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.
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.
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.
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.
Richard Longnecker is a male from New York City who sometimes goes by the nickname Katherine. In this oral history, he speaks at length about being a crossdresser and spending over 20 years in the United States military. He talks about his early life, the perceptions of crossdressers in the 1950s and 1960s versus now, and returning home from the...
Creator:
Longnecker, Richard (Katherine)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history, they speak at length about their involv...
Creator:
Anderson, Roxanne (Narrator)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-07-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collections hold with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history Anderson speaks at length about growing...
Creator:
Anderson, Roxanne
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-07-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Roze (R.B.) Brooks is a white gender queer person raised in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, R.B. was a graduate student. In this oral history, they speak at length about queer and trans activism and advocacy work in higher education at University of Minnesota Duluth. They also talk about sexism, participating in theatre and c...
Creator:
Brooks, Roze (R.B.)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-11-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ryan Li Dahlstrom is a mixed Asian and white trans masculine person from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Dahlstrom was working as a consultant. In this oral history, Dahlstrom discusses coming out in college, activism, building trans community spaces and trans leadership, racial justice within transgender and queer communities; and the...
Creator:
Dahlstrom, Ryan Li
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.
Sandy James is a Black trans man raised in England. At the time of this interview, James was working as a researcher, a student and a lawyer based out of Maryland. In this oral history, James speaks at length about immigrating to the United States, racism and anti-blackness in the UK versus the US, helping produce the transgender survey for the ...
Creator:
James, Sandy
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-09-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Sayuri Hernandez is a Puerto Rican trans woman from Houston, Texas. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, experiences of addiction and recovery, her thoughts on trans politics, and her experiences of moving through the corporate world and the public sphere as a trans woman.
Creator:
Hernandez, Sayuri
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-09-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Selena Meza is a Mexican-American trans femme from Nekoosa, Wisconsin. In this oral history interview, she discusses her upbringing in rural Wisconsin, her college experience and career, and her thoughts on feminist and trans politics. Specifically, Meza tells of her interest in the arts and work as an illustrator at a design firm, her experienc...
Creator:
Meza, Selena
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-11-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Spencer Fugate is a mixed white and Cherokee trans woman who grew up in Tennessee and uses she and they. In this interview, Fugate speaks at length about growing up in Tennessee, religion and spirituality, language and identity, coming out in college, polyamory, and being outed. They also touch upon harassment, encounters with healthcare and fin...
Creator:
Fugate, Spencer
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Stef Wilenchek is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Georgia and Ohio. At the time of this oral history, Wilenchek was living in Minneapolis and working at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Wilenchek speaks at length about their childhood, growing up in the deep South, race and racism, family relationships, coming out, and...
Creator:
Wilenchek, Stef
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Steinarr Harriday is a biracial trans male from Lakeville, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Harriday was living in Minnesota. In this oral history he discusses playing on the boy's football team in school, the passing of his father, learning how to shave, and coming out to his family. Harriday also discusses the difficulties of losin...
Creator:
Harriday, Steinarr
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-04-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Susan Kimberly is a white transwoman from St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, her time in the Peace Corps, her transition, her experiences with the University of Minnesota’s Program in Human Sexuality, her entry into St. Paul politics culminating in her time as Deputy Mayor under Norm ...
Creator:
Kimberly, Susan (interviewee)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (interviewer)
Created:
2016-03-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
T. Aaron Hans is a white butch transmasculine person who grew up in Germany and the United States and uses he and ze. At the time of this oral history, Hans was working as at Hamline University. In this oral history ze discusses hir early understandings of gender identity at a young age, being heavily bullied in school; hir experience with trans...
Creator:
Hans, T. Aaron
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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.
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.
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.