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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)
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- Education (75)
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- Racism (72)
- Harassment (69)
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Contributor
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- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-04-14
- Description:
- Laverne Cox is the executive producer of the Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black. She plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Cox is a renowned speaker whose insights are featured on CNN, MSNBC, HLN, VH1, and Fox News Latino. Cox is the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstrea...
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- 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:
- Amanda is a white trans woman. At the time of this interview, Amanda was living in Ellendale, Minnesota. In this oral history, Amanda discusses her experiences of gender non-conformity in the years before WWII in rural Minnesota, her experiences with gender affirming medical care in the 1950s and 1960s, and the community of trans women in Minnea...
- Creator:
- Amanda
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-03
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Andrea Anderson is a Latina trans woman from Mexico City and Minnesota. In this oral history, Anderson details her experiences immigrating from Mexico to the United States. She also speaks about her early childhood experiences of gender awareness; experiences with police harassment and discrimination in the workplace; her spirituality; the impac...
- Creator:
- Anderson, Andrea
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-04-26
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the first of two interviews with Jenkins held in Phase 1. In this oral history, Andrea Jenkins and Rox Anderson talk at length about growing up in the west side of ...
- Creator:
- Jenkins, Andrea
- Contributor:
- Anderson, Roxanne (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-07-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the second of two interviews with Jenkins held in Phase 1. In this oral history, Andrea Jenkins and Dominique Tobbell speak at length about the operations, opportun...
- Creator:
- Jenkins, Andrea
- Contributor:
- Tobell, Dominique (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-07-25
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Andre Reed is a Black man of trans experience from Indiana and Georgia. He talks about growing up and his family relationships, and transitioning at work. He recounts his experience and successes in the drag scene, and the response from other drag kings when he came out as trans. He also talks about the lack of visibility and representation of t...
- Creator:
- Reed, Andre
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-09-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- André Pérez is a mixed White and Puerto Rican trans person based out of Chicago who goes by they and he. At the time of this oral history, Pérez was working as a documentary filmmaker. They spend a significant amount of time speaking about a webseries they were working on called "America in Transition". Pérez also talks about the power of storie...
- Creator:
- Pérez, André
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ani Koch is a white genderqueer person from Dubuque, Iowa. They talk about their experiences at school growing up, coming to better understand their gender, and their experience with and thoughts on drag. They share what trans people have inspired them, and what it is like to be perceived by some people as a white man. They discuss their family ...
- Creator:
- Koch, Ani
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Anthony Ceballos is a Native and Hispanic androgynous person raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Ceballos was living and working in Minnesota. In this oral history he talks about his experiences with femininity, masculinity, and androgyny. He also touches upon bullying, his childhood, his family relationships, goth c...
- Creator:
- Ceballos, Anthony
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Aria Said is a Black American and Ethiopian woman of trans experience from Oregon. At the time of this interview she lived and worked in San Francisco. In this oral history she talks at length about her childhood and familial experiences with race, gender, and visibility as well as her mentor Bobbie Jean Baker. She also touches upon 2000s trans ...
- Creator:
- Said, Aria
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ash Scott is a Blackfoot Indian/Irish/African American trans guy living in Minneapolis. He discusses his early life, family relationships, and being in the army when he identified as a lesbian during the time of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. He talks about his service, getting injured in Iraq, his life after serving, mental health, and navigating health...
- Creator:
- Scott, Ash (Ashley)
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-10-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ash Farah is a East African/Black trans man who has lived in New York, Minnesota, and "the middle part of East Africa". A the time of this interview he was attending college in Minneapolis. In this oral history he touches upon topics such as growing up in an Islamic household, homelessness, Cafe SouthSide, and immigrating to America post-9/11. H...
- Creator:
- Farah, Ash
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ashlee Saparalan is a Filipina female from the Philippines. She talks about her family and growing up in the Philippines, and compares life in the Philippines to her experiences in the United States. She talks about working in Thailand, religion, and meeting and marrying her husband.
- Creator:
- Sapalaran, Ashlee
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ashley Finch is a white trans femme person from Saint Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Finch was working as an artist based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Finch speaks at length about her gender and sexuality through time, her experiences at a Catholic school named St. Bernard, mental health, and her familial relatio...
