This spreadsheet shows two drop-off points for masks and other PPE collected by Twin Ports Mask Brigade volunteers. Volunteers picked up PPE from the homes of individuals and from other sites, and dropped them off at one of these drop-off sites. They were then distributed by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade organizers. The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "st...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This template email was used to ask businesses and organizations to donate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to the Twin Ports Mask Brigade. The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "started up as a volunteer-led community response to the PPE shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic." (Description from the organization's website.) It organized the co...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This Google form was used by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade to collect information from individuals donating face masks and other PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic between March and June of 2020. The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "started up as a volunteer-led community response to the PPE shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic." (Description from...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This document is the "Responses" spreadsheet generated by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade Google form titled "Twin Ports Mask Brigade MASK DONATION - I HAVE MASKS." It documents submissions by individuals to that online form. The Google form was used by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade to collect information from people donating face masks and other PPE ...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03 - 2020-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This spreadsheet was used by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade to schedule volunteers to pick up masks and other PPE from the homes of individuals who donated those items, and from other sites. It includes instructions for pick-ups, and color coding for neighborhoods in the Twin Ports. The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "started up as a volunteer-led commun...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This Google form was used by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade to collect information from people who wanted to volunteer with the organization, to pick up and deliver masks and/or provide other skills. Volunteers signed up between March and May 2020. The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "started up as a volunteer-led community response to the PPE shortage at...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This document is the "Responses" spreadsheet generated by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade Google form titled "Twin Ports Mask Brigade VOLUNTEERS - I WANT TO VOLUNTEER." It documents submissions by individuals to that online form. The Google form was used by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade to collect information from people who wanted to volunteer with t...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03 - 2020-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This series of three photographs shows how a University of Minnesota Duluth employee's workspace evolved between March 2020 and June 2021, while they were working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the creator: "I documented how my workspace evolved during my time working from home. I took a picture of my workspace during March 2020 wh...
Creator:
Jones, Kayleen
Created:
2020-03 - 2021-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Le Vo came to the United States seeking education and economic opportunity. He had difficulty adjusting to the language and culture, but was able to find friends through religion and school.
Creator:
Vo, Le
Created:
2020-02-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
From a young age, Jacob knew something felt off about the way others saw him. He would eventually come to learn that he was transgender and shared this discovery with his mother, Janette Lawson. Janette joins BiCities! to share her experience of raising a transgender child and to offer advice for other parents.
Contributor:
Lawson, Janet (Guest)
Created:
2020-02-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Photographs from University of Minnesota Duluth Theatre’s 2020 production of The Little Prince. Run dates: February 6-15, 2020. Venue: Marshall Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. Director: Ann Aiko Bergeron. Cast list--The Little Prince: Austin Becker; Aviator: Jack Senske; King/Businessman/Geographer: Zachariah Sterner; Conceited Man/Lam...
Creator:
Groehler, Brett
Created:
2020-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Three emails from the Dean of the Semester at Sea study abroad program sent to students participating in the program. The emails are dated January 23, 2020 through March 12, 2020, and document changes to the Semester at Sea schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These include canceling stops in China, diverting from ports in Malaysia and India, ...
Creator:
Semester at Sea
Contributor:
Taylor, Makayla
Created:
2020-01-23; 2020-02-15; 2020-03-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
LaSaia Wade is an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Director of Brave Space Alliance, the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing resources, progra...
Shelby Chestnut is an Indigenous, mixed race, Two Spirit community organizer and public policy advocate based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, they were Director of Policy and Programs at the Transgender Law Center, having previously served as Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy at the New York City Anti-Vio...
Four emails from the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China (americancitizensinchina@state.gov) regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. The emails are dated January 17, 2020 through January 31, 2020, and document the increase in travel advisory status from "Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions" through "Level 4: Do Not Travel." These emai...
Creator:
U.S. Department of State; U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China
Contributor:
Taylor, Makayla
Created:
2020-01-17; 2020-01-21; 2020-01-28; 2020-01-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Ash Stephens is a Black transmasculine anti-criminalization activist and community organizer based in Chicago. At the time of this interview, he was Manager of Policy & Strategy at the Transgender Law Center, a PhD candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC,) and a board member at th...
Carter Brown is a Black trans man, activist, and community organizer from Dallas, Texas. Brown is the founder of Black Transmen, Inc., and served as its Director at the time of this oral history interview. He also works with the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC, is highly active in community organizing efforts among Black trans men, and has ...
Creator:
Brown, Carter (interviewee); Stylz, Diamond (interviewee)
Sam Ames is a white transmasculine civil rights attorney, anti-conversion therapy activist, and theologian based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he was the interim executive director of Our Family Coalition - an organization that advocates for and serves LGBTQ+ youth and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. Previously, ...
