Karl Meyer is a white autogynephilic gender non-conforming person from Faribault, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Meyer was a writer and a researcher pursuing what he calls divine-source justice. In this oral history, Meyer speaks at length about his family relationships, encounters with healthcare, sexuality, and spirituality. He also...
Creator:
Meyer, Karl
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This video features an interview with two people who are good friends––June Taylor and Isabelle Wedin. June Taylor is a white trans woman from Winston-Salem North Carolina, and Isabelle Wedin is a white woman from Long Island. They both discuss their childhoods, the realizations that they were transgender, and how their wives supported them with...
Creator:
Taylor, June
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of this interview, Remus was a retired caregiver living in Minnesota. This is the second of two oral histories the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and Remus. In this oral history, Remus speaks at length about language and identity, the ...
Creator:
Remus, June
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-08-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. This is the first of two oral histories the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and Remus. At the time of this interview, Remus was a retired caregiver living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Remus speaks at length about respect, the mentorship she ...
Creator:
Remus, June
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-08-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Julienne Brown, also known as “Mizz June”, is a Black trans woman raised in New York. At the time of this oral history, Brown was working as a musician and an actor. In this oral history she speaks at length about her family relationships, her experience with Johovah's Witness religion, and her friends. She also touches upon coming out, dating, ...
Creator:
Brown, Julienne (Mizz June)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-05-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Joy Michael Starkey is a white genderqueer non-binary trans person from Washington. At the time of this interview, Starkley was a PhD student. In this oral history, Starkey speaks at length about starting a Gay-Straight Alliance in High School, their sister, race and gender, working in academia, racism, and being non-binary. They also touch upon...
Creator:
Starkey, Joy Michael
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-07-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Joe Ippolito is a white trans man who grew up in Florida. In this oral history, he talks about establishing the Gender Reel festival, chairing the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, and providing mental health services for LGBT people. He also touches upon his understanding of his sexual orientation, coming out at 30, dating and relationships...
Creator:
Ippolito, Joe
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Jessi Brandon is a Black non-binary demiboy from Germany and Alabama. At the time of this interview, Brandon was a student at Macalester College. In this oral history, Brandon speaks at length about learning about gender divergence through online platforms such as Tumblr and Instagram, as well as their experiences with neurodivergence. They also...
Creator:
Brandon, Jessi
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-11-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jess Dugan is a white genderqueer person raised in Arkansas. At the time of this interview, Dugan was working as an artist living in St. Louis, Missouri. In this oral history she speaks at length about her childhood, coming out, bullying, her photography practice, and her family relationships. She also talks about her encounters with healthcare,...
Creator:
Dugan, Jess
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jane Fee is a white trans woman raised in Maryland. At the time of this interview, Fee was a retired and living in St. Petersburg, Florida. In this oral history, she touches upon her 29 years in the United States Military, her childhood, coming out in 1989, and her advocacy work. She also talks about organizations and entities she has been invol...
Creator:
Fee, Jane
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jamison Green is a white male raised in California. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. In this oral history, Green speaks at length about coming out in 1966, his early experiences with his identity in childhood, the challenges of bullying in high school, and his frustr...
Creator:
Green, Jamison
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-03-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
James Schwartz is a white trans man from Monticello, Minnesota. He discusses growing up in a conservative town, and his relationships with his family. He talks about his trans identity, and the impact growing up with a queer grandmother who was active in the LGBT community. He gives his thoughts on the Program in Human Sexuality, and talks about...
Creator:
Schwartz, James
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jae Bates is a Korean American trans man who grew up near Hopkins, Minnesota. In this oral history, Bates details childhood experiences of gender and race, including narratives of bullying, transphobia, and racism; his identity as a South Korean transracial adoptee and the imperialist histories of international adoption systems; coming out to fa...
Creator:
Bates, Jae
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-06-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Trans Community Group, and Trans Identified Providers Support (TIPS). At the time of this video, he was a community organizer based out of the Midwest. In...
Creator:
Stringer, JAC
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed in private beginning at the age of 12 or 13 since she wasn’t comfortable sharing it. Since she was young, she recognized that she wanted to be a girl, ...
Creator:
Wedin, Isabelle
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ignacio Rivera is a Black-Boricua-Taíno transgender Two-Spirit person from Brooklyn. At the time of this interview, Rivera was working as an Educator, Activist, and Performer based out of New York. In this oral history, they speak at length about their family relationships, gender fluidity, economic justice, and POC presence in play parties and ...
Creator:
Rivera, Ignacio
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Hunta Williams is a Black trans man from New York. At the time of this interview, Williams was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Williams discusses his early childhood, family members, and involvement with deaf communities. Williams also shares his thoughts on coming out, sexuality, isolation, his encounters with law enforcement, police ...
Creator:
Williams, Hunta
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Haylee Veazey is a white trans woman from Farmington New Mexico. She discusses growing up in a small conservative and religious town, and her struggles with herself and her family. She discusses her experience in medical school and transition in the workplace, and how differently she was treated in the medical community when she presented as a m...
Creator:
Veazey, Haylee
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.
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.