- Creator:
- Finch, Ashley
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-04-05
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Awen Briem is a white transgender person. At the time of this interview, he was working as a tattoo artist based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Briem speaks at length about growing up in Des Moines, gender policing, his romantic and familial relationships, and his encounters with healthcare. He also touches upon naming, religion, Cait...
- Creator:
- Briem, Awen
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-12-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Barbara Satin is trans woman from St Paul. She discusses growing up in the 1930s and 1940s, and her experience coming out later in life. She talks about the importance of visibility, and the difficulty of finding a trans community at a time when everyone had to be so secretive. She was president of the City of the Lakes Crossgender Community in ...
- Creator:
- Satin, Barbara
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-10-13
- 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:
- Billie Sage Ashton is a white trans woman who grew up In Austin, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Ashton was working with Delta Airlines. In this oral history, she describes her early life during the 1960 and 70s in Austin, MN. She also talks about coming out in the 1980s, her romantic relationships, her involvement with the City of ...
- Creator:
- Ashton, Billie Sage
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-04-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Branwen Zakariasen is a white trans woman originally from Texas who later spent time in Minneapolis and Portland. At the time of this interview, she was working as a customer support specialist. In this oral history Zakariasen discusses naming, healing from trauma and abuse, taking up labels, family relationships, sexism, and the video game indu...
- Creator:
- Zakariasen, Brawen
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-21
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Breatta Bee Amore is a Black trans female from Chicago and Milwaukee. At the time of this interview, she was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Amore touches upon topics such as gay bars in the Twin Cities from the 1980s and onward, including the Gay 90s, the Saloon, and Brass Rail. She also speaks about working and perfo...
- Creator:
- Amore, Breatta Bea
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Cal Evoniuk is a white male from North Dakota. At the time of this interview, Evoniuk was a student at North Dakota State University. In this oral history, Evoniuk briefly shares his experience of growing up in a rural area, how his identity has changed through time, and his experience with just recently coming out as trans.
- Creator:
- Evoniuk, Calum
- 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.
- 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:
- 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
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- CJ is a mixed Native American and white trans man from Grand Forks, North Dakota. At the time of the interview they were a freshman at UND Grand Forks. They discuss how their first exposure to thinking about gender was by having a genderfluid partner in high school, and then later seeing a trans speaker talk about their transition made them real...
- Creator:
- Vondal, CJ
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Danika Ragnhild is a white trans woman from Crookston, MN. At the time of this interview, Ragnhild was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ragnhild speaks about her childhood, disability, abuse, her process of naming, renewal, polyamorous relationships, dating, and partnerships. Ragnhild also talks about her involvement with organizatio...
- Creator:
- Ragnhild, Danika
- 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:
- Dee Dee Ngozi Chamblee is a Black trans woman from Georgia and the founder of LaGender Inc. At the time of this interview, Chamblee was the Executive Director of LaGender. In this oral history, Chamblee talks about her HIV/AIDS activism, housing insecurity, clubbing in Georgia during the 1970s/1980s, and her encounters with law enforcement. She ...
- Creator:
- Chamblee, Dee Dee
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-07
- 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:
- Destinee Salinas is a Hispanic female from Indiana. She talks about her experiences growing up, doing drag, and some of the obstacles she has faced as a trans woman. She also discusses relationships, self-care, and her work at Hennepin County Medical Center.
- Creator:
- Salinas, Destinee
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-09-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Diana Green is a white female who has lived in New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a caregiver for People with AIDS, an adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and on her graphic memoir titled A Sharp Invitation. In this oral history, Green speaks at len...
- Creator:
- Green, Diana
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-27
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Dominic Giovon Chilko is a bi-racial Afro-Latinx trans man from Eagan, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood, relationships, and experiences of transition, his thoughts on chosen family, trans politics, and the trans agenda, and his experience as a performing artist and drag king. Specifically, he discusses his ex...
- Creator:
- Chilko, Dominic Giovon
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-06-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time of this interview, Ewing was retired and living in the Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ewing speaks at length about drag she performed under the nam...
