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- Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Phase 1 (173)
- Gender Affirming Care (124)
- Family Relationships (123)
- Midwest (United States) (108)
- White (88)
- Friendship and Community (86)
- Work (85)
- Race (83)
- Sex and Love (76)
- Education (75)
- Health and Healthcare (72)
- Racism (72)
- Harassment (69)
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- Discrimination (64)
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Contributor
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- Description:
- Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a white trans man. At the time of this interview, Ahl was living and working in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious military household with his dad, serving in the Air Force, working in the service industry, drag, LGBT bar cultures, and his eventual relocation to Minnesota,...
- Creator:
- Ahl, Andrew
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-07-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Aren Aizura is a white trans guy from Australia. At the time of this interview, Aizura was an Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. In this oral history, Aizura describes his experience of coming out; researching and teaching in the field of transgender studies; the issues aroun...
- Creator:
- Aizura, Aren
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-13
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and working as a yoga teacher based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Alexander speaks at length about self-determination, his experiences within ...
- Creator:
- Alexander, Qui Dorian
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-09-11
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Kye Allums is a Black queer fluid trans person from Minnesota who goes by he and they. In this oral history, Allums speaks at length about playing Division I basketball for George Washington University. He talks about navigating his changing understandings of masculinity, femininity and gender fluidity; and his national and his local advocacy work.
- Creator:
- Allums, Kye
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-09-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Amanda is a white trans woman. At the time of this interview, Amanda was living in Ellendale, Minnesota. In this oral history, Amanda discusses her experiences of gender non-conformity in the years before WWII in rural Minnesota, her experiences with gender affirming medical care in the 1950s and 1960s, and the community of trans women in Minnea...
- Creator:
- Amanda
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Breatta Bee Amore is a Black trans female from Chicago and Milwaukee. At the time of this interview, she was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Amore touches upon topics such as gay bars in the Twin Cities from the 1980s and onward, including the Gay 90s, the Saloon, and Brass Rail. She also speaks about working and perfo...
- Creator:
- Amore, Breatta Bea
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collections hold with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history Anderson speaks at length about growing...
- Creator:
- Anderson, Roxanne
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-07-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history, they speak at length about their involv...
- Creator:
- Anderson, Roxanne (Narrator)
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-07-23
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman from Indio, California. At the time of this interview, Angel was working as the Executive Director of the Transgender Community Project. In this interview she speaks at length about some of her work in passing the Fair Education Act in California. She also describes her experiences with language and identi...
- Creator:
- Angel, Paulina
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-12-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Billie Sage Ashton is a white trans woman who grew up In Austin, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Ashton was working with Delta Airlines. In this oral history, she describes her early life during the 1960 and 70s in Austin, MN. She also talks about coming out in the 1980s, her romantic relationships, her involvement with the City of ...
- Creator:
- Ashton, Billie Sage
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-04-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Jae Bates is a Korean American trans man who grew up near Hopkins, Minnesota. In this oral history, Bates details childhood experiences of gender and race, including narratives of bullying, transphobia, and racism; his identity as a South Korean transracial adoptee and the imperialist histories of international adoption systems; coming out to fa...
- Creator:
- Bates, Jae
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-06-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Kate Bornstein is a white trans non-binary person raised in the Midwestern United States. At the time of this interview, Bornstein was working as an author. In this oral history, Bornstein speaks at length about language and identity, their encounters with healthcare and cancer, language and identity, Caitlyn Jenner and other trans celebrities, ...
- Creator:
- Bornstein, Kate
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-08-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Micky Bradford is a Black queer non-binary trans woman based in Atlanta who co-founded and organized the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival. At the time of this interview, she was an organizer with Southerners on New Ground and the Transgender Law Center. ln this oral history, Bradford discusses the important of art in culture change, her exper...
- Creator:
- Bradford, Micky
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-10-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Charlene Bradshaw is a Black lesbian born and raised in Hawaii. In this oral history, Bradshaw speaks about his experiences being a Black transgender person in Minneapolis, alongside serving in the military for 22 years. He also touches upon his early childhood experiences of his gender awareness, Don't Ask Don't Tell, being a parent, harassment...