Aldita Gallardo is a Latinx trans woman, community organizer, and former youth worker based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, she served as a Senior Program Associate for the Fund for Trans Generations at Borealis Philanthropy, and as a board member at El/La Para Translatinas, a community center, public health, and anti-viol...
JD Davids is a white trans journalist, writer, AIDS activist, and advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS and chronic illnesses. At the time of this interview, he was director of JD Strategies, a member of the What Would an HIV Doula Do collective, and a board member of ME Action, an advocacy organization for people living with myalgic encephal...
Kiyomi Fujikawa is a mixed-race queer trans femme and activist based in Seattle. At the time of this interview, she served as Co-Director of Third Wave Fund, an activist philanthropic organization supporting grassroots, queer and trans youth of color- and women of color-led movements, as well as on the boards of the Groundswell Fund, Funders Con...
Local transgender activist Barbara Satin joins BiCities! to discuss her work as Assistant Faith Work Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, as well as aging as a transgender person. Her story of finding affirmation and acceptance of herself in the context of her faith is complex and compelling,
Contributor:
Satin, Barbara (Guest)
Created:
2020-01-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Once St. Paul City Council President Bob Sylvester, Susan Kimberly came out as trans on the front page of the St. Paul Dispatch in 1983. Fifteen years later, Mayor Norm Coleman appointed her to serve as Deputy Mayor of St. Paul. She has written a play about her life, "Superman Becomes Lois Lane," which will run from February 8 to March 1, 2020 a...
Contributor:
Kimberly, Susan (Guest)
Created:
2020-01-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
These ten embroidered patches were created by Advantage Emblem & Screen Printing, a local business in Duluth, Minnesota. From the creator: "Advantage Emblem creates embroidered patches and lapel pins for organizations nationwide. As of 2020 we have we have over 5000 different patch designs. We create patches for different activities, historical ...
Creator:
Advantage Emblem & Screen Printing
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
An instrumental song arranged and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was originally released in 2015. This item is related to "Interview ...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is one of a series of seven diptychs showing the experiences of the creator and her family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were created as a final project for a University of Minnesota Duluth class in the spring of 2020. The two images in this diptych show two boys playing on a trampoline. One image is a wide sho...
Creator:
Munkeby, Mae
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this short video, Herb Fineday Jr. speaks about the importance of staying at home to flatten the curve of COVID-19, as well as safety precautions to take when going out for essentials, such as wearing a face mask and washing hands. Fineday is dressed in pow wow regalia, and he dances at the beginning and end of the video. This video was creat...
Creator:
Fineday, Herb Jr.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Digital image created for an online gaming group. The image shows a cartoon icon for a creator, "Blue," and two cartoon images of a green pear with the word "Pears" beneath it. One of the images of a pear is pixelated. The background of the image is white and pink. This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is one of a series of seven diptychs showing the experiences of the creator and her family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were created as a final project for a University of Minnesota Duluth class in the spring of 2020. The two images in this diptych show Mae's father doing yard work, digging with a shovel near ...
Creator:
Munkeby, Mae
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A series of drawings from Brian Barber's drawing tutorial videos. These daily videos were posted to the Facebook group Virtual Duluth in the Spring of 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. These items are related to "Interview with Brian Barber."
Creator:
Barber, Brian
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This series of 45 portraits depicts essestial workers doing their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professions in the series include grocery store workers, medical workers, K-12 school employees, mail carriers, protesters, and many more. The original pieces are pastel on paper. These images are related to "Interview with Carolyn Olson."
Creator:
Olson, Carolyn
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These decals were placed on doors around the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. They read: "Stop The Spread of COVID-19, Face Covering Required." The text is in red on all the signs. The backgrounds of the three signs are gold, white, and beige, respectively. The signs also include a line drawing of a face mask.
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
An outdoor table containing snacks, drinks, and a bottle of hand sanitizer. Two people are standing near the table, but far apart from each other. Both are wearing masks. The arm of a third person is also visible, reaching towards the hand sanitizer. This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Digital image created for an online gaming group. The image shows a cartoon seagull with the words "Illegal Seagulls" and "Kawaii." This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Digital image created for an online gaming group. The image shows a cartoon seagull with the words "Illegal Seagulls" and "Kawaii." This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Images from Kimberly Anderson's job as a manager at a dog kennel in Duluth, Minnesota. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS), Kimberly discusses the changes at the kennel due to COVID-19, and the effects the pandemic has had on dogs, dog owners, and the kennel industry. These images are related to "Interview wi...
