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- Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Phase 1 (170)
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- Gender Affirming Care (122)
- Midwest (United States) (106)
- White (86)
- Work (84)
- Friendship and Community (83)
- Race (82)
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Contributor
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- Description:
- Laverne Cox is the executive producer of the Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black. She plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Cox is a renowned speaker whose insights are featured on CNN, MSNBC, HLN, VH1, and Fox News Latino. Cox is the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstrea...
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- 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:
- 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:
- Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed in private beginning at the age of 12 or 13 since she wasn’t comfortable sharing it. Since she was young, she recognized that she wanted to be a girl, ...
- Creator:
- Wedin, Isabelle
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-31
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Chad Pitts is a white transgender man from Arizona. At the time of this oral history, Pitts was a student living in Fargo, North Dakota. In this short oral history Pitts speaks about coming out, his romantic relationships, his family relationships, and transitioning.
- Creator:
- Pitts, Chad
- 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:
- Marlene Somers is a white MTF trannssexual person from South Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Somers was retired. In this oral history, Somers speaks at length about living two lives at once, Christine Jorgensen, Caitlyn Jenner, and her family relationships. She also touches upon encounters with healthcare, Ray Blanchard's theory of a...
- Creator:
- Somers, Marlene
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-09-23
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Andre Reed is a Black man of trans experience from Indiana and Georgia. He talks about growing up and his family relationships, and transitioning at work. He recounts his experience and successes in the drag scene, and the response from other drag kings when he came out as trans. He also talks about the lack of visibility and representation of t...
- Creator:
- Reed, Andre
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-09-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Cressida Silver is a transgender lesbian from Minnesota. She discusses her family and experiences growing up, starting a family, and her experience with work and getting her Master’s degree. She also talks about her changing relationship to activism over the years.
- Creator:
- Silver, Cressida
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-31
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Katie Spencer is a white cisgender woman who grew up in Farmington, Missouri. At the time of this oral history, Spencer was living in Minnesota and working at the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Sexuality. In this oral history, Spencer speaks at length about her childhood, her time in college, and her experiences with femininity. Spen...
- Creator:
- Spencer, Dr. Katie
- 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:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Lee Levingston Perine is a Black genderqueer person from St. Louis, Missouri. They talk about their early life, college, and grad school, as well as having a very supportive family. They talk at length about masculinity and race, and the difference between their community in DC and in Minneapolis. They talk about relationship dynamics, especiall...
- Creator:
- Perine, Lee Livingston
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-12-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Quinn Villagomez, also nicknamed Shimmer, is a biracial Hispanic female based in Minnesota. In this interview Villagomez talks about the field of radio and broadcasting, including her work co-hosting Fresh Fruit on KFAI Radio (Minneapolis). Villagomez also discusses her experiences in the drag community, cultivating self-confidence, her upbringi...
- Creator:
- Villagomez, Quinn
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-09-17
- 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:
- Tamara Urban is a white female from South Dakota who founded TransAction South Dakota, Inc. At the time of this interview, Urban was retired. In this oral history she talks at length about being intersex. She also touches upon the cultural geography of Sioux Falls, her experience with employment discrimination, and care work within the trans com...
- Creator:
- Urban, Tamara
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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:
- James Schwartz is a white trans man from Monticello, Minnesota. He discusses growing up in a conservative town, and his relationships with his family. He talks about his trans identity, and the impact growing up with a queer grandmother who was active in the LGBT community. He gives his thoughts on the Program in Human Sexuality, and talks about...
- Creator:
- Schwartz, James
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- 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:
- Xaundra Nawa is Black fluid demigirl from Minnesota. In this interview they talk extensively about their childhood experiences with gender presentation, their relationship with their parents and brothers, and their relationship with their grandmother Carolyn Holbrooke. They also touch upon topics such as polyamory, street harassment, makeup, the...
- Creator:
- Nawa, Xaundra
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-08-29
- 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:
- CJ is a mixed Native American and white trans man from Grand Forks, North Dakota. At the time of the interview they were a freshman at UND Grand Forks. They discuss how their first exposure to thinking about gender was by having a genderfluid partner in high school, and then later seeing a trans speaker talk about their transition made them real...