- Creator:
- Bradshaw, Charlene
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Jessi Brandon is a Black non-binary demiboy from Germany and Alabama. At the time of this interview, Brandon was a student at Macalester College. In this oral history, Brandon speaks at length about learning about gender divergence through online platforms such as Tumblr and Instagram, as well as their experiences with neurodivergence. They also...
- Creator:
- Brandon, Jessi
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-11-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Awen Briem is a white transgender person. At the time of this interview, he was working as a tattoo artist based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Briem speaks at length about growing up in Des Moines, gender policing, his romantic and familial relationships, and his encounters with healthcare. He also touches upon naming, religion, Cait...
- Creator:
- Briem, Awen
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-12-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Roze (R.B.) Brooks is a white gender queer person raised in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, R.B. was a graduate student. In this oral history, they speak at length about queer and trans activism and advocacy work in higher education at University of Minnesota Duluth. They also talk about sexism, participating in theatre and c...
- Creator:
- Brooks, Roze (R.B.)
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-11-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Tona Brown is a African American transgender woman from Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of this interview, Brown was working as a musician, a teacher, and a performer. world class, In this oral history, she speaks about her childhood spent in Virginia, her voice, coming out as a transgender woman, and her family relationships. She also touches...
- Creator:
- Brown, Tona
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-09-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Anthony Ceballos is a Native and Hispanic androgynous person raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Ceballos was living and working in Minnesota. In this oral history he talks about his experiences with femininity, masculinity, and androgyny. He also touches upon bullying, his childhood, his family relationships, goth c...
- Creator:
- Ceballos, Anthony
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Dee Dee Ngozi Chamblee is a Black trans woman from Georgia and the founder of LaGender Inc. At the time of this interview, Chamblee was the Executive Director of LaGender. In this oral history, Chamblee talks about her HIV/AIDS activism, housing insecurity, clubbing in Georgia during the 1970s/1980s, and her encounters with law enforcement. She ...
- Creator:
- Chamblee, Dee Dee
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Dominic Giovon Chilko is a bi-racial Afro-Latinx trans man from Eagan, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood, relationships, and experiences of transition, his thoughts on chosen family, trans politics, and the trans agenda, and his experience as a performing artist and drag king. Specifically, he discusses his ex...
- Creator:
- Chilko, Dominic Giovon
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Eli Clare is a genderqueer disability advocate, writer and poet. In this oral history, Clare discusses how language gets re-claimed, taken up, or not; tensions in lesbian community around trans masculinity; passing; and the contradictions he felt medically transitioning and while simultaneously resisting pathologizing his body as needing a "cure...
- Creator:
- Clare, Eli
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-03-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Dr. Eli Coleman is a professor and director of the Program in Human Sexuality, one of the first programs in the country of its kind, at the University of Minnesota Medical School, as well as the first endowed chair in sexual health at the University of Minnesota. Coleman describes his experience coming to work at the Program in Human Sexuality a...
- Creator:
- Coleman, Eli Dr.
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-02-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Kya Concepcion is a mixed Native, Black, and white trans femme person from Marietta, Georgia. At the time of this interview, they were living in the Twin Cities. In this interview Concepcion touches upon topics including homelessness, their family relationships, recovery, and workplace discrimination. They also talk about their goals for the fut...
- Creator:
- Concepcion, Kya
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-10-24
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Darcy Corbitt is a white transgender woman from the South. At the time of this interview, Corbitt was pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at North Dakota State University. In this oral history, Corbitt speaks at length about her childhood, coming out to her parents in college, and her family relationships through time. Corbitt also touches u...
- Creator:
- Corbitt, Darcy
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Monica Joy Cross is a Black trans woman raised in California. At the time of this oral history, Cross was the Pastor at First Christian Church of Oakland and an Associate Pastor at Tapestry Ministries in Berkeley. In this oral history, she speaks at length about growing up in Los Angeles, her spirituality and faith, coming out, the impact of the...