Creator:
Anderson, Kimberly
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This images are from Angela & Anthony [shopangelananthony, Instagram page], a kids' property created by Donny Frank Morris. In addition to an Instagram page for the project, Morris has developed a coloring book and a line of products, and is working on a children's book. Morris, a local artist and writer, created the characters in part to addres...
Creator:
Morris, Donny Frank
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Joe Klander shares stories of his work, artistic, and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses his own creative project called Ampersand Island, a series of “nonsense” animal drawings that he completed and shared online via YouTube during the start of the quarantine. He found he had more time for creating artwork while he was worki...
Creator:
Klander, Joe
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is a close up photograph of Jeremy Davis, his wife, and two of his children. They are all wearing face masks. Two of the masks are home-made with Native American print fabric. One mask is an N95 mask, the other is a disposable medical mask. The older child has her hand in the photo, and is wearing a purple latex glove.
Creator:
Davis, Jeremy
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is one of a series of seven diptychs showing the experiences of the creator and her family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were created as a final project for a University of Minnesota Duluth class in the spring of 2020. The two images in this diptych show Mae's brother Joe swimming in a lake. One image is a wide...
Creator:
Munkeby, Mae
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is one of a series of seven diptychs showing the experiences of the creator and her family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were created as a final project for a University of Minnesota Duluth class in the spring of 2020. The two images in this diptych show Mae and her friend Audrey visiting with each other while ...
Creator:
Munkeby, Mae
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is one of a series of seven diptychs showing the experiences of the creator and her family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were created as a final project for a University of Minnesota Duluth class in the spring of 2020. The two images in this diptych show Mae's friend Audrey sunbathing. One image is a wide shot ...
Creator:
Munkeby, Mae
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Description from the creator: "MASKING is an experimental video by Joellyn Rock, created during the evolving pandemic of 2020-2021. The visual narrative draws from historical imagery of plague and pandemic masks, theatrical and ritual masques, protective masks designed for science and medical use, and homespun mask-making rising to meet the supp...
Creator:
Rock, Joellyn
Created:
2020 - 2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this short essay, Native elder Sharon Doolittle Shuck reflects on entering her eighth decade of life and all the changes that have happened in the world and her community during her lifetime. She discusses how things have changed even more dramatically and quickly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with video chats, online banking and orde...
Creator:
Shuck, Sharon Doolittle
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These coloring sheets were created as part of COVID-19 response and outreach programming for the American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) in Duluth, Minnesota. One of the sheets reads "Protect Yourself and Others, Avoid Close Contact," and shows a human figure with a coronavirus-shaped head knocking on a door, while a Native man in...
Creator:
Thunder, Jonathan R.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is one of a series of seven diptychs showing the experiences of the creator and her family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were created as a final project for a University of Minnesota Duluth class in the spring of 2020. The two images in this diptych show Mae's sister Sam relaxing on a couch and reading a book. ...
Creator:
Munkeby, Mae
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Four Zoom selfies of Ann Mazwell, taken while teaching on-line for Yoga North during the COVID-19 pandemic. This image is related to "Interview with Ann Maxwell."
Creator:
Maxwell, Ann
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is one of a series of seven diptychs showing the experiences of the creator and her family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were created as a final project for a University of Minnesota Duluth class in the spring of 2020. The two images in this diptych show Mae's mother sewing cloth face masks. One image shows Mae...
Creator:
Munkeby, Mae
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A song written and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was originally released in 2016. This item is related to "Interview with Gaelynn Le...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These images show a sourdough starter in a glass jar, a container of instant dry yeast, and several loaves of completed bread. The creators describe their experience baking sourdough bread during the COVID-19 pandemic: "Like many others who were suddenly at home all the time because of COVID-19, we started a sourdough starter in late March 2020....
Creator:
Jones, Kayleen; Moore, Ian
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A song written and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was originally released in 2018. This item is related to "Interview with Gaelynn Le...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A white face mask, along with a sewing needle and spool of thread, on a white background. The cursive text reads "Twin Ports mask brigade". The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "started up as a volunteer-led community response to the PPE shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic." (Description from the organization's website.) It organized the colle...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This graphic includes text and four emoji faces of various skin tones, all wearing white face masks. The text reads: "5,798 Masks Requested, 504 Masks Collected, We need your help to get PPE where it is needed most. Share our website with your network now to help us meet the growing demand!" The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "started up as a volunteer...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Digital image created for an online gaming group. The image shows a blue and gold icon with the words "Twisted Tree Line House" with the word "Line" crossed out. This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Two people wearing masks, standing outside and preparing to paint a door blue. The door is detached from its frame and resting on sawhorses. This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker," and is also related to image number U6232_00269.
