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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:: 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.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

Description:: CeCe McDonald is a Black-Boricua-Taíno woman from the South Side of Chicago. At the time of this oral history, she was working in Minneapolis as a barista, activist, and social instigator. In this oral history she talks extensively about her early life in Chicago, the prison industrial complex, the matrix of domination, and the TLGB community. S...
Creator:: McDonald, Chishaun (CeCe)
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-11-27
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the first of two interviews with Jenkins held in Phase 1. In this oral history, Andrea Jenkins and Rox Anderson talk at length about growing up in the west side of ...
Creator:: Jenkins, Andrea
Contributor:: Anderson, Roxanne (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-07-20
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

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:: Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming out, white lesbian communities, mental health, family relationships, abuse, and gender essentialism within queer spaces. Marciano also touches upon t...
Creator:: Marciano, Owen
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-12-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Monica Joy Cross is a Black trans woman raised in California. At the time of this oral history, Cross was the Pastor at First Christian Church of Oakland and an Associate Pastor at Tapestry Ministries in Berkeley. In this oral history, she speaks at length about growing up in Los Angeles, her spirituality and faith, coming out, the impact of the...
Creator:: Cross, Monica
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-02-06
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Laura Jane Grace is a female from Florida who uses she and they. At the time of this interview, Grace was working as a musician for the band Against Me! In this oral history, Grace reflects upon moving around as a child in military family, dropping out of high school to play music, experimenting with cross-dressing and eventually coming out in 2...
Creator:: Grace, Laura Jane
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-06-15
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

Description:: Kylar Broadus is a Black male from Fayette, Missouri. At the time of this interivew, Broadus was working as a lawyer and an activist based out of Washington D.C. In this oral history, Broadus discusses topics such as his early realizations of his gender from a young age; his relationship with his father; his spirituality; employment discriminati...
Creator:: Broadus, Kylar
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-01-14
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Hayden Mora is a white trans male from Boston. At the time of this oral history, Mora was living in Washington D.C. and working for Trans United. In this oral history, Mora speaks about addiction and sobriety, coming out, mental health, therapy, privilege and transitioning into privilege. Mora talks about authentic love, socialization, and trans...
Creator:: Mora, Hayden
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-09-26
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24