Interview with Venus DeMars part 2

Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview de Mars was the founder and leader of the band All The Pretty Horses. In this oral history she speaks at length about a documentary called Venus of Mars, fetish communities, her installations and public reactions to said installations, and censorship. She also touches upon working in the music industry, discrimination she has faced, drag communities, Cheese Whiz night at Parkside Lounge, and her involvement in an organization called City of Lakes Crossgender Community. At the end of this interview, de Mars performs a song called "Take My Shoulder".

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Identifier: 4b29b617d
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): DeMars, Venus
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Sep. 12, 2017
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Human Rights Act
Topic(s): Appearance
Assigned gender
Clothing
Coming out
Crossdressing
Discrimination
Drag
Film industry
Gender diversity
Gender realignment surgery
Gender role
Marriage
Masculinities
Mental health
MtFs
Music groups
Outing (LGBTQ+ culture)
Pronoun
Rock music
Sexuality
Support groups
Therapies
Transgender community
Transgender people
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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