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.
Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming out, white lesbian communities, mental health, family relationships, abuse, and gender essentialism within queer spaces. Marciano also touches upon t...
Creator:
Marciano, Owen
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-12-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Monet (Kisha) Martin is a Black trans woman from Minnesota, Connecticut, and New York. At the time of this interview, Martin was living in New York. In this oral history she talks about her familial relationships, money, her encounters with law enforcement, sex work, and her experiences living and working in New York. She also touches upon drag,...
Creator:
Martin, Monet (Kisha)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-05-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
CeCe McDonald is a Black-Boricua-Taíno woman from the South Side of Chicago. At the time of this oral history, she was working in Minneapolis as a barista, activist, and social instigator. In this oral history she talks extensively about her early life in Chicago, the prison industrial complex, the matrix of domination, and the TLGB community. S...
Creator:
McDonald, Chishaun (CeCe)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Arin McNeese is a mixed Native American and white trans male from Minnesota who uses he, she, and they. At the time of this interview, McNeese was living in California. In this oral history, McNeese speaks at length about their childhood, coming out, gender fluidity, transitioning, dating, sobriety, and organizations they have been a part of. Sh...
Creator:
McNeese, Arin
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Damion Mendez is a Latino trans masculine identified person from St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Mendez was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Mendez speaks about transracial adoption, bullying, being raised in a primarily white family, his family relationships, bodily autonomy, masculinity, and transitioning. Mendez a...
Creator:
Mendez, Damion
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Nick Metcalf is an American Indian Two-Spirit person born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation located in South Dakota. At the time of this interview, Metcalf was working in the Twin Cities. In this oral history they talk about their early childhood on the reservation and later moving to Minneapolis in 1994. They talk extensively about working ...
Creator:
Metcalf, Nick
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-05-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
Ashley Meyers is a white intersex woman. She talks about growing up and being diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disorder. She shares her experience being diagnosed and receiving treatment/medical interventions for Turner’s Syndrome, and what she has learned about other intersex conditions and the community. She recognizes that trans people an...
Creator:
Meyers, Ashley
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Tiq Milan is a Black trans man who grew up in Buffalo, New York. At the time of this interview, Milan was working as a writer based out of New York. In this oral history he talks about growing up in Buffalo during the 1980s, Black families and support networks, and (in his own words) organic masculinity. Milan also touches upon his experiences p...
Creator:
Milan, Tiq
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.
Neno Miller is a white gender queer, non-binary, trans masculine, gender fuck from Medford, Wisconsin. They talk about growing up, their definition of queer, and their experience dealing with public bathrooms. As a student at the University of Minnesota at the time of this interview, they have had both positive and negative experiences at the un...
Creator:
Miller, Neno
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-11-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Taya Mitchell is a Black trans woman from California. At the time of this interview, Mitchell was working as a performance artist and community organizer in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Mitchell speaks about being homeschooled, bullying, her childhood, housing discrimination, coming out, encounters with healthcare, and socially transitioni...
Creator:
Mitchell, Taya
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-04-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Moe is a white trans man raised in California. At the time of this interview, Moe was working as a Registered Nurse. In this oral history, Moe speaks at length about shifts in language about identity through time, hospice work, love as a practice, encounters with healthcare (insurance), and his family relationships. He also touches upon Sufism, ...
Creator:
Moe
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-12
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.