Zeam Porter is a Black and Blackfoot demiboy from Minnesota who goes by they/he/Z. At the time of this oral history, Porter was a student at Macalester College living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Z talks about the organizing work they did with OutFront, mental health, basketball, poetry, family relationships and family support. He also to...
Creator:
Porter, Zeam
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Aidan Key is a white gender fluid trans man raised in the United States. At the time of this interview, Key was living and working in Washington as an educator and an organizer. In this oral history, Key speaks about coming out in lesbian, dyke, and leather communities as well as finding trans community in his thirties. Key also touches upon his...
Creator:
Key, Aidan
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Alex Iantaffi is a white non-binary gender-queer trans-masculine person who grew up in Rome and uses they and he. In this oral history they speak at length about about their early childhood; their identifications with and through lesbian, bisexual and trans communities in their twenties; and their relationship with his family members. He also to...
Creator:
Iantaffi, Alex
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Alonzo Wesley is a Black transgender man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Wesley was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Wesley reflects on his experiences living in Minneapolis. Wesley describes what masculinity, family, and community mean to him. He also touches upon coming out, drag, gay bars, disability, encounters wit...
Creator:
Wesley, Alonzo
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.
Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a white trans man. At the time of this interview, Ahl was living and working in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious military household with his dad, serving in the Air Force, working in the service industry, drag, LGBT bar cultures, and his eventual relocation to Minnesota,...
Creator:
Ahl, Andrew
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Charlene Bradshaw is a Black lesbian born and raised in Hawaii. In this oral history, Bradshaw speaks about his experiences being a Black transgender person in Minneapolis, alongside serving in the military for 22 years. He also touches upon his early childhood experiences of his gender awareness, Don't Ask Don't Tell, being a parent, harassment...
Creator:
Bradshaw, Charlene
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Chloe Alexa Landry is a white trans lady from Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Landry was retired and living in Minnnesota. In this oral history, Landry speaks at length about early childhood, family relationships, losing friends to AIDS, changes in identity through time, encounters with healthcare, experiences with a Tr...
Creator:
Landry, Chloe Alexa
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.
Crispin Torres is a Latino trans masculine person. At the time of this oral history, Torres was working for Lambda Legal. In this oral history, Torres speaks at length about his childhood, coming out, being a musician, family relationships, chosen family, religion, racism, encounters with healthcare, and the shifts he's seen in transgender polit...
Creator:
Torres, Crispin
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-05-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.