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.
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.
George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In this oral history, they speak at length about changes in language and identity through time, his relationships with family members, and growing up in San...
Creator:
Hoagland, George
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they were the Assistant Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life at the University of Minnesota. In the interview, Lee discuss...
Creator:
Lee, Melinda
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Gaebriel Lyrek is a white male from Montrose, Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, he speaks at length about his familial relations, growing up in a rural community, and his encounters with healthcare. He also touches upon topics such as drag, clothing, and his romantic relation...
Creator:
Lyrek, Gaebriel
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
finn schneider is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Michigan. At the time of this interview, schneider was a student in graduate school. In this oral history, scheider speaks at length about gender and contextuality, fluidity, working in higher education, their family relationships, and their involvement in an educational organization ca...
Creator:
schneider, finn
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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 second of two interviews with Jenkins held in Phase 1. In this oral history, Andrea Jenkins and Dominique Tobbell speak at length about the operations, opportun...
Creator:
Jenkins, Andrea
Contributor:
Tobell, Dominique (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-07-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collections hold with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history Anderson speaks at length about growing...
Creator:
Anderson, Roxanne
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-07-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Maxwell Poessnecker is a white trans masculine person raised in Nebraska who goes by he and sometimes they. At the time of this interview, Poessnecker was working as the Associate Director of Student Life and Director of LGBTQ Services at Century College. In this oral history, Poessnecker speaks at length about masculinity, his family relationsh...
Creator:
Poessnecker, Maxwell
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-07-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.