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  1. Alison Davison Oral History Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Arizona Queer Archives
    Creator: Davison, Alison
    Date: 2013?
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Gender expression, Lesbian community, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Mental health, Secrecy, Transgender activism, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: Alison Davison, Mental Health Workers, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Wingspan
    Description: Oral history with Alison Davison. Discussion of her life, transition, and mental health care.
  2. Amaree Jael Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Jael, Amaree, Maya, Elliott
    Date: Aug. 15, 2016
    Topics: Bigender people, Black people, Bullying, Homophobia, Isolation, Parents of transgender people, Poverty, Race identity, Racism, Sexuality, Slavery, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Verbal abuse, Visibility
    Subject: Amaree Jael
    Description: Amaree Jael recounts their life growing up in New York City as a transmasculine person of color. Beginning on 125th Street between 5th and Lennox, Amaree describes their early life in a changing ne...
  3. An Interview with Ruin

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: We Who Feel Differently
    Creator: Motta, Carlos
    Date: Jun. 3, 2010
    Topics: Coming out, Gender role, MtFs, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: Ruin begins this interview saying: "My name is Ruin and I usually introduce myself as an MTF transgender lesbian. I’m also a vegetarian and a cat lover. I started thinking about gender issues in 20...
  4. Becoming my Mother’s Josephine

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Carney, Janice Josephine
    Date: Oct. 14, 2014
    Topics: Alcoholism, Childhood, Coming out, Depression, Draft, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Veterans, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Janice Josephine Carney
    Description: Janice Josephine Carney speaking at Iowa City Moth Mainstage: Heart of Darkness.
  5. Christian aka Wordz on Hip Hop Activism

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Lovehall, Christian Axavier
    Date: Feb. 19, 2014
    Topics: Activists, Demonstrations, Discrimination, Funeral rites, Gangs, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ poetry, Musicians, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Upbringing, Violence
    Subject: Philadelphia Trans March
  6. Elizabeth Coffey-Williams Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Coffey-Williams, Elizabeth
    Date: Aug. 8, 2016
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Cookie Mueller, Divine, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams, Female Trouble, John Waters, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Mink Stole, Multiple Maniacs, Pat Moran, Pink Flamingos, The Carry On Thrift Shop
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elizabeth Coffey-Williams conducted by Mason Funk on August 8, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Baltimore in 1970 she met rising film director John Waters, and she...
  7. Georgina Beyer Profile

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Beyer, Georgina, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Jan. 21, 2013
    Topics: Criminalization of homosexuality, Drag community, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Law, LGBTQ+ actors, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transgender politicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Georgina Beyer, Jewel’s Darl (film), Manurewa Theatre, The Balcony, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, Vivian Street
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and suicide.
  8. Interview Olivia Hnlicka

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hnlicka, Olivia
    Date: Jan. 14, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art, Assigned gender, Beauty standards, Butches, Capitalism, Cisgender people, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Femmes, Friendship, Gay community, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hair, Hair--Removal, Health, Heterosexuality, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ communities, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Medicalisation, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Religions, Sex, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Soft butches, Suburbs, Suicide, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, White LGBTQ+ people, White people
    Subject: About Face Youth Theatre, Annoyance Theatre, Bear Culture, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Coed Prison Sluts, Crusty Girl, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vogue Magazine
    Description: Olivia “Liv” Hnilicka is a white trans woman from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. In this oral history interview, she discusses her upbringing and early life as a queer person, her move to Chicago at the age...
  9. Interview with Enzi Tanner

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Tanner, Enzi, Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Dec. 12, 2015
    Topics: Black people, Coming out, Community life, Conversion therapy, Dating, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay community, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care, Hormones, Judaism, Love, Men, Mental health, Mentoring, Police, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Role models, Roman catholicism, Sex, Social workers, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transitioning (Gender), Work
    Subject: Brown Boi Project, Enzi Tanner, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about...
  10. Interview with Alexis Paige

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Paige, Alexis
    Date: Sep. 23, 2016
    Topics: Activism, Asian transgender people, Bisexuals, Breast, Community centres, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Korean Americans, LGBTQ+ partners, Machismo, Passing (Gender), Psychotherapy, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Same-sex marriage, Sexism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, White, Work
    Subject: Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade AIDS Project, Corey Paige, Lambda Legal, RuPaul, Trans Lifeline, Transgender Working Groups, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Alexis Paige is a mixed Korean and white trans woman from Nevada and Oregon. At the time of this interview, she was working as a Legal Aid at Lambda Legal. In this oral history Paige spends a signi...
  11. Interview with Alyssandra Taylor

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Taylor, Alyssandra
    Date: May 14, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Education, Family members, Femininities, Friendships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Oppression, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Alyssandra Taylor is a Black trans woman or sometimes a trans feminine nonbinary person from Boston. She discusses coming out as gay at a young age, and being kicked out when she came out as trans....
  12. Interview with André Pérez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Pérez, André
    Date: Oct. 20, 2016
    Topics: Abuse, Aggression, AIDS activists, Art, Assigned gender, Civil rights, Discrimination, Family relationships, Feminism, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Immigration, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ visibility, Machismo, Masculinities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Poverty, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sexual assault, Sports, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Violence, White LGBTQ+ people, Work
    Subject: Cacina Queen, Greta Martela, Nina Chaubal, Sasha Perez, Story Corps, Trans Lifeline, Trans Oral History Project, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vagina Monologues
    Description: André Pérez is a mixed White and Puerto Rican trans person based out of Chicago who goes by they and he. At the time of this oral history, Pérez was working as a documentary filmmaker. They spend a...
  13. Interview with Andrew Ahl

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ahl, Andrew
    Date: Jul. 1, 2016
    Topics: Air force, Army, Atheism, Bartending, Bathrooms, Christianity, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Drag performance, Employment, Families, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health care, Hormones, Internet, Love, Marriage, Middle West, Military, Parents of transgender people, Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Andrew Ahl, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, National Security Administration, Target Corporation, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a white trans man. At the time of this interview, Ahl was living and working in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious military...
  14. Interview with Anne Hodson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hodson, Anne
    Date: May 19, 2016
    Topics: Coming out, Drag, Education, Employment discrimination, Friendships, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hormones, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Marines, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Politics, Sex, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, White LGBTQ+ people, Work
    Subject: Anne Hodson, Program in Human Sexuality, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Anne Hodson is a white transsexual woman who was born and raised in Minneapolis. In this oral history, she shares her experiences negotiating her gender identity from an early age, eventually diggi...
  15. Interview with Chad Pitts

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Pitts, Chad
    Date: Oct. 15, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Sexual orientation, Social norms, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Dismantling Walls Conference, GPACC Dismantling Walls Conference
    Description: Chad Pitts is a white transgender man from Arizona. At the time of this oral history, Pitts was a student living in Fargo, North Dakota. In this short oral history Pitts speaks about coming out, hi...