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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:: 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:: 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:: 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:: 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:: 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:: 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:: 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:: 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:: 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