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.
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.
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.
Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about mentorship and working with youth, Judaism, his family, racism, masculinity, ex-gay, and his encounters with law enforcement. He also touches upon th...
Creator:
Tanner, Enzi
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-12-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Elliot Winter is a Korean male who grew up in Georgia but also spent time in Ohio, California, and New Jersey. In this interview, Winter talks at length about participating in online trans communities and chat rooms such as Laura's Playground and Youtube. He also talks about his family relationships, recovery, race in the South, and encounters w...
Creator:
Winter, Elliot
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-06-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
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.
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.
EJ Olson is a white gender-queer person from Empire, Michigan. At the time of this interview, Olson was working as the Clinical Operations Director at Family Tree Clinic. In this oral history they talk about growing up in a small town, language about identity, their experiences with performance art, and working at Family Tree Clinic. They also t...
Creator:
Olson, EJ
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.