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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:: Faye Seidler is a white trans woman based out of North Dakota. At the time of this interview, Seidler was a writer, an educator, and a cook. In this oral history she speaks at length about her coming out process as well as her encounters with healthcare and healthcare providers. She also touches upon her experiences with passing privilege, her f...
Creator:: Seidler, Faye
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:: Raymond Rea is a Italian-English-American-white trans male raised in Massachusetts. At the time of this oral history, Rea was working as a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Design at Minnesota State - Moorhead. In this oral history, Rea speaks at length about the geographies of Minnesota, Massachusetts, and San Francisco; the San Francisco...
Creator:: Rea, Raymond
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-10-16
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:: André Pérez is a mixed White and Puerto Rican trans person based out of Chicago who goes by they and he. At the time of this oral history, Pérez was working as a documentary filmmaker. They spend a significant amount of time speaking about a webseries they were working on called "America in Transition". Pérez also talks about the power of storie...
Creator:: Pérez, André
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-10-20
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

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:: 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:: 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:: 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:: 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