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Description:: Sayuri Hernandez is a Puerto Rican trans woman from Houston, Texas. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, experiences of addiction and recovery, her thoughts on trans politics, and her experiences of moving through the corporate world and the public sphere as a trans woman.
Creator:: Hernandez, Sayuri
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-09-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

Description:: Spencer Fugate is a mixed white and Cherokee trans woman who grew up in Tennessee and uses she and they. In this interview, Fugate speaks at length about growing up in Tennessee, religion and spirituality, language and identity, coming out in college, polyamory, and being outed. They also touch upon harassment, encounters with healthcare and fin...
Creator:: Fugate, Spencer
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-09-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

Description:: Stef Wilenchek is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Georgia and Ohio. At the time of this oral history, Wilenchek was living in Minneapolis and working at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Wilenchek speaks at length about their childhood, growing up in the deep South, race and racism, family relationships, coming out, and...
Creator:: Wilenchek, Stef
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-09-11
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:: Susan Kimberly is a white transwoman from St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, her time in the Peace Corps, her transition, her experiences with the University of Minnesota’s Program in Human Sexuality, her entry into St. Paul politics culminating in her time as Deputy Mayor under Norm ...
Creator:: Kimberly, Susan (interviewee)
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (interviewer)
Created:: 2016-03-09
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2022-04-14

Description:: T. Aaron Hans is a white butch transmasculine person who grew up in Germany and the United States and uses he and ze. At the time of this oral history, Hans was working as at Hamline University. In this oral history ze discusses hir early understandings of gender identity at a young age, being heavily bullied in school; hir experience with trans...
Creator:: Hans, T. Aaron
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-02-25
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Tamara Urban is a white female from South Dakota who founded TransAction South Dakota, Inc. At the time of this interview, Urban was retired. In this oral history she talks at length about being intersex. She also touches upon the cultural geography of Sioux Falls, her experience with employment discrimination, and care work within the trans com...
Creator:: Urban, Tamara
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-01-22
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Tamlyn Murray is a white gender nonconforming female from Centerville, Minnesota. She talks about coming out, and her interactions with healthcare. She discusses relationships, and the issues within the trans community, such as racism, trans misogyny, and internalized transphobia.
Creator:: Murray, Tamlyn
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-12-27
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:: Taylor Foster is a white transman who grew up in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Foster was working as a 911 dispatcher for the City of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Foster talks about his college experiences, his work as a 911 dispatcher, coming out at work, his understandings of sexuality and dating, and trans poli...
Creator:: Foster, Taylor
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-10-07
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20