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Interview with Oliver Schminkey

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Oliver Schminkey is a white non-binary transgender person from Pine City, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Schminkey was living in Saint Paul attending Macalester College. In this oral history, Schminkey speaks about being a student, dating, growing up in a rural area, polyamory, their family relationships, and finding work as a non-binary person. Schminkey also touches upon writing poetry, coming out, clothing, Miss Major, and Andrea Gibson.

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Identifier
cr56n107n
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s)
Schminkey, Oliver
Contributor(s)
Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created
Aug. 18, 2015
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s)
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Places
Minnesota
Topic(s)
Art
Celebrities
Coming out
Dating
Drag performance
Education
Family relationships
Harassment
LGBTQ+ poetry
Love
Middle West
Polyamory
Privilege (Social psychology)
Race
Sex
Sexism
Sexuality
Students
Transgender people
Whites--Race identity
Work
Resource Type
Moving image
Text
Language
English
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