Ejay Jack is a white trans male who grew up in Pennsylvania. At the time of this interview, Jack was working for Hennepin County. In this oral history Jack speaks at length about how his identity has changed through time. Jack also reflects up on his time in the Peace Corps, his passing privilege as a white man in a relationship with a woman, da...
Creator:
Jack, Ejay
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-15
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.
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.
Osiris Coleman is a Black trans man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood in West Philadelphia and family relationships, his relocation to New York City and transition, his work in the New York Department of Sanitation, experiences as a transgender person in bureaucracies, and his thoughts on...
Creator:
Coleman, Osiris
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-21
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.
Aidan Key is a white gender fluid trans man raised in the United States. At the time of this interview, Key was living and working in Washington as an educator and an organizer. In this oral history, Key speaks about coming out in lesbian, dyke, and leather communities as well as finding trans community in his thirties. Key also touches upon his...
Creator:
Key, Aidan
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Alyssandra Taylor is a Black trans woman or sometimes a trans feminine nonbinary person from Boston. She discusses coming out as gay at a young age, and being kicked out when she came out as trans. She discusses her acting work with True Colors and Theater Offensive in Boston, and acting in Charm at Mixed Blood Theater. She explains why she is s...
Creator:
Taylor, Alyssandra
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-05-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Andrea Anderson is a Latina trans woman from Mexico City and Minnesota. In this oral history, Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the United States. She also speaks about her early childhood experiences of gender awareness; experiences with police harassment and discrimination in the workplace; her spirituality; the impac...
Creator:
Anderson, Andrea
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.
Denise Sudbeck is a white trans woman from Maine. At the time of this interview, she was in school writing a dissertation on queer theology. In life she also was a member of the United States Navy; a police chaplain in Alaska; and also worked as an American Baptist pastor for churches in Maine, Minnesota, and Alaska. In this oral history Sudbeck...
Creator:
Sudbeck, Denise
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Walter Bockting is a Dutch male from the Netherlands. At the time of this interview, Bockting was working as a Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University. In this interview, Bockting narrates a history of the evolution of medical transitional care from his perspective as a clinician and researcher. He touches upon his involvement wit...
Creator:
Bockting, Dr. Walter
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-05-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.