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- AIDS Poster Collection (256)
- Tretter Transgender Oral History Project (244)
- Fresh Fruit Radio Show, KFAI (206)
- GAZE TV Collection (190)
- Records of ReconcilingWorks - Lutherans for Full Participation (175)
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- America Responds to AIDS; U.S. Centers for Disease Control (20)
- Forbidden Fruit Radio Program (KFAI) (9)
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- Health Education Resource Organization (1993) (6)
- Minnesota AIDSLine (5)
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- GLCSC; State of California Department of Health Services (4)
- Organización Nacional de Latina Lesbianas y Latino Gais (LLEGO), National Latino/a Lesbian & Gay Organization; The National Task Force on AIDS Prevention (4)
- Aid for AIDS Core Program; California State Department of Health Services (3)
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- Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum; National Task Force on AIDS Prevention of the National Association of Black and White Men Together (1985) (3)
- Gay Men's Health Crisis (1989) (3)
- Hennepin County AIDS Awareness Campaign (3)
- SHADE (Sexual Health Awareness and Disease Education) (2000) (3)
- The NAMES Project (3)
Contributor
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer) (173)
- Theissen, Brad (140)
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer) (56)
- Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer) (46)
- Truscott, Dale (editor) (44)
- Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant) (40)
- Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing) (35)
- Angelica, Emil (interviewer) (32)
- Varga, Ed (29)
- Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer) (23)
- Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager) (22)
- Erickson, Howard (editor) (21)
- Koonce, Ken (editor) (21)
- Olson, Jenni (19)
- Carr, Peter (interviewer) (18)
- Description:
- Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan is an Irish Catholic transsexual woman, transsexual health and rights activist, writer, and retired secretary and typesetter living in Portland, Oregon. Prior to her retirement, O'Hartigan was involved in a number of trans civil rights and nondiscrimination campaigns in Oregon, Washington, and Minnesota, including suc...
- Creator:
- O'Hartigan, Margaret Deirdre (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer, project manager, and transciber)
- Created:
- 2022-04-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Page Count:
- 2
- Last Updated:
- 2022-04-11
- Description:
- Adrian Lowe is a white male activist, organizer, and prison abolitionist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of this interview, he was a Senior Staff Attorney at the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania and a community organizer with Hearts on a Wire, a grassroots organization he co-founded that supports transgender incarcerated people ...
- Creator:
- Lowe, Adrian (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-02-26
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-10-29
- Description:
- Andy Marra is a Korean-American trans woman, activist, educator, and public policy advocate based in New York City. At the time of this interview, she was the Executive Director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF,) an advocacy and legal services organization serving and lobbying for trans and gender nonconforming people. ...
- Creator:
- Marra, Andy (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-07-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-24
- Description:
- Beau Larsen is a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester College, where they directed and coached the mock trial, ethics bowl, and debate teams. Prior to their work at Macalester, Larsen was a graduate student and debate coac...
- Creator:
- Larsen, Beau (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Rodriguez, Maddie (interviewer); Schneiderman, Ruben (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
- Created:
- 2021-11-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-15
- Description:
- Bran Fenner is a Black transmasculine activist, consultant, educator, and ER and hospice nurse based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, he was Director of People and Organizational Culture at the Transgender Law Center. Prior to his work at TLC, Fenner was the founder of the Education for Liberation Project, a co-director of F...
- Creator:
- Fenner, Bran (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-11-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-24
- Description:
- Canyon Carballosa is a white Cuban queer trans nonbinary dancer and movement maker based in Los Angeles. At the time of this oral history interview, they were working as a professional dancer, choreographer, and Youth Protection Advocates in Dance (YPAD)-educated dance instructor. In this oral history interview with Macalester College students H...
- Creator:
- Carballosa, Canyon (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Steuer, Hannah (interviewer); Stitely, Olivia (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-11-11
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-08
- Description:
- Debra DeBruin is Interim Director, Associate Professor, and Director of Graduate Studies for the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota, the co-leader of the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative, and a member of the MDH's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group. In this oral history interview, she discusses the role of bioethics ...