- Creator:
- Cross, Monica
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ryan Li Dahlstrom is a mixed Asian and white trans masculine person from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Dahlstrom was working as a consultant. In this oral history, Dahlstrom discusses coming out in college, activism, building trans community spaces and trans leadership, racial justice within transgender and queer communities; and the...
- Creator:
- Dahlstrom, Ryan Li
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews that the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview she was the founder and leader of the band All The Pretty Horses. In this oral history she speaks at length about her work in the music industry, mental heal...
- Creator:
- DeMars, Venus
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview de Mars was the founder and leader of the band All The Pretty Horses. In this oral history she speaks at length about a documentary called Venus of Mars, fetish ...
- Creator:
- DeMars, Venus
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-09-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Terry Dickelman is a white transgender male from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of this interview, Dickelman was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, he recounts early childhood experiences, relationships between language and identity, challenges in his earlier stages of transition, the complexities of passing, and his perspectives on trans...
- Creator:
- Dickelman, Terry
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Reneka Evans is a Black female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving to Minneapolis in the early 90s, drag culture, encounters with healthcare, sexuality, workplace discrimination, the importance of community, and her job as...
- Creator:
- Evans, Reneka
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-08-21
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Cal Evoniuk is a white male from North Dakota. At the time of this interview, Evoniuk was a student at North Dakota State University. In this oral history, Evoniuk briefly shares his experience of growing up in a rural area, how his identity has changed through time, and his experience with just recently coming out as trans.
- Creator:
- Evoniuk, Calum
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time of this interview, Ewing was retired and living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ewing speaks at length about working the coat check at the Gay 90s...
- Creator:
- Ewing, Donna
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-04-05
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time of this interview, Ewing was retired and living in the Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ewing speaks at length about drag she performed under the nam...
- Creator:
- Ewing, Donna
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ash Farah is a East African/Black trans man who has lived in New York, Minnesota, and "the middle part of East Africa". A the time of this interview he was attending college in Minneapolis. In this oral history he touches upon topics such as growing up in an Islamic household, homelessness, Cafe SouthSide, and immigrating to America post-9/11. H...
- Creator:
- Farah, Ash
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Jane Fee is a white trans woman raised in Maryland. At the time of this interview, Fee was a retired and living in St. Petersburg, Florida. In this oral history, she touches upon her 29 years in the United States Military, her childhood, coming out in 1989, and her advocacy work. She also talks about organizations and entities she has been invol...
- Creator:
- Fee, Jane
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-18
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Erica Fields is a woman of transgender history from Edina, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Fields was working in Minnesota as a business woman selling rye. In this oral history Fields speaks at length about transitioning later in life, her friendships, family, relationships, and community networks. She also touches upon about attending...
- Creator:
- Fields, Erica
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-09-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Ashley Finch is a white trans femme person from Saint Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Finch was working as an artist based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Finch speaks at length about her gender and sexuality through time, her experiences at a Catholic school named St. Bernard, mental health, and her familial relatio...
- Creator:
- Finch, Ashley
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-04-05
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Thalia Fontan is a Puerto Rican and white transwoman from Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Fontan was a student at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Fontan speaks at length about her family relationships, mental health, bullying, street harassment, self worth, and racism. She also touches upon workplace discrimination, e...
- Creator:
- Fontan, Thalia
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-02-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Taylor Foster is a white transman who grew up in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Foster was working as a 911 dispatcher for the City of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Foster talks about his college experiences, his work as a 911 dispatcher, coming out at work, his understandings of sexuality and dating, and trans poli...
- Creator:
- Foster, Taylor
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-10-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Spencer Fugate is a mixed white and Cherokee trans woman who grew up in Tennessee and uses she and they. In this interview, Fugate speaks at length about growing up in Tennessee, religion and spirituality, language and identity, coming out in college, polyamory, and being outed. They also touch upon harassment, encounters with healthcare and fin...
