Interview with Richard (Katherine) Longnecker

Richard Longnecker is a male from New York City who sometimes goes by the nickname Katherine. In this oral history, he speaks at length about being a crossdresser and spending over 20 years in the United States military. He talks about his early life, the perceptions of crossdressers in the 1950s and 1960s versus now, and returning home from the military and living as a woman for a few years, until he moved to a less tolerant area and stopped crossdressing as much. He was president of Tri-Ess, a group for crossdressing men and their wives, and he talks about his relationships with his ex-wives. Lastly, he talks about why he is a crossdresser, and not transgender.

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Identifier: 5t34sj815
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Longnecker, Richard (Katherine)
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Mar. 17, 2017
Dates Covered: circa 1950
circa 1960
Genre: Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s): Caitlyn Jenner
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
United States Army Infantry
Vietnam War
Places: Florida > Highlands > Lake Placid
Topic(s): Armies
Assigned gender
Atlantic Coast (North America)
Cancer
Cosmetics
Crossdressers
Crossdressing
Discos
Discrimination
Divorce
Drag
Estrogen
Family members
Family relationships
Femininities
Gender diversity
Gender identity
Hair
Hairstyles
Homophobia
Hormones
LGBTQ+ relationships
Love
Masculinities
Mental health
Military
People with disabilities
Prejudices
Sex
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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