- Creator:
- DeBruin, Debra (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-05-25
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Devi Peacock is a South Asian non-binary storyteller, performing artist and community organizer based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, they were the founding Artistic and Executive Director of Peacock Rebellion, an Oakland-based BIPOC, queer- and trans-led arts organization, as well as the co-organizer of the Liberated 23rd...
- Creator:
- Peacock, Devi (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-02-24
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-10-29
- Description:
- Dominique Morgan is a Black trans woman, prison abolition activist, and artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this interview, Morgan was the Executive Director of Black and Pink, a nationwide prison abolitionist organization that provides direct services and support to currently and formerly incarcerated LGBTQIA+ people. Prior to her w...
- Creator:
- Morgan, Dominique (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-01-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-11-29
- Description:
- Dr. Andrew D. Badley is Chair of the Mayo Clinic task force on SARS-CoV2 / COVID-19 research, where he oversees all research activities including clinical trials related to the virus and the disease. In this oral history interview, he discusses organizing the Mayo Clinic task force, research needs, priorities, and challenges relating to the pand...
- Creator:
- Badley, Dr. Andrew D (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-07-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Dr. Marci Bowers is a white woman with a lived trans experience, OB/GYN, and plastic surgeon specializing in gender affirming surgeries. At the time of this interview, she was the president-elect of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH,) and was in surgical practice in Burlingame, California, having previously practic...
- Creator:
- Bowers, Marci (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-11-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-24
- Description:
- Dr. Nathan T. Chomilo is Director of Vaccine Equity at the Minnesota Department of Health, as well as the Medicaid Medical Director for the State of Minnesota, and a General Pediatrician & IM Hospitalist at Park Nicollet. In this oral history interview, he discusses social equity, systemic racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota, critical...
- Creator:
- Chomilo, Dr. Nathan T (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-06-24
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Dr. Rhys Preston is a white trans man, chiropractor, and trans health activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, he was practicing at his chiropractic clinic in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. In addition to his chiropratic work, Preston has taught on topics of anatomy, nutrition, trans health, and holistic ...
- Creator:
- Preston, Rhys (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-10-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-27
- Description:
- Emerson Steiner Hayward is a white, Ashkenazi Jewish, trans-masc, and nonbinary individual based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview with Macalester College student Sarah Garrett-Engele, Hayward discusses their upbringing and early experiences of gender, their process of transition and coming to understand themself as a trans ...
- Creator:
- Steiner Hayward, Emerson (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Garrett-Engele, Sarah (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
- Created:
- 2021-11-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-15
- Description:
- Hailey A Ockinga is an Alaskan Native / Tlingit trans woman, anti-incarceration activist, and community organizer based in Washington state. At the time of this interview, she was Executive Director of Beyond These Walls, a direct support and political advocacy organization run by and for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated transgender and ge...
- Creator:
- Ockinga, Hailey (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-11-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-08
- Description:
- Harper Jean Tobin is a white trans woman, consultant, and policymaker based in Washington, D.C. At the time of this interview, she worked as an independent policy consultant and educator around issues of LGBTQ+ civil rights, employment rights, and nondiscrimination. Prior to that work, she led the policy team at the National Center for Transgend...
- Creator:
- Tobin, Harper Jean (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-06-25
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-22
- Description:
- Jack Martin is a co-founder and director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. Nicholas Henderson is program director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. In this oral history interview, they discuss their initial thoughts on the pandemic in relation to Southside Harm Reduction Services and its programming, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the role of Mi...
- Creator:
- Henderson, Nicholas (interviewee); Martin, Jack (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-09-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Jacqueline Ann Dionne is American Indian Health Director and a Tribal Liaison with the Minnesota Department of Health and a member of the MDH's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group. In this oral history interview, she discusses her initial thoughts about the pandemic for Minnesota's Native American populations, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, her r...
- Creator:
- Dionne, Jacqueline Ann (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-08-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Jacsen Callanan is a white masculine trans health organizer and educator based in rural Vermont. At the time of this oral history interview, he was working in the NICU (newborn/neonatal intensive care unit) at the University of Vermont Medical Center while preparing for medical school, and as a swim coach for a youth team in northern Vermont. Pr...
