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Description:: Reneka Evans is a Black female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving to Minneapolis in the early 90s, drag culture, encounters with healthcare, sexuality, workplace discrimination, the importance of community, and her job as...
Creator:: Evans, Reneka
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-08-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

Description:: Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Tuxpan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Gutiérrez was an Organizer at Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement...
Creator:: Garcia, Renata; Gutierrez, Jennicet
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-10-03
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

Description:: Renae Pagel is a white female from Cannon Falls, Minnesota. She talks about her early life and her family relationships, and serving as a mechanic in the Army from 1985-1990. She talks about relationships, what it was like for her to transition at work, and health insurance. She also emphasizes the importance of being surrounded by people who su...
Creator:: Pagel, Renae
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-08-23
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity, and returning to the United States as a teenager. They also discuss the support they received from Avenues for Youth and the Trans Youth Support Netw...
Creator:: Mertinez, Rehema
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-03-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Rebecca Kling is a white trans woman from Chicago, Illinois. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and college years, her transition, and her work within Camp Aranu'tiq and the trans activist movement at large. Specifically, Kling discusses learning about trans identity online in the 1990s and the narratives that impacted h...
Creator:: Kling, Rebecca
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-01-25
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Raymond Rea is a Italian-English-American-white trans male raised in Massachusetts. At the time of this oral history, Rea was working as a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Design at Minnesota State - Moorhead. In this oral history, Rea speaks at length about the geographies of Minnesota, Massachusetts, and San Francisco; the San Francisco...
Creator:: Rea, Raymond
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-10-16
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Raquel Willis is a Black trans woman from Augsuta, Georgia. At the time of this interview Willis was living in Oakland, CA. She is a writer, activist, and media maker, and, starting in 2018, the Executive Editor of Out Magazine. Prior to her work at Out magazine, Willis received a Soros Equity Fellowship to start the Black Trans Circles at the T...
Creator:: Willis, Raquel
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-06-07
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Rachel Schroeder is white trans woman from Burnsville, Minnesota. She discusses how her desire and her decision to transition impacted her relationships, and the importance of being correctly gendered. She talks about trans visibility, including Caitlyn Jenner, and how having a trans community proved vital to support her during her transition.
Creator:: Schroeder, Rachel
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-02-23
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Quinton Neal is a Black and Native American gender-fluid person from Peoria and Philadelphia who goes by she and he. At the time of this interview, Neal was a student in graduate school. In this oral history, Neal talks at length about Black masculinity, her performance art, his childhood experiences, and her family relationships. Neal also touc...
Creator:: Neal, Quinton
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-02-23
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Quinn Villagomez, also nicknamed Shimmer, is a biracial Hispanic female based in Minnesota. In this interview Villagomez talks about the field of radio and broadcasting, including her work co-hosting Fresh Fruit on KFAI Radio (Minneapolis). Villagomez also discusses her experiences in the drag community, cultivating self-confidence, her upbringi...
Creator:: Villagomez, Quinn
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-09-17
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24