- Creator:
- Fugate, Spencer
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-09-05
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Tuxpan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Gutiérrez was an Organizer at Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement...
- Creator:
- Garcia, Renata; Gutierrez, Jennicet
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-10-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Mara Glubka is a white transgender woman born and raised in Winona, MN. At the time of this interview, Glubka was retired and living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Glubka talks about her childhood, being forced to go to counseling with the Cathrolic Charities at age 15, her experiences in being a parent to three sons and hand having support...
- Creator:
- Glubka, Mara
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-04-11
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Diana Green is a white female who has lived in New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a caregiver for People with AIDS, an adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and on her graphic memoir titled A Sharp Invitation. In this oral history, Green speaks at len...
- Creator:
- Green, Diana
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Jamison Green is a white male raised in California. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. In this oral history, Green speaks at length about coming out in 1966, his early experiences with his identity in childhood, the challenges of bullying in high school, and his frustr...
- Creator:
- Green, Jamison
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-03-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Max Gries is a white genderqueer person from Wisconsin. At the time of this oral history, Gries was working at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, Gries reflects upon exploring their sexuality in college, moving to Minneapolis in the mid-1990s, becoming involved with bisexual organizing, attending Michigan Womyn's...
- Creator:
- Gries, Max
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- T. Aaron Hans is a white butch transmasculine person who grew up in Germany and the United States and uses he and ze. At the time of this oral history, Hans was working as at Hamline University. In this oral history ze discusses hir early understandings of gender identity at a young age, being heavily bullied in school; hir experience with trans...
- Creator:
- Hans, T. Aaron
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-25
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Steinarr Harriday is a biracial trans male from Lakeville, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Harriday was living in Minnesota. In this oral history he discusses playing on the boy's football team in school, the passing of his father, learning how to shave, and coming out to his family. Harriday also discusses the difficulties of losin...
- Creator:
- Harriday, Steinarr
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-04-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Elle Hearns, founder of the Marsha P Johnson Institute and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, was assigned Black at birth. At the time of this interview Hearns was organizing in Ohio. In this oral history she speaks about the serial murders of Black trans women in Ohio alongside her experiences with law enforcement which led he...
- Creator:
- Hearns, Elle
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Sayuri Hernandez is a Puerto Rican trans woman from Houston, Texas. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, experiences of addiction and recovery, her thoughts on trans politics, and her experiences of moving through the corporate world and the public sphere as a trans woman.
- Creator:
- Hernandez, Sayuri
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-09-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Anne Hodson is a white transsexual woman who was born and raised in Minneapolis. In this oral history, she shares her experiences negotiating her gender identity from an early age, eventually digging in to explore her trans identity in her 40s. Hodson reflects on the interconnected nature of gender and sexuality. She also comments on current tra...
- Creator:
- Hodson, Anne
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-05-19
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a Black trans woman from Detroit, Michigan. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, her visions and thoughts on trans politics, and her decades of work in Black trans communities. Specifically, she recounts her work to found a support group for trans people of color in Detroit at the age of 17, her experience wi...
- Creator:
- Hunter, Lourdes Ashley
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Alex Iantaffi is a white non-binary gender-queer trans-masculine person who grew up in Rome and uses they and he. In this oral history they speak at length about about their early childhood; their identifications with and through lesbian, bisexual and trans communities in their twenties; and their relationship with his family members. He also to...
- Creator:
- Iantaffi, Alex
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-10-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Sandy James is a Black trans man raised in England. At the time of this interview, James was working as a researcher, a student and a lawyer based out of Maryland. In this oral history, James speaks at length about immigrating to the United States, racism and anti-blackness in the UK versus the US, helping produce the transgender survey for the ...
- Creator:
- James, Sandy
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-09-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the first of two interviews with Jenkins held in Phase 1. In this oral history, Andrea Jenkins and Rox Anderson talk at length about growing up in the west side of ...