- Creator:
- Callanan, Jacsen (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-03-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-19
- Description:
- Jenna Rapues, MPH is a Filipina trans woman, activist, and leader in public and transgender health in government, research, academic and public health institutions. She lives in San Francisco. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director of Gender Health SF, a program of the San Francisco Department of Public Health that provides ...
- Creator:
- Rapues, Jenna (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
- Created:
- 2021-06-21
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-11-29
- Description:
- Jonathan Hanft is the Ryan White Community Health Program Supervisor in the Hennepin County Public Health Department, leading the Twin Cities metro area's Ryan White Part A program. In this oral history interview, he discusses his initial thoughts about the pandemic as a public health professional, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the role of the Ryan Whi...
- Creator:
- Hanft, Jonathan (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-12-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Kathleen Clark is a nurse, Executive Director of the Augsburg Health Commons, and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Augsburg University. In this oral history interview, she discusses nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges therein, the interplay and similiarities between HIV/AIDS, SARS, and COVID-19, healthcare through the...
- Creator:
- Clark, Kathleen (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-09-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Katie Burgess is a white trans woman, community organizer, social worker, trans activist, and theatre artist based in Minneapolis. At the time of this oral history interview, she was a Co-Founder and Co-Director of Open Flame Theatre, an all-trans theatre ensemble based in Minneapolis and western Wisconsin, and additionally worked as a social wo...
- Creator:
- Burgess, Katie (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-11-16; 2021-11-30
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-22
- Description:
- Kelly V. Robinson is a Nurse Care Coordinator with Westat Research and founder of the Minnesota chapter of Black Nurses Rock, Inc. In this oral history interview, she discusses the pandemic's occurrence in the first months of founding Minnesota's Black Nurses Rock chapter, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the work of Black nurses in Minnesota during the p...
- Creator:
- Robinson, Kelly V (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-09-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Kristen R. Ehresmann is an epidemiologist and director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division at the Minnesota Department of Health. In this oral history interview, she discusses her initial thoughts about the pandemic as a public health nurse and epidemiologist, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the role of MDH in the pan...
- Creator:
- Ehresmann, Kristen (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-06-23
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Kristie Rathmanner is a Wright County Public Health Nurse in the Health Promotion Unit and a member of the MDH's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group. In this oral history interview, she discusses her initial thoughts on the pandemic as a public health nurse, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic on public health, the role of t...
- Creator:
- Rathmanner, Kristie (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-09-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Mary C. Turner is an ICU Nurse in the COVID unit of North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, the President of the Minnesota Nurses Association, and the only RN appointed to President Biden's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. In this oral history interview, she discusses her initial thoughts on the pandemic as an ICU nurse, HIV/AIDS an...
- Creator:
- Turner, Mary C (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2021-08-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-03-01
- Description:
- Masen Davis is a white trans man, political organizer, and nonprofit executive based in Berlin. At the time of this interview, he was the Executive Director of Transgender Europe (TGEU,) a network of European trans advocacy and activist organizations. Prior to his work with TGEU, he was the Executive Director of the advocacy and lobbying group F...
- Creator:
- Davis, Masen (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-07-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-24
- Description:
- Nico Amador is a Latinx trans man, community organizer, trainer, educator, and writer based in Vermont. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Operations at People's Hub, an online movement school and training hub, and was also pursuing an MFA at Bennington College's Writing Seminars. Prior to his time in Vermont, Amador worked as...
- Creator:
- Amador, Nico (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
- Created:
- 2021-01-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-24
- Description:
- Shannon TL Kearns is a white trans man, playwright, and ordained priest based in Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, he was the founder and artistic director of Uprising Theatre Company, and a co-founder of QueerTheology.com. His plays include Body+Blood, in a stand of dying trees, Line of Sight, Twisted Deaths, The Resistance of My Skin...
- Creator:
- Kearns, Shannon TL (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Bergstrom, Caitlyn (interviewer); Luna, MJ (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
- Created:
- 2021-11-18
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-08
- Description:
- Shawn Demmons, MPH is a Black trans man, community organizer, public health and HIV/AIDS advocate, and trans health activist based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he worked for the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies providing technical assistance to AIDS service organizations, and with the UCSF Center of Excellence fo...
