Vanessa Sheridan is a white transgender woman raised in the South. At the time of this interview, Sheridan was the Director of Transgender Relations and Community Engagement at Center on Halsted (Chicago IL). In this oral history, Sheridan speaks at length about the Center on Halsted, her involvement with the City of Lakes Crossgender Community,...
Creator:
Sheridan, Vanessa
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Selena Meza is a Mexican-American trans femme from Nekoosa, Wisconsin. In this oral history interview, she discusses her upbringing in rural Wisconsin, her college experience and career, and her thoughts on feminist and trans politics. Specifically, Meza tells of her interest in the arts and work as an illustrator at a design firm, her experienc...
Creator:
Meza, Selena
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-11-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity, and returning to the United States as a teenager. They also discuss the support they received from Avenues for Youth and the Trans Youth Support Netw...
Creator:
Mertinez, Rehema
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-03-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Raquel Willis is a Black trans woman from Augsuta, Georgia. At the time of this interview Willis was living in Oakland, CA. She is a writer, activist, and media maker, and, starting in 2018, the Executive Editor of Out Magazine. Prior to her work at Out magazine, Willis received a Soros Equity Fellowship to start the Black Trans Circles at the T...
Creator:
Willis, Raquel
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming out, white lesbian communities, mental health, family relationships, abuse, and gender essentialism within queer spaces. Marciano also touches upon t...
Creator:
Marciano, Owen
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-12-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Olivia “Liv” Hnilicka is a white trans woman from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. In this oral history interview, she discusses her upbringing and early life as a queer person, her move to Chicago at the age of eighteen, and her involvement with community theater groups for LGBTQ youth there. Hnilicka tells of her experiences in both the bear subculture a...
Creator:
Hnlicka, Olivia
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Melissa Harl is a white female with transgender experience and history who grew up in Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Harl was working as a Professor at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Harl talks about her childhood, bullying, and coming out in her late fifties. She also talk about her relationship with her late wife,...
Creator:
Harl, Melissa
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Marcus Waterbury is a white transgender man raised in Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Waterbury was working as a wealth advisor based out of the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Waterbury speaks at length about his childhood experiences with gender, his family relationships, and dating as a straight man. He also touches upon his enco...
Creator:
Waterbury, Marcus
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Laura Jane Grace is a female from Florida who uses she and they. At the time of this interview, Grace was working as a musician for the band Against Me! In this oral history, Grace reflects upon moving around as a child in military family, dropping out of high school to play music, experimenting with cross-dressing and eventually coming out in 2...
Creator:
Grace, Laura Jane
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-06-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Kylar Broadus is a Black male from Fayette, Missouri. At the time of this interivew, Broadus was working as a lawyer and an activist based out of Washington D.C. In this oral history, Broadus discusses topics such as his early realizations of his gender from a young age; his relationship with his father; his spirituality; employment discriminati...
Creator:
Broadus, Kylar
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Karl Meyer is a white autogynephilic gender non-conforming person from Faribault, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Meyer was a writer and a researcher pursuing what he calls divine-source justice. In this oral history, Meyer speaks at length about his family relationships, encounters with healthcare, sexuality, and spirituality. He also...
Creator:
Meyer, Karl
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Julienne Brown, also known as “Mizz June”, is a Black trans woman raised in New York. At the time of this oral history, Brown was working as a musician and an actor. In this oral history she speaks at length about her family relationships, her experience with Johovah's Witness religion, and her friends. She also touches upon coming out, dating, ...
Creator:
Brown, Julienne (Mizz June)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-05-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Joe Ippolito is a white trans man who grew up in Florida. In this oral history, he talks about establishing the Gender Reel festival, chairing the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, and providing mental health services for LGBT people. He also touches upon his understanding of his sexual orientation, coming out at 30, dating and relationships...
Creator:
Ippolito, Joe
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jess Dugan is a white genderqueer person raised in Arkansas. At the time of this interview, Dugan was working as an artist living in St. Louis, Missouri. In this oral history she speaks at length about her childhood, coming out, bullying, her photography practice, and her family relationships. She also talks about her encounters with healthcare,...
Creator:
Dugan, Jess
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ignacio Rivera is a Black-Boricua-Taíno transgender Two-Spirit person from Brooklyn. At the time of this interview, Rivera was working as an Educator, Activist, and Performer based out of New York. In this oral history, they speak at length about their family relationships, gender fluidity, economic justice, and POC presence in play parties and ...
Creator:
Rivera, Ignacio
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Harvey Katz is a white man with a transgender history from Miami. At the time of this interview, Katz was working as a performer and an educator. In this oral history, Katz talks about coming out, passing and privilege, his early childhood, and his family relationships. He also touches upon his storytelling act titled Athens Boys Choir, mental h...
Creator:
Katz, Harvey
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Gloria Allen, also known as "Mama Gloria", is a biracial woman from Bowling Green Kentucky and Chicago. in this interview she speaks at length about founding the Charm School at the Center on Halstead in Chicago. Allen, also known as "Mama Gloria". In this interview, she speaks transitioning in the 1970s, dating, her work as a licensed practical...
Creator:
Allen, Gloria
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-04-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In this oral history, they speak at length about changes in language and identity through time, his relationships with family members, and growing up in San...
Creator:
Hoagland, George
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Gavin Rouille is a white queer male from Burlington, Vermont. He talks about his art and how his artmaking process has evolved over time. He also discusses how his relationships have changed since his transition.
Creator:
Rouille, Gavin
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Gaebriel Lyrek is a white male from Montrose, Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, he speaks at length about his familial relations, growing up in a rural community, and his encounters with healthcare. He also touches upon topics such as drag, clothing, and his romantic relation...
Creator:
Lyrek, Gaebriel
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.