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- Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Phase 1 (173)
- Gender Affirming Care (124)
- Family Relationships (123)
- Midwest (United States) (108)
- White (88)
- Friendship and Community (86)
- Work (85)
- Race (83)
- Sex and Love (76)
- Education (75)
- Health and Healthcare (72)
- Racism (72)
- Harassment (69)
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- Description:
- Cressida Silver is a transgender lesbian from Minnesota. She discusses her family and experiences growing up, starting a family, and her experience with work and getting her Master’s degree. She also talks about her changing relationship to activism over the years.
- Creator:
- Silver, Cressida
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-31
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ben Singer is a white trans guy from Illinois. He talks about how rural identity and class shaped his idea of gender, and his research on transgender identity. He talks about his experience in the lesbian community during the 1980s, his journey to activism, and his work in trans healthcare activism. He discusses the Philadelphia Trans Healthcare...
- Creator:
- Singer, Ben
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-11-24
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Nemo Siqueiros is a Native Indigenous/Mexica/Purepecha trans male from Iowa who uses he and they. Nemo explains their process of naming, experiences being bullied as a child, and how autism shapes the way they see the world. Nemo talks about having a supportive mom, how his race and gender identity influence each other. They were in The Laramie ...
- Creator:
- Siqueiros, Nemo
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also discusses her different experiences with theater and drag, and the relationship between the drag community and the trans community.
- Creator:
- Slarii, Tygra
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-26
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Marlene Somers is a white MTF trannssexual person from South Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Somers was retired. In this oral history, Somers speaks at length about living two lives at once, Christine Jorgensen, Caitlyn Jenner, and her family relationships. She also touches upon encounters with healthcare, Ray Blanchard's theory of a...
- Creator:
- Somers, Marlene
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-09-23
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Katie Spencer is a white cisgender woman who grew up in Farmington, Missouri. At the time of this oral history, Spencer was living in Minnesota and working at the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Sexuality. In this oral history, Spencer speaks at length about her childhood, her time in college, and her experiences with femininity. Spen...
- Creator:
- Spencer, Dr. Katie
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-02-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her difficult relationship with her father growing up, and how supportive her mother has always been. She discusses what it was like in the 1980s and 1990s ...
- Creator:
- Spencer, Valerie
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-10-05
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Hannah Jo Stein is a white trans woman from Georgia. At the time of this interview, Stein was living in Minnesota and working as a jazz club host. In this oral history Stein talks at length about being closeted, her life after college, her relationships with her friends, and her work history. Stein is active in the theater community and has both...
- Creator:
- Stein, Hannah
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-10-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Denise Sudbeck is a white trans woman from Maine. At the time of this interview, she was in school writing a dissertation on queer theology. In life she also was a member of the United States Navy; a police chaplain in Alaska; and also worked as an American Baptist pastor for churches in Maine, Minnesota, and Alaska. In this oral history Sudbeck...
- Creator:
- Sudbeck, Denise
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about mentorship and working with youth, Judaism, his family, racism, masculinity, ex-gay, and his encounters with law enforcement. He also touches upon th...
- Creator:
- Tanner, Enzi
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-12-12
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Alyssandra Taylor is a Black trans woman or sometimes a trans feminine nonbinary person from Boston. She discusses coming out as gay at a young age, and being kicked out when she came out as trans. She discusses her acting work with True Colors and Theater Offensive in Boston, and acting in Charm at Mixed Blood Theater. She explains why she is s...
- Creator:
- Taylor, Alyssandra
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-05-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Carter Thurmond is a white trans dyke from Louisiana. At the time of this oral history, Thurmond was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Thurmond touches upon their childhood, community building, coming out to family, their gender and sexual evolution, their relationship experiences, combating heteronormativity, and gender...
- Creator:
- Thurmond, Carter
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-08-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Crispin Torres is a Latino trans masculine person. At the time of this oral history, Torres was working for Lambda Legal. In this oral history, Torres speaks at length about his childhood, coming out, being a musician, family relationships, chosen family, religion, racism, encounters with healthcare, and the shifts he's seen in transgender polit...
- Creator:
- Torres, Crispin
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-05-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2017-11-20
- Description:
- Tamara Urban is a white female from South Dakota who founded TransAction South Dakota, Inc. At the time of this interview, Urban was retired. In this oral history she talks at length about being intersex. She also touches upon the cultural geography of Sioux Falls, her experience with employment discrimination, and care work within the trans com...
- Creator:
- Urban, Tamara
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Nicole Vanderheiden is a white woman from Colorado and Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Vanderheiden worked in the Social Security office. In this oral history she touches upon her experiences in the Air Force; SPART*A, a group of transgender people who serve or have served in the United States Armed Forces; and her encounters with law ...
- Creator:
- Vanderheiden, Nicole
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Catalina Velasquez is a Colombian transgender goddess. At the time of this interview, Velasquez was a political consultant based out of Washington DC. She speaks at length about topics including self-love, feminisms and feminist analysis, xenophobia/nativism, and systems of oppression. She also touches upon her involvement with organizations suc...
- Creator:
- Velasquez, Catalina
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-12-09
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