- Creator:
- Demmons, Shawn (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-04-23
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-11-29
- Description:
- Stephanie Luz Hernandez, LMFT is a queer Latinx trans-femme licensed mental health therapist, gender health specialist, and trans health activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the time of this interview, she worked at a clinic in Oakland, California supporting trans and gender nonconforming adolescents and adults in accessing gender-af...
- Creator:
- Luz Hernandez, Stephanie (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2021-08-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-24
- Description:
- Once St. Paul City Council President Bob Sylvester, Susan Kimberly came out as trans on the front page of the St. Paul Dispatch in 1983. Fifteen years later, Mayor Norm Coleman appointed her to serve as Deputy Mayor of St. Paul. She has written a play about her life, "Superman Becomes Lois Lane," which will run from February 8 to March 1, 2020 a...
- Contributor:
- Kimberly, Susan (Guest)
- Created:
- 2020-01-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Local transgender activist Barbara Satin joins BiCities! to discuss her work as Assistant Faith Work Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, as well as aging as a transgender person. Her story of finding affirmation and acceptance of herself in the context of her faith is complex and compelling,
- Contributor:
- Satin, Barbara (Guest)
- Created:
- 2020-01-13
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- From a young age, Jacob knew something felt off about the way others saw him. He would eventually come to learn that he was transgender and shared this discovery with his mother, Janette Lawson. Janette joins BiCities! to share her experience of raising a transgender child and to offer advice for other parents.
- Contributor:
- Lawson, Janet (Guest)
- Created:
- 2020-02-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Grace Birnstengel describes her experience as a bi journalist
- Created:
- 2020-03-09
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Roger Sanchez talkes to BiCities about his experiences as a survivor of conversion therapy
- Created:
- 2020-03-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Agaiotupu Viena is a fa'afafine and trans woman from Amerika Samoa, educator, advocate, and community organizer based in the Seattle area. At the time of these interviews, she was Program Director for TRANSform Culture, an education and advocacy program of the Pride Foundation, a Seattle-area philanthropic organization prioritizing movements led...
- Creator:
- Viena, Agaiotupu (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-07-24; 2020-08-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-22
- Description:
- Aldita Gallardo is a Latinx trans woman, community organizer, and former youth worker based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, she served as a Senior Program Associate for the Fund for Trans Generations at Borealis Philanthropy, and as a board member at El/La Para Translatinas, a community center, public health, and anti-viol...
- Creator:
- Gallardo, Aldita (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Alex Griffin is a white trans woman, social worker, and community activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, Griffin discusses the impact of her upbringing and education on her politics, her first forays into, experiences within, and thoughts on trans politics, community organizing, and direct action, her experienc...
- Creator:
- Griffin, Alex (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-10-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Ash Stephens is a Black transmasculine anti-criminalization activist and community organizer based in Chicago. At the time of this interview, he was Manager of Policy & Strategy at the Transgender Law Center, a PhD candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC,) and a board member at th...
- Creator:
- Stephens, Ash (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Aurora Higgs is a Black queer visionary, activist, scholar, and speaker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she had recently begun her PhD at Virginia Commonwealth University, studying the bidirectional relationship between queer and trans people of color and digital media. She has been a vocal member of the activist comm...
- Creator:
- Higgs, Aurora (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-07
- Description:
- Carter Brown is a Black trans man, activist, and community organizer from Dallas, Texas. Brown is the founder of Black Transmen, Inc., and served as its Director at the time of this oral history interview. He also works with the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC, is highly active in community organizing efforts among Black trans men, and has ...
- Creator:
- Brown, Carter (interviewee); Stylz, Diamond (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-06-19
- Description:
- Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua is a Native Hawaiian māhūwahine and trans woman, community organizer, and public health advocate based on O'ahu. At the time of this interview, she was Deputy Director of the Trans Justice Funding Project, an organization that distributes grants and other funding to grassroots organizations led by and serving trans commun...
- Creator:
- Kapua, Cathy (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-10-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Chase Strangio is a white transmasculine attorney and activist. At the time of this interview, he was a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and served as Deputy Director for Trans Justice of the organization's LGBT & HIV Project. Prior to joining the ACLU, Strangio worked at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project in New York Cit...
