Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with EJ Olson
EJ Olson is a white gender-queer person from Empire, Michigan. At the time of this interview, Olson was working as the Clinical Operations Director at Family Tree Clinic. In this oral history they talk about growing up in a small town, language about identity, their experiences with performance art, and working at Family Tree Clinic. They also touch upon topics such as conversion therapy, riot grrrl feminism in Pittsburgh during 1997 and onward, passing, and the policing of public bathrooms.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- ms35t8841
- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Olson, EJ
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Dec. 16, 2016
- Dates Covered
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circa 1990
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Callen Lorde
Chatham College
Family Tree Clinic
Garden State Equality
LGBT Task Force
LGBTQ Center
Rainbow Health Initiative
Riot Girl Feminism
Trans Hormone Care Program
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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New York
New York
Washington, D.C.
Minnesota > Ramsey County > City of Saint Paul > Saint Paul
Pennsylvania > Allegheny County > City of Pittsburgh > Pittsburgh
Michigan > Leelanau > Empire Township > Empire
- Topic(s)
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AIDS organizations
Allies
Appearance
Art
Artists
Assigned gender
Bullying
Colleges
Coming out
Communities
Counseling
Dating
Families
Family relationships
Gender diversity
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-affirming care
Harassment
Health
Health care
Hormones
Hysterectomy
Marriage
Masculinities
Medical care
Middle West
Passing (Gender)
Privilege (Social psychology)
Pronoun
Racism
Religion
Religions
Self-acceptance
Sexual orientation
Spiritual life
Spirituality
Theatre
Therapies
Transgender community
Transitioning (Gender)
Whites--Race identity
Women's colleges
Work
- Resource Type
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/
- Rights
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In copyright
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