- Creator:
- Vondal, CJ
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- 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:
- This video features an interview with two people who are good friends––June Taylor and Isabelle Wedin. June Taylor is a white trans woman from Winston-Salem North Carolina, and Isabelle Wedin is a white woman from Long Island. They both discuss their childhoods, the realizations that they were transgender, and how their wives supported them with...
- Creator:
- Taylor, June
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-31
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Lou Weaver is a white trans man. At the time of the interview Weaver was working for Equality Texas. He discusses his childhood, his experience doing drag, and finding a community in Houston. He explains that how his white privilege and trans masculinity privilege manifest in different situations. He discusses training police officers on trans i...
- Creator:
- Weaver, Lou
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-12-09
- 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:
- 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:
- Ethan O’Brien is a white male from Holliston, Massachusetts. He talks about his relationship with his family, and working at the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Sexuality, including how the program has changed over the years. He talks about volunteering with different organizations, the problem with organizations prioritizing marriage...
- Creator:
- O'Brien, Ethan
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Freya Richman is a Jewish trans woman from Appleton, Wisconsin. She became involved with 20 Percent Theater and their show The Naked I, which she was able to use as a platform to tell her story. She discusses what it is like to come out as trans later in life, and the impact that had on her relationships. She talks about workplace discrimination...
- Creator:
- Richman, Freya
- 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:
- Renae Pagel is a white female from Cannon Falls, Minnesota. She talks about her early life and her family relationships, and serving as a mechanic in the Army from 1985-1990. She talks about relationships, what it was like for her to transition at work, and health insurance. She also emphasizes the importance of being surrounded by people who su...
- Creator:
- Pagel, Renae
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-08-23
- 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:
- Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also discusses her different experiences with theater and drag, and the relationship between the drag community and the trans community.
- Creator:
- Slarii, Tygra
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-26
- 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 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:
- Barbara Satin is trans woman from St Paul. She discusses growing up in the 1930s and 1940s, and her experience coming out later in life. She talks about the importance of visibility, and the difficulty of finding a trans community at a time when everyone had to be so secretive. She was president of the City of the Lakes Crossgender Community in ...
- Creator:
- Satin, Barbara
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Meredith Vezina is a white trans woman who was born in Berlin, NH and grew up in Long Island is based, at the time of this interview, in San Diego, CA. In this oral history she describes coming to terms with her gender identity in the 1960s and 1970s as well as her experiences with medical transition in that era, specifically at the gender clini...
- Creator:
- Vezina, Meredith
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-13
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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:
- Ty Yule is a white trans man. In life, Yule has spent time in the Midwest (in Iowa and Minnesota) and in California (in Apple Valley and San Francisco). In this interview, Yule touches upon topics such as passing and adversity, coalition building, gay marriage, and assimilation. He also shares his experiences with queer organizing and activism i...
- Creator:
- Yule, Ty
- 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:
- 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:
- Carter Thurmond is a white trans dyke from Louisiana. At the time of this oral history, Thurmond was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Thurmond touches upon their childhood, community building, coming out to family, their gender and sexual evolution, their relationship experiences, combating heteronormativity, and gender...
- Creator:
- Thurmond, Carter
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-08-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Hannah Jo Stein is a white trans woman from Georgia. At the time of this interview, Stein was living in Minnesota and working as a jazz club host. In this oral history Stein talks at length about being closeted, her life after college, her relationships with her friends, and her work history. Stein is active in the theater community and has both...
- Creator:
- Stein, Hannah
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-10-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Paula Overby is a white transgender woman from the United States. At the time of this oral history, Oberby was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Overby speaks at length about growing up in Wisconsin and Minnesota and New Hampshire, divorce, language and identity, her friendships, her political career, encounters with healthcare, working...
- Creator:
- Overby, Paula
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-11-16
- 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:
- Aria Said is a Black American and Ethiopian woman of trans experience from Oregon. At the time of this interview she lived and worked in San Francisco. In this oral history she talks at length about her childhood and familial experiences with race, gender, and visibility as well as her mentor Bobbie Jean Baker. She also touches upon 2000s trans ...
- Creator:
- Said, Aria
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-06
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
