Elliot Winter is a Korean male who grew up in Georgia but also spent time in Ohio, California, and New Jersey. In this interview, Winter talks at length about participating in online trans communities and chat rooms such as Laura's Playground and Youtube. He also talks about his family relationships, recovery, race in the South, and encounters w...
Creator:
Winter, Elliot
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-06-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Toni-Michelle Williams is a Black woman of trans experience who has spent time in Georgia and Norfolk, Virginia. In this interview, Williams touches upon topics such as drag, family relationships, loving Black men, silencing, and oppression. She also talks about her past work in HIV prevention. At the time of this oral history she was working fo...
Creator:
Williams, Toni-Michelle
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Hunta Williams is a Black trans man from New York. At the time of this interview, Williams was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Williams discusses his early childhood, family members, and involvement with deaf communities. Williams also shares his thoughts on coming out, sexuality, isolation, his encounters with law enforcement, police ...
Creator:
Williams, Hunta
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Stef Wilenchek is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Georgia and Ohio. At the time of this oral history, Wilenchek was living in Minneapolis and working at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Wilenchek speaks at length about their childhood, growing up in the deep South, race and racism, family relationships, coming out, and...
Creator:
Wilenchek, Stef
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Alonzo Wesley is a Black transgender man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Wesley was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Wesley reflects on his experiences living in Minneapolis. Wesley describes what masculinity, family, and community mean to him. He also touches upon coming out, drag, gay bars, disability, encounters wit...
Creator:
Wesley, Alonzo
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Crispin Torres is a Latino trans masculine person. At the time of this oral history, Torres was working for Lambda Legal. In this oral history, Torres speaks at length about his childhood, coming out, being a musician, family relationships, chosen family, religion, racism, encounters with healthcare, and the shifts he's seen in transgender polit...
Creator:
Torres, Crispin
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-05-27
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.
Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about mentorship and working with youth, Judaism, his family, racism, masculinity, ex-gay, and his encounters with law enforcement. He also touches upon th...
Creator:
Tanner, Enzi
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-12-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Trans Community Group, and Trans Identified Providers Support (TIPS). At the time of this video, he was a community organizer based out of the Midwest. In...
Creator:
Stringer, JAC
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Joy Michael Starkey is a white genderqueer non-binary trans person from Washington. At the time of this interview, Starkley was a PhD student. In this oral history, Starkey speaks at length about starting a Gay-Straight Alliance in High School, their sister, race and gender, working in academia, racism, and being non-binary. They also touch upon...
Creator:
Starkey, Joy Michael
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-07-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Nemo Siqueiros is a Native Indigenous/Mexica/Purepecha trans male from Iowa who uses he and they. Nemo explains their process of naming, experiences being bullied as a child, and how autism shapes the way they see the world. Nemo talks about having a supportive mom, how his race and gender identity influence each other. They were in The Laramie ...
Creator:
Siqueiros, Nemo
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ben Singer is a white trans guy from Illinois. He talks about how rural identity and class shaped his idea of gender, and his research on transgender identity. He talks about his experience in the lesbian community during the 1980s, his journey to activism, and his work in trans healthcare activism. He discusses the Philadelphia Trans Healthcare...
Creator:
Singer, Ben
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-11-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Gradylee Shapiro is a white butch from Missouri. Shapiro discuss what it was like moving a lot while growing up, butch identity, and how life is different when being perceived as a straight white man. Shapiro also talks about the importance of queer community, work in queer activism, including starting a GLBT youth organization called Prism in C...
Creator:
Shapiro, Gradylee
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
K. Davis Senseman is a white gender-queer person from Pittsburgh who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Senseman was working as a lawyer based out of Northeast Minneapolis. In this oral history, Senseman speaks at length about language and identity, being a parent, intersectionality, and their familial relationships. She also touc...
Creator:
Senseman, K. Davis
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ash Scott is a Blackfoot Indian/Irish/African American trans guy living in Minneapolis. He discusses his early life, family relationships, and being in the army when he identified as a lesbian during the time of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. He talks about his service, getting injured in Iraq, his life after serving, mental health, and navigating health...
Creator:
Scott, Ash (Ashley)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Rachel Schroeder is white trans woman from Burnsville, Minnesota. She discusses how her desire and her decision to transition impacted her relationships, and the importance of being correctly gendered. She talks about trans visibility, including Caitlyn Jenner, and how having a trans community proved vital to support her during her transition.
Creator:
Schroeder, Rachel
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-02-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
finn schneider is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Michigan. At the time of this interview, schneider was a student in graduate school. In this oral history, scheider speaks at length about gender and contextuality, fluidity, working in higher education, their family relationships, and their involvement in an educational organization ca...
Creator:
schneider, finn
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Naiymah Ariana Sanchez is a Afro-Latina transgender female from the Bronx and Philadelphia. At the time of this oral history, Sanchez worked as the Trans Justice Coordinator with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-PA). In this interview she discusses her childhood experiences with gender, as well as her mentors. Sanchez also touches upon t...
Creator:
Sanchez, Naiymah
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Destinee Salinas is a Hispanic female from Indiana. She talks about her experiences growing up, doing drag, and some of the obstacles she has faced as a trans woman. She also discusses relationships, self-care, and her work at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Creator:
Salinas, Destinee
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-09-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.