- Creator:
- Strangio, Chase (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-12-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Christopher J. Cuevas is an Indigenous-Latinx, non-binary community organizer, educator, and peace practitioner based in Orlando, Florida. Since co-founding the organization in 2016 following the Pulse nightclub shooting, Cuevas has served as the executive director of QLatinx, a racial, social, and gender justice movement working toward the adva...
- Creator:
- Cuevas, Christopher J. (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-09-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- De Sube is a white trans woman and activist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she served as the Chairperson, Director of Client Services, and Treasurer of the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, a group she co-founded. She also is a co-founder of the Gender Expression Movement support group, and has decade...
- Creator:
- Sube, De (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Dr. Colton St. Amand, PhD, MD, LP is a transgenderqueer Two Spirit man, Texas Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and family medicine physician resident with a concentration in gender and sexuality care. St. Amand is affiliated with the University of Houston Department of Psychology and Baylor College of Medicine, is a Family Medicine resident at th...
- Creator:
- St. Amand, Colton (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-05-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Emmett Schelling is a transmasculine activist based in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this interview, Schelling was the Executive Director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas [TENT,] the largest trans advocacy and education organization in the state. Additionally, he served on the Community Council for Transform Houston, as a board...
- Creator:
- Schelling, Emmett (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-12-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Essence Thompson is a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbringing, transition, and relationship with her family, including with her late transgender sister, her experiences as an employee of Tyson's Foods, including discussio...
- Creator:
- Thompson, Essence (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-08-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Grecia Magdaleno is a Latinx non-binary advocate, organizer, and interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this interview, they were the Policy and Adovcacy Manager for the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, a program of the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago that uses education, advocacy, and youth organizing...
- Creator:
- Magdaleno, Grecia (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Gorham, Charlee (interviewer); Schloerb, Anna (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-12-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-11-29
- Description:
- Jamison Green is a white trans man, trans activist, advocate, public speaker, author, and consultant based in Vancouver, Washington. At the time of this interview, Green worked as a consultant and public speaker on trans issues. An early activist in FTM and transmasculine communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Green was one of the first memb...
- Creator:
- Green, Dr. Jamison (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-05-30
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Jay Corprew is a Black trans man, activist, poet, and mentor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Organizing for the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia (TAP Virginia,) an organization that provides financial support and community for transgender adults in Virginia. He also solely facili...
- Creator:
- Corprew, Jay (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- JD Davids is a white trans journalist, writer, AIDS activist, and advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS and chronic illnesses. At the time of this interview, he was director of JD Strategies, a member of the What Would an HIV Doula Do collective, and a board member of ME Action, an advocacy organization for people living with myalgic encephal...
- Creator:
- Davids, JD (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Kat Purcell is a white (irish famine diaspora) non-binary trans performer, lighting designer, installation artist, producer, director, and street activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were a Q-STAGE Fellow with 20% Theatre Company, a Twin Cities company promoting experimental work by women and queer and tr...
- Creator:
- Purcell, Kat (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Hastings, Pierce (interviewer); Warshaw, Rachel (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-12-10
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-10-29
- Description:
- Kayla Gore is a Black trans woman, community organizer, housing activist, and public health worker based in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this interview, she served as the Southern Regional Organizer at the Transgender Law Center. In addition to her work at TLC, Gore also works to help to coordinate homeless services, conduct direct outreac...
- Creator:
- Gore, Kayla (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-11-19
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Kiyomi Fujikawa is a mixed-race queer trans femme and activist based in Seattle. At the time of this interview, she served as Co-Director of Third Wave Fund, an activist philanthropic organization supporting grassroots, queer and trans youth of color- and women of color-led movements, as well as on the boards of the Groundswell Fund, Funders Con...
- Creator:
- Fujikawa, Kiyomi (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- LaSaia Wade is an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Director of Brave Space Alliance, the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing resources, progra...
- Creator:
- Wade, LaSaia (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-18
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-06-19
- Description:
- Lee Andel Dewey is a white nonbinary organizer, HIV/AIDS activist, and abolitionist based in Chicago. They are the founder of LADhoc Accounting, a business providing sliding-scale-to-free accounting, bookkeeping, and consultation servivces to BIPOC- and queer and trans-focused political groups and community organizations. At the time of this int...