- Creator:
- Ewing, Donna
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-05-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Aren Aizura is a white trans guy from Australia. At the time of this interview, Aizura was an Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. In this oral history, Aizura describes his experience of coming out; researching and teaching in the field of transgender studies; the issues aroun...
- Creator:
- Aizura, Aren
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-10-13
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Elle Hearns, founder of the Marsha P Johnson Institute and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, was assigned Black at birth. At the time of this interview Hearns was organizing in Ohio. In this oral history she speaks about the serial murders of Black trans women in Ohio alongside her experiences with law enforcement which led he...
- Creator:
- Hearns, Elle
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Ellie Krug is a white trans woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, family, and relationships, her memoirs and experiences of transition, her thoughts on trans representation and visibility and representation, and her work in legal services. Specifically, Krug discusses coming of age "before St...
- Creator:
- Krug, Ellie
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-12-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Elliot Winter is a Korean male who grew up in Georgia but also spent time in Ohio, California, and New Jersey. In this interview, Winter talks at length about participating in online trans communities and chat rooms such as Laura's Playground and Youtube. He also talks about his family relationships, recovery, race in the South, and encounters w...
- Creator:
- Winter, Elliot
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-06-08
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Faye Seidler is a white trans woman based out of North Dakota. At the time of this interview, Seidler was a writer, an educator, and a cook. In this oral history she speaks at length about her coming out process as well as her encounters with healthcare and healthcare providers. She also touches upon her experiences with passing privilege, her f...
- Creator:
- Seidler, Faye
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- finn schneider is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Michigan. At the time of this interview, schneider was a student in graduate school. In this oral history, scheider speaks at length about gender and contextuality, fluidity, working in higher education, their family relationships, and their involvement in an educational organization ca...
- Creator:
- schneider, finn
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-08-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Freya Richman is a Jewish trans woman from Appleton, Wisconsin. She became involved with 20 Percent Theater and their show The Naked I, which she was able to use as a platform to tell her story. She discusses what it is like to come out as trans later in life, and the impact that had on her relationships. She talks about workplace discrimination...
- Creator:
- Richman, Freya
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Gavin Rouille is a white queer male from Burlington, Vermont. He talks about his art and how his artmaking process has evolved over time. He also discusses how his relationships have changed since his transition.
- Creator:
- Rouille, Gavin
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-10-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Geena Rocero is a Filipino trans woman and supermodel from Makati City in the Philippines. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, her career as a model and founder of the production company Gender Proud, and her perspective of Filipino history and culture. Specifically, Rocero talks at length about the history and visibilit...
- Creator:
- Rocero, Geena
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-11-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In this oral history, they speak at length about changes in language and identity through time, his relationships with family members, and growing up in San...
- Creator:
- Hoagland, George
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-08-24
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Gradylee Shapiro is a white butch from Missouri. Shapiro discuss what it was like moving a lot while growing up, butch identity, and how life is different when being perceived as a straight white man. Shapiro also talks about the importance of queer community, work in queer activism, including starting a GLBT youth organization called Prism in C...
- Creator:
- Shapiro, Gradylee
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-17
- 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:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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:
- K. Davis Senseman is a white gender-queer person from Pittsburgh who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Senseman was working as a lawyer based out of Northeast Minneapolis. In this oral history, Senseman speaks at length about language and identity, being a parent, intersectionality, and their familial relationships. She also touc...
- Creator:
- Senseman, K. Davis
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-10
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Kya Concepcion is a mixed Native, Black, and white trans femme person from Marietta, Georgia. At the time of this interview, they were living in the Twin Cities. In this interview Concepcion touches upon topics including homelessness, their family relationships, recovery, and workplace discrimination. They also talk about their goals for the fut...
- Creator:
- Concepcion, Kya
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-10-24
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Kye Allums is a Black queer fluid trans person from Minnesota who goes by he and they. In this oral history, Allums speaks at length about playing Division I basketball for George Washington University. He talks about navigating his changing understandings of masculinity, femininity and gender fluidity; and his national and his local advocacy work.
- Creator:
- Allums, Kye
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-09-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Kylar Broadus is a Black male from Fayette, Missouri. At the time of this interivew, Broadus was working as a lawyer and an activist based out of Washington D.C. In this oral history, Broadus discusses topics such as his early realizations of his gender from a young age; his relationship with his father; his spirituality; employment discriminati...
