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  1. Interview with Alex Griffin

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Griffin, Alex
    Date: Oct. 2, 2020
    Topics: LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ self-defense, Police brutality, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Description: An interview with Alex Griffin, a white trans woman, social worker, and community activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, Griffin discusses the impact of her upbri...
  2. Interview with Chase Strangio

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Strangio, Chase
    Date: Dec. 2, 2020
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ immigration rights, LGBTQ+ visibility, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transmasculine people, White transgender people
    Subject: Aimee Stephens, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Chelsea Manning, Gavin Grimm, Gerald Bostock, LGBT & HIV Project, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
    Description: Chase Strangio is a white transmasculine attorney and activist. At the time of this interview, he was a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and served as Deputy Director f...
  3. Interview with De Sube

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sube, De
    Date: Jul. 17, 2020
    Topics: LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender political activists, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people
    Subject: Gender Expression Movement, Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, Virginia Values Act
    Description: An interview with De Sube is a white trans woman and activist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she served as the Chairperson, Director of Client Services, and Treas...
  4. Interview with Emmett Schelling

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Schelling, Emmett
    Date: Dec. 1, 2020
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transitioning (Gender), Transmasculine people
    Subject: San Antonio Gender Association (SAGA), Transform Houston, TransFORWARD, Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)
    Description: An interview with Emmett Schelling, a transmasculine activist based in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this interview, Schelling was the Executive Director of the Transgender Education Network o...
  5. Interview with Emmie Saux

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Saux, Emmie
    Date: May 16, 2020
    Topics: Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ support groups, Non-binary people, Social advocacy, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates
    Description: An interview with Emmie Saux, who identifies as genderqueer and non-binary. They talk about discovering gender identities, building community, and the importance of advocacy work related to trans r...
  6. Interview with Jay Corprew

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Corprew, Jay
    Date: Jul. 16, 2020
    Topics: Black transgender people, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Queer people of color, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transmasculine people
    Subject: LGBT Life Center, Organizing for the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia
    Description: An interview with Jay Corprew, a Black trans man, activist, poet, and mentor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Organizing for the Transgender ...
  7. Interview with Kat Purcell

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Purcell, Kat
    Date: Dec. 10, 2020
    Topics: Homelessness, LGBTQ+ theater, Non-binary people, Prison abolition movements, Transgender artists, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Subject: Lightning Rod, Studio he(ART)h Project
    Description: An interview with Kat Purcell, a white (irish famine diaspora) non-binary trans performer, lighting designer, installation artist, producer, director, and street activist based in Minneapolis, Minn...
  8. Interview with Kayla Gore

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Gore, Kayla
    Date: Nov. 19, 2020
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Criminalization, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, Public health personnel, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists
    Subject: My Sistah’s House, Tennessee Department of Health's Transgender Task Force, Trans Justice Funding Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Kayla Gore, a Black trans woman, community organizer, housing activist, and public health worker based in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this interview, she served as the Sout...
  9. Interview with Na Choih

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Choih, Na
    Date: Oct. 9, 2020
    Topics: Asian American transgender people, Environmental justice, Non-binary people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Climate Generation, Korean people
    Description: An interview with Na Choih, a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Ci...
  10. Interview with Peyton Michelle

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Peyton, Michelle
    Date: Aug. 17, 2020
    Topics: Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates, PFLAG Lafayette
    Description: An interview Petyon Michelle who identifies as transfemme. Michelle discusses homecoming dresses, visibility as activism, and being the first out trans woman elected to office in Louisiana.
  11. Interview with Riley Valentine

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Valentine, Riley
    Date: May 10, 2020
    Topics: Educators, LGBTQ+ religious people, Non-binary people, Transgender political activists
    Description: An interview with Riley Valentine, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Valentine talks about their early life experiences, moving to Louisiana from Atlanta, and their Catholic...
  12. Interview with Thalia Hernandez

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hernandez, Thalia
    Date: Aug. 3, 2020
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Gender non-conforming people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Non-binary people, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, White transgender people
    Subject: Equality Virginia
    Description: An interview with Thalia Hernandez, a white and Latinx non-binary trans woman, trans activist, and advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director ...