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Josephine Perez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Keyes, Anna, Perez, Josephine Date: Mar. 23, 2018 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Drag, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTI community, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual orientation, Street violence, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP) Description: Josephine Perez is a trans* advocate who emphasizes a need for better law enforcement protections for transgender women. Josephine experienced sexual violence on multiple occasions and became a sex... -
Kristen Lovell Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lovell, Kristen Date: Apr. 4, 2019 Topics: Actors, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Cocaine, Drag, Drag queens, Gay and lesbian youth, Health care, Homeless people, Jews, LGBTI community, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Writers Subject: Amanda Milan, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Fenced Out, Iris House, James Street Hotel, March of Dimes, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Rites of Passage, Stonewall mobile, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Trans Empowerment Group, Two Potatoes Description: Kristen Lovell discusses her time working "the stroll," in the West Village in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She recounts the community, conflict and challenges faced by fellow sex workers, inclu... -
Leaflet About Pride and Creative Power Events, 2000
Collection: Audre Lorde Project Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: The Audre Lorde Project Date: Jun. 3, 2000 to Jul. 8, 2000 Topics: AIDS organizations, BIPOC, Dyke marches, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people Description: A leaflet about pride events and a creative power event (an informal conversation, sharing and networking by and for lesbian, bisexual, two spirit and transgender women of color artists and activis... -
Leopoldo Bloom Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Bloom, Leopoldo Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Artists, Gender dysphoria, Trans men, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender) Description: An interview with Leopoldo Bloom about his life and experiences as a trans person in NYC. -
Letter from Imperial Queens of New York to the Gay Community Services Center (March 1995)
Collection: Imperial Queens and Kings of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Allante, Allyson Ann, Allante, Queen Allyson Anne Date: Mar. 22, 1995 Topics: Gay history, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ history Subject: Allyson Ann Allante, Benjamin Stilp, Greater New York Gender Alliance (GNYGA), Imperial Court of New York, International Gay & Lesbian Archive, Stonewall: The Movie Description: Letter from the Director of the Imperial Queens of New York to The Center requesting historic data and explaining the significance and urgency of their request. -
Letter from Michelle to Rupert Raj (April 24, 1986)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: Apr. 24, 1986 Topics: Transgender people's writings Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Michelle to Rupert Raj thanking him for his letter and commenting on how it would be beneficial for both organizations to connect. -
Letter from Michelle to Rupert Raj (June 28, 1984)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: Jun. 28, 1984 Topics: Transgender activism Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Michelle to Rupert Raj explaining that they can't send any brochures out at the moment, but they would still be interested in staying connected. -
Letter from Roberto C. Granato (August 4, 1980)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Granato, Robert C. Date: Aug. 4, 1980 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, MtFs Description: Letter from Roberto C. Granato to undisclosed recipient answering questions on his program for sex reassignment surgery. It includes some provisions that must be met before a patient can be approve... -
Letter From Rupert Raj to Dr. Roberto C. Granato (April 20, 1990)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: Apr. 20, 1990 Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, MtFs, Orchiectomy, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Vaginoplasty Subject: Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Rupert Raj to Dr. Granato requesting information on their gender-affirming surgery program. -
Lix Z Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Z, Lix Date: Jul. 17, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anarchists, Archives, Black people, Body adornment, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Drag, Education, Eroticism, Exhibitionism, Gay pride week, Gender diversity, Heterosexuals, Kinks and fetishes, Leather community, Police, Punk, Sadomasochism, Trade unions, Transgender community, Writers, Zines Subject: Blue Stocking, DIY Spaces, FTP Gay, Happy Fun Hideaway, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Maya Songbird, Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC), Queer/Trans Zinefest (QTZFest), Silent Barn, Socrates Sculpture Park, Telepathic Children, Time is the Thing a Body Move Through, Trans Play Party -
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... -
Morgan Gus Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gus, Morgan, Honkasalo, Julian Date: May 20, 2018 Topics: Communities, FtMs, Gentrification, Hormones, Lesbians, Music, Music groups, Plastic surgery, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Morgan Gus, interviewed by Julian Honkasalo, talks about growing up in a community neighborhood of New York City where their mother was supportive of gender expression. Gus remarks about the changi... -
Mx. Enigma Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Enigma, Mx. Date: Mar. 3, 2019 Topics: Arab-Israeli conflict, Change of name, Class struggle, Coming out, Gender diversity, Gender role, Homophobia, Jews, Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Pronoun, Religions, Spirituality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Zionism Subject: Ali Forney Center, Art and Acceptance, Footsteps, Manhattan Neighbor and Network, Marsha's House Description: Mx.Enigma aka Je'Jae Cleopatra Daniels (They/Them) discusses their ostracism growing up in a Orthodox Jewish community for their race, class & gender, their later experiences of homelessness, findi... -
No Burial Aid for Moses Preston Waller
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Jacobs, Andrew Date: Jun. 2, 1996 Topics: Death, LGBTQ+ people of color, Prostitution, Transvestites Subject: Donald Green, Moses Preston Waller, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Silver Description: A New York Times article mentioning the death of Moses Preston Waller, who is described as a Black transvestite prostitute. -
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...
