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  1. Interview with Alyssandra Taylor

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Taylor, Alyssandra
    Date: May 14, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Education, Family members, Femininities, Friendships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Oppression, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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....
  2. Interview with Amanda Beech

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Beech, Amanda
    Date: Mar. 3, 2017
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Cheerleading, Clothing, Coming out, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hairdressers, Health insurance, Hormones, Jews, LGBTQ+ partners, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Nineteen fifties, Nineteen sixties, Nineteen thirties, Older people--Education, Orgasm, People with disabilities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual practices, Whites--Race identity, World war II
    Subject: Cullan Markland, Donna Ewing, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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...
  3. Interview with Andrea Jenkins

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Jul. 20, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Divorce, Families, Family, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Marital status, Marriage, Parenthood, Prisons, Separation, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: CeCe McDonald, Center for Gender Spectrum Health, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, My Momma's Gonna Call Me Anna, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Rainbow Health Initiative, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Andrea Jenkins identifies as a transgender female and was assigned male at birth. Her mother and father were separated by the time she was about five. Their separation wasn’t necessarily by choice ...
  4. Interview with Anthony Ceballos

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ceballos, Anthony
    Date: May 1, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Appearance, Art, Bullying, Coming out, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Latin Americans, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mentoring, Native American . . ., Ojibwa Indians, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Sex, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people, Verbal abuse, Work
    Subject: Lynnette Reini-Grandell, Transgender Oral History Project, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Venus de Mars
    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 t...
  5. Interview with Ashley Finch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Finch, Ashley
    Date: Apr. 5, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Anxiety disorders, Art, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Change of name, Cisgender people, Coming out, Depression, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender studies, Gender-affirming care, Gender-nonconforming people, Homosexuality, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ visibility, Marriage, Mental health, Middle West, MtFs, Politics, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Schools, Self-mutilation, Sexism, Siblings, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance abuse, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: Augsburg College, El Sontule, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Global Center of Education, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Sandinista Campaign, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 ...
  6. Interview with Awen Briem

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Briem, Awen
    Date: Dec. 28, 2015
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art, Assigned gender, Bullying, Celebrities, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Employment discrimination, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Name, Politics, Religions, Schools, Sex, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Surgery, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Youth
    Subject: OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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...
  7. Interview with Ben Singer

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Singer, Ben
    Date: Nov. 24, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, Drag performance, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Education, Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Nineteen eighties, Oppression, Privilege (Social psychology), Public health, Race, Racism, Rural development, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Social movements, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 ...
  8. Interview with Calum Evoniuk

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Evoniuk, Calum, Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Oct. 15, 2016
    Topics: Coming out, FtMs, Gender identity, Language, Rural areas, Transgender people
    Subject: Calum Evoniuk, Dismantling Walls Conference, Ryan Sallans
    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 ...
  9. Interview with Carter Thurmond

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Thurmond, Carter
    Date: Aug. 27, 2015
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Bisexuality, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Discrimination, Domestic partnerships, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Same-sex marriage, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Social media, Social movements, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia
    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...
  10. Interview with Chad Pitts

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Pitts, Chad
    Date: Oct. 15, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Sexual orientation, Social norms, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Dismantling Walls Conference, GPACC Dismantling Walls Conference
    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, hi...
  11. Interview with Cressida Silver

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Silver, Cressida
    Date: Jan. 31, 2017
    Topics: Appearance, Artificial insemination, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Children of lesbians, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Demonstrations, Divorce, Families, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbians, Marriage, Pornography, Pregnancy, Sex industry, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Chelsea Manning, Mara Keisling, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Geographic, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
    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 al...
  12. Interview with Denise Sudbeck

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sudbeck, Denise
    Date: Jan. 15, 2016
    Topics: Addictions, Alcoholism, Baptist church, Bisexuality, Coming out, Dissertations, Doctor of philosophy degree, Estrogen, Evangelicalism, Gender identity, Hormones, Law enforcement, Lesbian identity, Liberation theology, Marriage, MtFs, Pronoun, Psychology, Religions, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Substance abuse, Theological seminaries, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: State University of New York, Transgender Day of Remembrance, United Theological New Brighton
    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;...
  13. Interview with EJ Olson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Olson, EJ
    Date: Dec. 16, 2016
    Topics: AIDS organizations, Allies, Appearance, Art, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Communities, Counseling, Dating, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Nineteen nineties, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Racism, Religion, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Women's colleges, Work
    Subject: Callen Lorde, Chatham College, Family Tree Clinic, Garden State Equality, LGBT Task Force, LGBTQ Center, Rainbow Health Initiative, Riot Girl Feminism, Trans Hormone Care Program, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 ...
  14. Interview with Ethan O'Brien

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: O'Brien, Ethan
    Date: Jan. 29, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Atlantic Coast (North America), Change of name, Classism, Coming out, Dating, Family members, Family relationships, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Legal documents, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical care, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Social movements, Social norms, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 ...
  15. Interview with Freya Richman

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Richman, Freya
    Date: Nov. 2, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Arts and entertainment occupations, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Directors, Discrimination, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Femmes, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hormones, Jews, Love, MtFs, Religions, Sex, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender), Work
    Subject: 20% Theatre, Artaria String Quartet, Community Center, The Naked I, Transgender Equity Council of the City of Minneapolis, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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. Sh...