Jessica Polacek is a white woman of transgender history. At the time of this interview, Polacek was living in Wisconsin and working at an LGBT center. In this oral history Polacek speaks about living in the Upper Midwest and serving in the United States military for 24 years. she also speaks about her childhood, family relationships, romantic re...
Creator:
Polacek, Jessica
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-08-17
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.
Chad Pitts is a white transgender man from Arizona. At the time of this oral history, Pitts was a student living in Fargo, North Dakota. In this short oral history Pitts speaks about coming out, his romantic relationships, his family relationships, and transitioning.
Creator:
Pitts, Chad
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Lee Levingston Perine is a Black genderqueer person from St. Louis, Missouri. They talk about their early life, college, and grad school, as well as having a very supportive family. They talk at length about masculinity and race, and the difference between their community in DC and in Minneapolis. They talk about relationship dynamics, especiall...
Creator:
Perine, Lee Livingston
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Toni Pajak is a white transsexual woman from North Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Pajak was working as an Information Technology Specialist based out of Minnesota. In this oral history Pajak speaks at length about her time in the Marine Corps, her family relationships, her romantic relationships, Christine Jorgensen, Caitlyn Jenner,...
Creator:
Pajak, Toni
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Alexis Paige is a mixed Korean and white trans woman from Nevada and Oregon. At the time of this interview, she was working as a Legal Aid at Lambda Legal. In this oral history Paige spends a significant amount of time talking about her childhood and family relationships, racism, sexism, and how strangers read her race. She also speaks at length...
Creator:
Paige, Alexis
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-09-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Paula Overby is a white transgender woman from the United States. At the time of this oral history, Oberby was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Overby speaks at length about growing up in Wisconsin and Minnesota and New Hampshire, divorce, language and identity, her friendships, her political career, encounters with healthcare, working...
Creator:
Overby, Paula
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
EJ Olson is a white gender-queer person from Empire, Michigan. At the time of this interview, Olson was working as the Clinical Operations Director at Family Tree Clinic. In this oral history they talk about growing up in a small town, language about identity, their experiences with performance art, and working at Family Tree Clinic. They also t...
Creator:
Olson, EJ
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Tracie Jada O'Brien is a Black female who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, she was doing social work in San Diego. In this oral history O'Brien talks at length about her early family life, working and living in San Francisco in the 1970s, and working and living San Diego in the 1980s. She also touches upon drag comm...
Creator:
O'Brien, Tracie Jada
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ethan O’Brien is a white male from Holliston, Massachusetts. He talks about his relationship with his family, and working at the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Sexuality, including how the program has changed over the years. He talks about volunteering with different organizations, the problem with organizations prioritizing marriage...
Creator:
O'Brien, Ethan
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Ameirah Neal is a Black woman from Washington, DC. At the time of this interview she was working as a Peer Ed Coordinator with a nonprofit organization in DC. In this oral history she speaks at length about growing up in Washington DC with her mother, homelessness, her employment history and experiences with workplace discrimination, and going t...
Creator:
Neal, Ameirah
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-01
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.
Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed Puerto Rican and white gender-queer trans-man from Mound, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Navarro was a youth worker and teacher at the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition. In this oral history, Navarro speaks at length about starting The Shot Clinic with his friends, his involvement in drag communities,...
Creator:
Navarro, Billy, Jr.
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-02-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Merrick Moses is a mixed Black and Latino trans man from Queens, New York. At the time of this interview, Moses was living in Maryland. In this oral history, Moses speaks about his relationship with politics, equity, his childhood, the issues with single story, and transitioning into Black masculinity. Moses also talks about medical transition, ...
Creator:
Moses, Merrick
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Nichole Moravec is a white nonbinary person from Faribault, Minnesota. They talk about growing up and their family relationships. At the time of the interview, they were one of the co-presidents of Full Spectrum Winona State’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance as well as on the council of KEAP, and they describe how attending the queer college confe...
Creator:
Moravec, Nichole
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Nasreen Mohamed is Tanzanian gender non-conforming person from the coast of Dar es Salaam. At the time of this interview, Mohamed was working in the field of post-secondary education. In this oral history, Mohamed talks about growing up in Tanzania in a Ismaili Muslim community and later studying abroad in Minnesota. Mohamed also touches upon to...
Creator:
Mohamed, Nasreen
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-06-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.