- Creator:
- Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager and transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-12-18
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-10-29
- Description:
- Mariah Moore (she/her/hers) is a National Organizer at Transgender Law Center and also a Co-director at House of Tulip. Her work includes fighting to ensure equity, equality and safety for the transgender community, especially Black transgender women. She has worked tirelessly in New Orleans to bring awareness to communities that have been adver...
- Creator:
- Moore, Mariah (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-07
- Description:
- Na Choih is a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Cities-based environmental justice organization. In this oral history interview, Choih discusses their upbringing and initial forays into trans politics, environmental ...
- Creator:
- Choih, Na (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-10-09
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Odie lives in Minneapolis. In this interview, they discuss their upbringing, their work, and their politics.
- Creator:
- Odie (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager and transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-10-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-04-14
- Description:
- Sam Ames is a white transmasculine civil rights attorney, anti-conversion therapy activist, and theologian based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he was the interim executive director of Our Family Coalition - an organization that advocates for and serves LGBTQ+ youth and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. Previously, ...
- Creator:
- Ames, Sam (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Shauntelle Hammonds is a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Peter's Place, a recovery organization and halfway house in Richmond centered on the needs of LGBTQ+ people in recovery, especially Black and Brown trans people, slated...
- Creator:
- Hammonds, Shauntelle (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Shelby Chestnut is an Indigenous, mixed race, Two Spirit community organizer and public policy advocate based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, they were Director of Policy and Programs at the Transgender Law Center, having previously served as Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy at the New York City Anti-Vio...
- Creator:
- Chestnut, Shelby (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-18
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Thalia Hernandez is a white and Latinx non-binary trans woman, trans activist, and advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director at Equality Virginia, the leading LGBTQ advocacy organization in the commonwealth. In this oral history interview, Hernandez discusses her upbringing, experiences of ...
- Creator:
- Hernandez, Thalia (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-08-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- TK Morton is a Black queer trans higher education professional, advocate, and activist based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, ze was the Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Macalester College, where ze worked to support and advocate for queer and trans BIPOC students. Prior to zir work at Macalester, M...
- Creator:
- Morton, Tristan "TK" (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Nava, Rio Osorio (interviewer); Tierney, Oli (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-12-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-10-29
- Description:
- Wahira LaBelle is a trans fem queer of Somali descent, community organizer, migrant justice activist, and advocate based in California. At the time of this interview, she was the Bay Area organizer for the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) and the founder of its associated group Black Trans Migrants United (BTMU,) as well as an advocate and ...
- Creator:
- LaBelle, Wahira (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Abdullahi, Ubah (interviewer); Chamness, Daria (interviewer); Haus, Andi (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-12-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-10-29
- Description:
- Zakia McKensey is an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-based public health organization she founded in 2015. McKensey is a certified HIV test counselor, prevention educator, and disease intervention specialist with over twe...
- Creator:
- McKensey, Zakia (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-21
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-07
- Description:
- Dr. Cesar Gonzales (Clinical Director) and Dr. Oscar Manrique (Surgical Co-Director) discuss their work at the Mayo Clinic's Transgender and Intersex Speciality Care Clinic.
- Contributor:
- Gonzales, Dr. Cesar (Guest); Manique, Dr. Oscar (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-01-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Ali Sands, author of "I Know Who You Are, But What Am I? A Partner's Perspective on Transgender Love", and her partner Rhys Preston talk about life and love during transitioning.
- Contributor:
- Preston, Rhys (Guest); Sands, Ali (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-01-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Sally Corbett, director of BiCities!, discusses their experience volunteering on the program as well as their work with the Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP).
- Contributor:
- Corbett, Sally (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-04-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Local trans activist Ellie Krug discusses her company, Human Inspiration Works, LLC, where she offers trainings, coaching, and motivational speaking. She also talks about her book, Getting to Ellen, and her local radio show, Ellie 2.0.
