CA. Angel is an activist and organizer who has done work for multiple organizations including the Student Senate for Cali...
  10. Interview with Vanessa Sheridan

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sheridan, Vanessa
    Date: Jul. 12, 2016
    Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Families, Fundamentalism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Performing arts, Racism, Religions, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Crossing Over, HB2, Jerry Springer Show, Laura Jane Grace, Laverne Cox, Liberating the Transgendered Christian, Maury Povich, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pulse Night Club, RuPaul, The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace, Virginia Prince, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
    Description: Vanessa Sheridan identifies as transgender and was assigned male at birth. She knew she was different from the age of 2 or 3 but didn’t understand what it meant at the time since she had no framewo...
  11. Jaci Adams memorial collection, 2012-2014 : Ms.Coll.55

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Creator: John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
    Date: Jul. 17, 2019
    Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS activists, Awards, Condolence notes, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, HIV-positive people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: AIDS Law Project, Center City Crime Victim Services, Jaci Adams, Keystone Award, LGBT Elder Initiative, LGBT Youth Conference, Mazzoni Center, Miss Jaci, Morris Home, Nizah Morris, Philadelphia FIGHT, Philadelphia Gay News, Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia Police LGBT Liaison Committee, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, POZ 100, Temple University Community Advisory Board, Transgender Health Awareness Day
    Description: Jaci Adams was a vocal transgender and HIV/AIDS activist in Philadelphia from 2001 to 2014. The Jaci Adams collection spans 2012 to 2014, and is comprised of awards she was given, official governme...
  12. Jasper County Murder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Omaha World-Herald
    Date: May 27, 1976
    Topics: Hate crimes, Murderers, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Richard Moore, Terri A. Moore
  13. Judge Imposes Maximum Sentence in Pickett Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: King, Loren
    Date: May 22, 1997 to May 28, 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ siblings, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts
    Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Chanelle Pickett, Combat Zone (Location), Gabrielle Pickett, Nancy Nangeroni, Playland Cafe, Robert A. Barton, Violence Recovery Program, William C. Palmer
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  14. Leslie Perez Tells the Rest of Her Previously Untold Story

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: This Week in Texas (TWT)
    Date: Mar. 2, 1990
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Legal process, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Politics, Prostitution
    Subject: Frank Brisco, Herman Short, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Leslie Perez
  15. Love Hurts

     
    Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Minkowitz, Donna
    Date: Apr. 19, 1994
    Topics: Christianity, Gender expression, Hate crimes, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Brandon Teena, Charles Laux, Daphne Gugat, David Bolkovac, Douglas Merz, Greg Logsdon, Joann Brandon, John Lotter, Lana Tisdel, Leslie Tisdel, Linda Gutierres, Lisa Lambert, Paul Witt, Phillip DeVine, Sara Lyon, Tammy Brandon, The Chicago Tribune, The Lincoln Journal, The Pawnee Republican, The Voice, Thomas Nissen
    Description: Originally published in The Village Voice's April 19th 1994 issue, this article discusses the life and murder of Brandon Teena. The text includes multiple statements from the people involved in Tee...