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Description:: Xaundra Nawa is Black fluid demigirl from Minnesota. In this interview they talk extensively about their childhood experiences with gender presentation, their relationship with their parents and brothers, and their relationship with their grandmother Carolyn Holbrooke. They also touch upon topics such as polyamory, street harassment, makeup, the...
Creator:: Nawa, Xaundra
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-08-29
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Andre Reed is a Black man of trans experience from Indiana and Georgia. He talks about growing up and his family relationships, and transitioning at work. He recounts his experience and successes in the drag scene, and the response from other drag kings when he came out as trans. He also talks about the lack of visibility and representation of t...
Creator:: Reed, Andre
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-09-06
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and working as a yoga teacher based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Alexander speaks at length about self-determination, his experiences within ...
Creator:: Alexander, Qui Dorian
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-09-11
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview de Mars was the founder and leader of the band All The Pretty Horses. In this oral history she speaks at length about a documentary called Venus of Mars, fetish ...
Creator:: DeMars, Venus
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-09-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Sandy James is a Black trans man raised in England. At the time of this interview, James was working as a researcher, a student and a lawyer based out of Maryland. In this oral history, James speaks at length about immigrating to the United States, racism and anti-blackness in the UK versus the US, helping produce the transgender survey for the ...
Creator:: James, Sandy
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-09-29
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Micky Bradford is a Black queer non-binary trans woman based in Atlanta who co-founded and organized the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival. At the time of this interview, she was an organizer with Southerners on New Ground and the Transgender Law Center. ln this oral history, Bradford discusses the important of art in culture change, her exper...
Creator:: Bradford, Micky
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-10-04
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her difficult relationship with her father growing up, and how supportive her mother has always been. She discusses what it was like in the 1980s and 1990s ...
Creator:: Spencer, Valerie
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-10-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Kya Concepcion is a mixed Native, Black, and white trans femme person from Marietta, Georgia. At the time of this interview, they were living in the Twin Cities. In this interview Concepcion touches upon topics including homelessness, their family relationships, recovery, and workplace discrimination. They also talk about their goals for the fut...
Creator:: Concepcion, Kya
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-10-24
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Hannah Jo Stein is a white trans woman from Georgia. At the time of this interview, Stein was living in Minnesota and working as a jazz club host. In this oral history Stein talks at length about being closeted, her life after college, her relationships with her friends, and her work history. Stein is active in the theater community and has both...
Creator:: Stein, Hannah
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-10-27
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Freya Richman is a Jewish trans woman from Appleton, Wisconsin. She became involved with 20 Percent Theater and their show The Naked I, which she was able to use as a platform to tell her story. She discusses what it is like to come out as trans later in life, and the impact that had on her relationships. She talks about workplace discrimination...
Creator:: Richman, Freya
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-11-02
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24