- Contributor:
- Krug, Ellie (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-04-11
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Care coordinator Ejay Jack and plastic surgeon Dr. Nicholas Kim discuss the myriad of health services they provide to non-cisgender patients at the University of Minnesota Health Comprehensive Gender Care initiative.
- Contributor:
- Jack, Ejay (Guest); Kim, Dr. Nicholas (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-03-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Dennis Wyatt and David Novak discuss their activism with MNPoly, a local polyamory organization, as well as the organization's upcoming conference, MNPolyCon.
- Contributor:
- Wyatt, Dennis (Guest); Novak, David (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-04-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- BJ Metzger, a long-time local local LGBTQ+ activist, discusses high points, low points, and some of the most important moments in Twin Cities LGBTQ+ history.
- Contributor:
- Metzger, BJ (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-04-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Sasha Sentinel and Minda Mae of the Disaburly Duo discuss their experiences as disabled and LGBTQ+ burlesque performers in the Twin Cities and their personal journeys that led them to the medium.
- Contributor:
- Sentinel, Sasha (Guest); Mae, Minda (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-05-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- In 2011, Sue Wilson and Dean Johnson joined BiCities! to share their story of transforming Messiah Lutheran Church into a Reconciling in Christ congregation, which welcomes LGBTQ+ folks. Sue passed away in July of this year, and we are re-airing the 2011 episode in her memory.
- Contributor:
- Wilson, Sue (Guest); Johnson, Dean (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-05-13
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Conference co-chair Colleen Waldie joined BiCities! to talk about the upcoming BECAUSE Conference on bisexuality. She shared with us some exciting features attendees can expect to see at this year's conference, ways to register and volunteer, and some history of the conference, as well as how it fits into the broader context of other conferences...
- Contributor:
- Waldie, Collenen (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-06-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Local community organizer Shor Salkas sat down with us to talk about their work as a health equity planner at the Minnesota Department of Health, as well as their project centered around crowd-sourcing a vision for a new LGBTQ+ community space in the Bi Cities.
- Contributor:
- Salkas, Shor (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-06-10
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Twin Cities Pride Board Chair Darcie Baumann shared some of her own experiences as an LGBTQ+ leader in the Twin Cities as well as some exciting updates for Pride and Twin Cities Pride Magazine.
- Contributor:
- Baumann, Darcie (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-07-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Showcasing the upcoming musical "Great Big Rainbow World," playwright and producer Sarah Julius and cast member Maggie Sulentic illustrate the inspiration and creative process behind the revue about rugby and being LGBTQ+. They also perform the musical's title track in studio!
- Contributor:
- Julius, Sara (Guest); Sulentic, Maggie (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-07-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Today's interview is with Melinda Brown, who is the women and gender studies librarian at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She spoke with us about her own experiences of Bi+ identity and activism in Nashville as well as the workshop she presented at BECAUSE on ways for organizations and activists to cultivate genuine inclusion of m...
- Contributor:
- Brown, Melinda (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-10-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Founder and Artistic Director Shannon TL Kearns and actor Ashley Hovell join BiCities! to discuss their work at Uprising Theatre Company. Uprising embodies a vision of staging works that tackle complex issues with a cast and crew comprising many marginalized communities, especially trans and non-binary folks, so they can tell their own stories. ...
- Contributor:
- Kearnsq, Shannon TL (Guest); Hovell, Ashley (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-11-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Local attorney and author Zaylore Stout shares his new book "Our Gay History in 50 States" with BiCities! The book is a road trip guide to the locations and stories of crucial moments in LGBTQ+ history that can be found in each of the 50 United States. Order a copy and learn more about the project at https://www.gay50states.com
- Contributor:
- Stout, Zaylore (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-11-11
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- In our interview, conference presenters @BECAUSE 2019 Jim Larson and Jamie Ann Myers share many useful tools and practices to help Bi+ and Trans Folx safely navigate the kink and swinging lifestyles. They also talk about what people can expect in safe and supportive swinging and kink groups, as well as some red flags that may lead them to choose...
- Contributor:
- Larson, Jim (Guest); Meyers, Jamie Ann (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-10-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Ms. Minnesota Leather Pride 2019 Monica Malone and Mr. Twin Cities Leather 2019 join BiCities! to share their experiences of affirmation and belonging within the leather pride community.