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These floor decals were used at the University of Minnesota Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage physical distancing. They are red and gold, and many include Champ bulldog logos.
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These table decals were used at the University of Minnesota Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage physical distancing. They are red and gold, and direct people where to sit and not sit at tables around campus. One includes the Champ bulldog logo.
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A series of simple drawing tutorial videos created by Brian Barber. These daily videos were posted to the Facebook group Virtual Duluth in the Spring of 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. These items are related to "Interview with Brian Barber."
Creator:
Barber, Brian
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This video explains the practice of SomaYoga as taught at the Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute. The speaker is Molly McManus. This video was part of Yoga North's online outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is related to "Interview with Ann Maxwell."
Creator:
Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Screenshot of Ann Maxwell standing on a yoga mat, holding a yoga band. This screenshot is from a Zoom class taught through Yoga North during the COVID-19 pandemic. This image is related to "Interview with Ann Maxwell."
Creator:
Maxwell, Ann
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Ms. Minnesota Leather Pride 2019 Monica Malone and Mr. Twin Cities Leather 2019 join BiCities! to share their experiences of affirmation and belonging within the leather pride community.
Contributor:
Kim, Dr. Nicholas (Guest); Jack, Ejay (Guest)
Created:
2019-12-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Personalized recommendations are useful to assist users in their choices in web-based market places, entertainment engines, information providers. Learning individual preferences is an important step. Users express their preferences by rating, ranking, (possibly inconsistently) comparing, liking and clicking items. Such data contain information ...
Creator:
Frigessi, Arnoldo (Oslo University Hospital)
Created:
2019-12-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Arminda Rodriguez migrated from Mexico to the US illegally to provide a better life for her children. She underwent several hardships before becoming a legal resident and being able to give her children an education.
Creator:
Silva, Rubi
Created:
2019-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Eve Dean comes from a family which has moved between the US and Europe frequently for work reasons. She has spent much time in Switzerland and with her French grandmother.
Creator:
Dean, Eve
Created:
2019-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
This is about a large family who moved to the United States from Ukraine at the same time in hopes of finding a better life for themselves and their children.
Creator:
Khomich, Jessica
Created:
2019-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Samuel Tkachuk's family has Romanian, Ukrainian, and Russian backgrounds. He grew up with his immigrant grandparents and learned about their culture and religion.
Creator:
Tkachuk, Samuel
Created:
2019-11-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ola Osifo Osaze is a trans masculine queer of Edo and Yoruba descent. At the time of this interview, Osaze was the Director for the Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP) and had been a community organizer for many years, including working with Transgender Law Center, the Audre Lorde Project, Uhuru Wazobia, Queers for Economic Justice and Sylvia Ri...
Gabriel Foster is a Black queer and trans activist, youth worker, and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Trans Justice Funding Project, an organization that distributes grants and other funding to grassroots organizations led by and serving trans communities in the United State...
Rickke Mananzala is a trans activist and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the Vice President for Strategy & Programs with Borealis Philanthropy, working with the Fund for Trans Generations. Prior to his work with Borealis, Mananzala was executive director of FIERCE, an organization building the leadership and power of ...
Taffy Johnson is a fa'afafine and trans woman of color from Sāmoa, and a queer and trans activist and community organizer in the Pacific Islander communities of South King County, Washington. At the time of this interview, she served as the executive director of United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (UTOPIA,) an advocacy and mutual su...
The Reverend Louis Mitchell is a Black trans man, elder, ordained clergy, trans activist and advocate. At the time of this interview, he was the executive director and co-founder of TransFaith, a multi-tradition, multi-racial, multi-gender, multi-generational organization working to support transgender spiritual/cultural/energetic workers and th...
Alexander Li-Hua Lee is a Asian American trans masculine activist and attorney from Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, he was the Project Director for the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) initiative at Funders for LGBTQ Issues. Prior to joining Funders, Alex was a public interest career counselor at UC Berkeley Sc...
Kris Hayashi is an Asian American trans man, community organizer, and activist. At the time of this interview, he was the executive director of the Transgender Law Center (TLC.) Prior to his work with TLC, Hayashi served as executive director of the Audre Lorde Project for ten years, and as executive director of the California-based Youth United...
Local attorney and author Zaylore Stout shares his new book "Our Gay History in 50 States" with BiCities! The book is a road trip guide to the locations and stories of crucial moments in LGBTQ+ history that can be found in each of the 50 United States. Order a copy and learn more about the project at https://www.gay50states.com
Contributor:
Stout, Zaylore (Guest)
Created:
2019-11-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Dean Spade is a white trans activist, writer and teacher. He founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. He is the author of the book Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Po...