- Creator:
- Jenkins, Andrea
- Contributor:
- Anderson, Roxanne (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-07-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the second of two interviews with Jenkins held in Phase 1. In this oral history, Andrea Jenkins and Dominique Tobbell speak at length about the operations, opportun...
- Creator:
- Jenkins, Andrea
- Contributor:
- Tobell, Dominique (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-07-25
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Mara Keisling is a white transgender woman from Pennsylvania. At the time of this interview, Keisling was the Executive Director at the National Center for Transgender Equality. In this oral history, Keisling speaks at length about her family relationships, naming, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the importance of trans people ...
- Creator:
- Keisling, Mara
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Susan Kimberly is a white transwoman from St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, her time in the Peace Corps, her transition, her experiences with the University of Minnesota’s Program in Human Sexuality, her entry into St. Paul politics culminating in her time as Deputy Mayor under Norm ...
- Creator:
- Kimberly, Susan (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-03-09
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-04-14
- Description:
- Micah King is a Black trans man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working at a SuperAmerica located in Minnesota. In this oral history he talks extensively about mental health, an organization called Reclaim, and his family relationships. He also touches upon a youth shelter and housing program called Brown Booth House, his po...
- Creator:
- King, Micah
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-12-23
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Rebecca Kling is a white trans woman from Chicago, Illinois. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and college years, her transition, and her work within Camp Aranu'tiq and the trans activist movement at large. Specifically, Kling discusses learning about trans identity online in the 1990s and the narratives that impacted h...
- Creator:
- Kling, Rebecca
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-25
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ani Koch is a white genderqueer person from Dubuque, Iowa. They talk about their experiences at school growing up, coming to better understand their gender, and their experience with and thoughts on drag. They share what trans people have inspired them, and what it is like to be perceived by some people as a white man. They discuss their family ...
- Creator:
- Koch, Ani
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ellie Krug is a white trans woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, family, and relationships, her memoirs and experiences of transition, her thoughts on trans representation and visibility and representation, and her work in legal services. Specifically, Krug discusses coming of age "before St...
- Creator:
- Krug, Ellie
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-12-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Chloe Alexa Landry is a white trans lady from Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Landry was retired and living in Minnnesota. In this oral history, Landry speaks at length about early childhood, family relationships, losing friends to AIDS, changes in identity through time, encounters with healthcare, experiences with a Tr...
- Creator:
- Landry, Chloe Alexa
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they were the Assistant Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life at the University of Minnesota. In the interview, Lee discuss...
- Creator:
- Lee, Melinda
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-08-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Richard Longnecker is a male from New York City who sometimes goes by the nickname Katherine. In this oral history, he speaks at length about being a crossdresser and spending over 20 years in the United States military. He talks about his early life, the perceptions of crossdressers in the 1950s and 1960s versus now, and returning home from the...
- Creator:
- Longnecker, Richard (Katherine)
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Monet (Kisha) Martin is a Black trans woman from Minnesota, Connecticut, and New York. At the time of this interview, Martin was living in New York. In this oral history she talks about her familial relationships, money, her encounters with law enforcement, sex work, and her experiences living and working in New York. She also touches upon drag,...
- Creator:
- Martin, Monet (Kisha)
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-18
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- CeCe McDonald is a Black-Boricua-Taíno woman from the South Side of Chicago. At the time of this oral history, she was working in Minneapolis as a barista, activist, and social instigator. In this oral history she talks extensively about her early life in Chicago, the prison industrial complex, the matrix of domination, and the TLGB community. S...
- Creator:
- McDonald, Chishaun (CeCe)
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-11-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Arin McNeese is a mixed Native American and white trans male from Minnesota who uses he, she, and they. At the time of this interview, McNeese was living in California. In this oral history, McNeese speaks at length about their childhood, coming out, gender fluidity, transitioning, dating, sobriety, and organizations they have been a part of. Sh...
- Creator:
- McNeese, Arin
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Damion Mendez is a Latino trans masculine identified person from St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Mendez was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Mendez speaks about transracial adoption, bullying, being raised in a primarily white family, his family relationships, bodily autonomy, masculinity, and transitioning. Mendez a...