- Contributor:
- Kim, Dr. Nicholas (Guest); Jack, Ejay (Guest)
- Created:
- 2019-12-09
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-18
- Description:
- Alexander Li-Hua Lee is a Asian American trans masculine activist and attorney from Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he was the Project Director for the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) initiative at Funders for LGBTQ Issues. Prior to joining Funders, Alex was a public interest career counselor at UC Berkeley Sc...
- Creator:
- Lee, Alex
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-11-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Dean Spade is a white trans activist, writer and teacher. He founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. He is the author of the book Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Po...
- Creator:
- Spade, Dean
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-11-09
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Dr. Erica Anderson is a white trans woman and clinical psychologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the time of this interview, she was President of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH,) served on the board of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH,) and worked at the Child and Adole...
- Creator:
- Anderson, Erica
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-09-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Gabriel Foster is a Black queer and trans activist, youth worker, and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Trans Justice Funding Project, an organization that distributes grants and other funding to grassroots organizations led by and serving trans communities in the United State...
- Creator:
- Foster, Gabriel
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-11-19
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Joey Mogul is a white civil rights attorney who at the time of this interview was a partner at the People's Law Office in Chicago, Illinois. Mogul’s practice focuses on representing people who have suffered from police and other governmental torture, abuse and misconduct in civil rights cases, and defending individuals in criminal and capital ca...
- Creator:
- Mogul, Joey
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-11-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Kris Hayashi is an Asian American trans man, community organizer, and activist. At the time of this interview, he was the executive director of the Transgender Law Center (TLC.) Prior to his work with TLC, Hayashi served as executive director of the Audre Lorde Project for ten years, and as executive director of the California-based Youth United...
- Creator:
- Hayashi, Kris
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-11-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Linda Wesp is a white cisgender woman, a family nurse practitioner and Certified HIV Specialist since 2006, providing gender affirming primary care and hormones in Chicago, New York, and based, at the time of this interview, in Milwaukee. In this oral history interview, she discusses her experiences working in trans health care as a nurse, profe...
- Creator:
- Wesp, Linda
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-09-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Maddie Deutsch, MD, MPH is a queer, lesbian, transgender white woman; at the time of this interview, she was the Medical Director for Transgender Care at the University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) and the President-Elect of USPATH, the US Professional Association for Transgender Health. Prior to her work at UCSF, Deutsch started a trans...
- Creator:
- Deutsch, Maddie
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-09-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Nathan Levitt is a white trans man and family nurse practitioner based in New York City. At the time of this interview, he worked in the office of Dr. Rachel Bluebond-Langner, who specializes in gender-affirming surgeries. In the interview, Levitt discusses the evolution of practices in trans health care. Specifically he recounts his experiences...
- Creator:
- Levitt, Nathan
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-09-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Ola Osifo Osaze is a trans masculine queer of Edo and Yoruba descent. At the time of this interview, Osaze was the Director for the Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP) and had been a community organizer for many years, including working with Transgender Law Center, the Audre Lorde Project, Uhuru Wazobia, Queers for Economic Justice and Sylvia Ri...
- Creator:
- Osaze, Ola
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-11-21
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Rickke Mananzala is a trans activist and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the Vice President for Strategy & Programs with Borealis Philanthropy, working with the Fund for Trans Generations. Prior to his work with Borealis, Mananzala was executive director of FIERCE, an organization building the leadership and power of ...
- Creator:
- Mananzala, Rickke (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-11-19
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-06-19
- Description:
- Ryan Li Dahlstrom is an Asian American transmasculine community activist. At the time of this interview, he was the Program Officer for the Fund for Trans Generations at Borealis Philanthropy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, served on the board of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and was involved in trans movements and community organizing ...
- Creator:
- Dahlstrom, Ryan Li
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-08-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
- Description:
- Sand Chang is a nonbinary Chinese American psychologist/psychotherapist and educator from Oakland, California. Chang co-authored A Clinician's Guide to Gender Affirming Care (New Harbinger, 2018) and the APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients (2015). Chang is a board member and section editor ...
- Creator:
- Chang, Sand
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2019-09-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-19
