Interview with Max Gries

Max Gries is a white genderqueer person from Wisconsin. At the time of this oral history, Gries was working at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, Gries reflects upon exploring their sexuality in college, moving to Minneapolis in the mid-1990s, becoming involved with bisexual organizing, attending Michigan Womyn's Festival, and serving in early leadership positions on the UMN Transgender Commission and the Minnesota Trans Health Coalition. They discuss the shifts that occurred in the late 90s/early 2000s in lesbian communities as more people began to explore transitioning, and remark upon the shifts in their own gender identity, sexual orientation and the public perceptions of their relationship with their husband.

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Identifier: 70795804t
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Gries, Max
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Oct. 28, 2016
Dates Covered: circa 1980
circa 1990
circa 2000
Genre: Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s): Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Minnesota Trans Health Coalition
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
UMN Transgender Commission
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Midwest
Topic(s): Art
Friendships
Gender-affirming care
Genderqueer people
Harassment
Health
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ activism
LGBTQ+ activists
LGBTQ+ communities
LGBTQ+ relationships
Medical care
Passing (Gender)
Race
Sexual orientation
Social movements
Social privilege
Transitioning (Gender)
Two thousands (Decade)
White LGBTQ+ people
Work
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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