- Creator:
- Mendez, Damion
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Nick Metcalf is an American Indian Two-Spirit person born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation located in South Dakota. At the time of this interview, Metcalf was working in the Twin Cities. In this oral history they talk about their early childhood on the reservation and later moving to Minneapolis in 1994. They talk extensively about working ...
- Creator:
- Metcalf, Nick
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-05-10
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Ashley Meyers is a white intersex woman. She talks about growing up and being diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disorder. She shares her experience being diagnosed and receiving treatment/medical interventions for Turner’s Syndrome, and what she has learned about other intersex conditions and the community. She recognizes that trans people an...
- Creator:
- Meyers, Ashley
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-13
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Tiq Milan is a Black trans man who grew up in Buffalo, New York. At the time of this interview, Milan was working as a writer based out of New York. In this oral history he talks about growing up in Buffalo during the 1980s, Black families and support networks, and (in his own words) organic masculinity. Milan also touches upon his experiences p...
- Creator:
- Milan, Tiq
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-11-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Neno Miller is a white gender queer, non-binary, trans masculine, gender fuck from Medford, Wisconsin. They talk about growing up, their definition of queer, and their experience dealing with public bathrooms. As a student at the University of Minnesota at the time of this interview, they have had both positive and negative experiences at the un...
- Creator:
- Miller, Neno
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-11-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Taya Mitchell is a Black trans woman from California. At the time of this interview, Mitchell was working as a performance artist and community organizer in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Mitchell speaks about being homeschooled, bullying, her childhood, housing discrimination, coming out, encounters with healthcare, and socially transitioni...
- Creator:
- Mitchell, Taya
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-04-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Moe is a white trans man raised in California. At the time of this interview, Moe was working as a Registered Nurse. In this oral history, Moe speaks at length about shifts in language about identity through time, hospice work, love as a practice, encounters with healthcare (insurance), and his family relationships. He also touches upon Sufism, ...
- Creator:
- Moe
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-11-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Nasreen Mohamed is Tanzanian gender non-conforming person from the coast of Dar es Salaam. At the time of this interview, Mohamed was working in the field of post-secondary education. In this oral history, Mohamed talks about growing up in Tanzania in a Ismaili Muslim community and later studying abroad in Minnesota. Mohamed also touches upon to...
- Creator:
- Mohamed, Nasreen
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-06-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Hayden Mora is a white trans male from Boston. At the time of this oral history, Mora was living in Washington D.C. and working for Trans United. In this oral history, Mora speaks about addiction and sobriety, coming out, mental health, therapy, privilege and transitioning into privilege. Mora talks about authentic love, socialization, and trans...
- Creator:
- Mora, Hayden
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-09-26
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Nichole Moravec is a white nonbinary person from Faribault, Minnesota. They talk about growing up and their family relationships. At the time of the interview, they were one of the co-presidents of Full Spectrum Winona State’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance as well as on the council of KEAP, and they describe how attending the queer college confe...
- Creator:
- Moravec, Nichole
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-30
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Merrick Moses is a mixed Black and Latino trans man from Queens, New York. At the time of this interview, Moses was living in Maryland. In this oral history, Moses speaks about his relationship with politics, equity, his childhood, the issues with single story, and transitioning into Black masculinity. Moses also talks about medical transition, ...
- Creator:
- Moses, Merrick
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Tamlyn Murray is a white gender nonconforming female from Centerville, Minnesota. She talks about coming out, and her interactions with healthcare. She discusses relationships, and the issues within the trans community, such as racism, trans misogyny, and internalized transphobia.
- Creator:
- Murray, Tamlyn
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-12-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed Puerto Rican and white gender-queer trans-man from Mound, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Navarro was a youth worker and teacher at the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition. In this oral history, Navarro speaks at length about starting The Shot Clinic with his friends, his involvement in drag communities,...
- Creator:
- Navarro, Billy, Jr.
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-02-19
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
