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Interview with Venus DeMars part 1

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Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews that the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview she was the founder and leader of the band All The Pretty Horses. In this oral history she speaks at length about her work in the music industry, mental health, and her involvement with the City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC) during the 1980s and onward. She also touches upon Twin Cities Pride during the 1980s and onward, being intersex, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and "Ziggy Stardust".

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Identifier
6w924c005
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
May 3, 2017
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s)
City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC)
Venus de Mars
Places
Minnesota > Saint Louis County > City of Duluth > Duluth
Topic(s)
Assigned gender
Autobiographies
Breast
Bullying
Cosmetics
Counseling
Crossdressing
Depression
Hormones
Marriage
MtFs
Musicians
Nose--Surgery
Pronoun
Puberty
Transgender people
Resource Type
Moving image
Text
Language
English
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