- Creator:
- Broadus, Kylar
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Lawrence Tanner Richardson is a Black trans man from St. Paul, Minnesota. He talks about his childhood, including being raised by his grandmother and being very involved in the Southern Baptist church. He talks about how his transition affected his relationships. At the time of the interview, he was a United Church of Christ pastor, doing digita...
- Creator:
- Richardson, Lawrence Tanner
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-06-10
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a Black trans woman from Detroit, Michigan. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, her visions and thoughts on trans politics, and her decades of work in Black trans communities. Specifically, she recounts her work to found a support group for trans people of color in Detroit at the age of 17, her experience wi...
- Creator:
- Hunter, Lourdes Ashley
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-03-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Lou Weaver is a white trans man. At the time of the interview Weaver was working for Equality Texas. He discusses his childhood, his experience doing drag, and finding a community in Houston. He explains that how his white privilege and trans masculinity privilege manifest in different situations. He discusses training police officers on trans i...
- Creator:
- Weaver, Lou
- 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
- Description:
- Mara Keisling is a white transgender woman from Pennsylvania. At the time of this interview, Keisling was the Executive Director at the National Center for Transgender Equality. In this oral history, Keisling speaks at length about her family relationships, naming, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the importance of trans people ...
- Creator:
- Keisling, Mara
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-20
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Marcus Waterbury is a white transgender man raised in Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Waterbury was working as a wealth advisor based out of the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Waterbury speaks at length about his childhood experiences with gender, his family relationships, and dating as a straight man. He also touches upon his enco...
- Creator:
- Waterbury, Marcus
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-08
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they were the Assistant Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life at the University of Minnesota. In the interview, Lee discuss...
- Creator:
- Lee, Melinda
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-08-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Melissa Harl is a white female with transgender experience and history who grew up in Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Harl was working as a Professor at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Harl talks about her childhood, bullying, and coming out in her late fifties. She also talk about her relationship with her late wife,...
- Creator:
- Harl, Melissa
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-30
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Meredith Vezina is a white trans woman who was born in Berlin, NH and grew up in Long Island is based, at the time of this interview, in San Diego, CA. In this oral history she describes coming to terms with her gender identity in the 1960s and 1970s as well as her experiences with medical transition in that era, specifically at the gender clini...
- Creator:
- Vezina, Meredith
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Micah King is a Black trans man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working at a SuperAmerica located in Minnesota. In this oral history he talks extensively about mental health, an organization called Reclaim, and his family relationships. He also touches upon a youth shelter and housing program called Brown Booth House, his po...
- Creator:
- King, Micah
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2015-12-23
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Micky Bradford is a Black queer non-binary trans woman based in Atlanta who co-founded and organized the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival. At the time of this interview, she was an organizer with Southerners on New Ground and the Transgender Law Center. ln this oral history, Bradford discusses the important of art in culture change, her exper...
- Creator:
- Bradford, Micky
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-10-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Monica Joy Cross is a Black trans woman raised in California. At the time of this oral history, Cross was the Pastor at First Christian Church of Oakland and an Associate Pastor at Tapestry Ministries in Berkeley. In this oral history, she speaks at length about growing up in Los Angeles, her spirituality and faith, coming out, the impact of the...
- Creator:
- Cross, Monica
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-02-06
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- Naiymah Ariana Sanchez is a Afro-Latina transgender female from the Bronx and Philadelphia. At the time of this oral history, Sanchez worked as the Trans Justice Coordinator with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-PA). In this interview she discusses her childhood experiences with gender, as well as her mentors. Sanchez also touches upon t...
- Creator:
- Sanchez, Naiymah
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2017-01-21
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
- Description:
- 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.
- 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:
- Olivia “Liv” Hnilicka is a white trans woman from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. In this oral history interview, she discusses her upbringing and early life as a queer person, her move to Chicago at the age of eighteen, and her involvement with community theater groups for LGBTQ youth there. Hnilicka tells of her experiences in both the bear subculture a...
- Creator:
- Hnlicka, Olivia
- Contributor:
- Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
- Created:
- 2016-01-14
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2018-09-24
