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  1. Interview with Marjorie Beaucage

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The University of Winnipeg
    Creator: Foidart, Jenny
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Homophobia, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Ojibwa language, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Two-Spirit films , Two-Spirit people, Two-Spirit survivors of bullying
    Subject: Dragonfly Society, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc., World AIDS Day
    Description: Interview with Marjorie Beaucage discussing her films, advocacy work, and her Two Spirit journey.
  2. Interview with Miqqi Alicia/Michael Gilbert

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Alicia, Miqqi, Gilbert, Michael, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jan. 6, 2020
    Topics: Crossdressers, Degrees, Academic, Drag, Gender expression, Gender identity, Internet, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ relationships
    Subject: Fantasia Fair, Tapestry Magazine, York University
    Description: Oral history with Michael Gilbert aka Miqqi Alicia discussing activism, gender, and academia.
  3. Interview with Nicki Ward

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Ward, Niki, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jan. 27, 2020
    Topics: Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Identification cards, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ graphic novels, LGBTQ+ memorials, Police, Politicians, Trans marches, Transgender activism
    Subject: Bill C-16, Bill C-389, Nicki Ward, Toronto Trans March
    Description: Oral history with Niki Ward discussing her political activism and career as well as her role in organizing the Toronto Trans March.
  4. Interview with Ryan Buffalo

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The University of Winnipeg
    Creator: Chartrand, Seneca
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous queer people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-spirit people
    Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc.
    Description: Ryan Buffalo shares his story as a two-spirited person with an interviewer at the Two-Spirit Gathering in Beausejour, Manitoba.
  5. Interview with T Sharp Dopler

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The University of Winnipeg
    Creator: Chippeway, Darrell
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-spirit people
    Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc.
    Description: T Sharp Dopler details their journey of finding their identity, founding Two Spirits in Motion, advocating within the HIV/AIDS movement, and serving in the military during the "military purge" by t...
  6. Interview with Theo Syrette

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The University of Winnipeg
    Creator: Lavoie, Sadie-Pheonix
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Families, Genderfluid people, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Lateral oppression, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit families, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc.
    Description: Interview with Theo Syrette, a Two Spirit person discussing Two Spirit gatherings and family relationships.
  7. Interview with Vanessa Tait

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The University of Winnipeg
    Creator: Merasty, Connie
    Date: Aug. 5, 2018
    Topics: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Cree women, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc.
    Description: Vanessa Tait discusses her first two-spirit gathering, family connections and her connections to the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation.
  8. Kay Gabriel Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Gabriel, Kay
    Date: Jun. 4, 2019
    Topics: Anarchism, Anarchists, Arab Spring, 2010-, Capitalism, Childhood, Christianity, Class struggle, Classicists, Communism, Crossdressing, Eating disorders, Jews, LGBTQ+ poetry, Modernism, MtFs, Poets, Self-mutilation, Therapists, Transitioning (Gender), Zionism
    Subject: Euripides, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Occupy Wallstreet
    Description: Kay Grabriel discusses studying critical theory and literature, her radicalization through Occupy Wall Street and becoming a communist, and her writing as a poet. Kay grew up in a left Jewish famil...
  9. Kimberly Nixon Full Interview (Audio Only)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Nixon, Kimberly, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jun. 29, 2020
    Topics: Air pilots, Human rights, Law, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: Oral history with Kimberly Nixon discussing her work as a pilot and the legal cases she pursued. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to non-consensual sexual a...
  10. Martine Stonehouse Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Human rights, Law, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Martine Stonehouse
  11. Nick Mule Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario, Ki Namaste, Nick Mule, Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Rainbow Health Network
  12. Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 1 (27 April, 2017)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth, Lee Kam, Lezlie
    Date: Apr. 27, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Black power, Butches, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic relations, Gender role, Lesbian culture, Lesbian separatism, Migration, Oral history, Popular culture, Soft butches, Transphobia
    Subject: Lesbian Organization of Toronto
  13. Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 2 (16 June 2017)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth, Lee Kam, Lezlie
    Date: Jun. 16, 2017
    Topics: Alcoholism, Bars, Butches, Gay pride, Hate crimes, Latinos, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mardi gras, MtFs, Older transgender people, Oral history, Police, Police brutality--United States, Soft butches, Volunteering
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Club Manhattan, Lesbian Organization of Toronto, Lezlie Lee Kam, LOOT, Proud and Visible Coalition, Soca, The Rose, World Majority Lesbians
    Description: Lezlie Lee Kam is a 55+, gender-mysterious, world majority person and dyke; a Trini; a Carib; Brown; and a Callaloo-a mix of Chinese, Carib, Indian, Portuguese, and Venezuelan. She was born in Trin...
  14. Paisley Currah Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Currah, Paisley
    Date: Jun. 27, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Birth certificates, Children, Conferences, Divorced people, Feminists, Gender, Gender role, Gender studies, HIV/AIDS, Internalized homophobia, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Marxism, Political science, Prisons, Religions, Rural areas, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, Zines
    Subject: ACT UP Ithaca, Biddy Martin, Carolyn Riccardi, Carrie Davis, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), City University of New York (CUNY), Connor Brotus, David Valentine, Empire State Pride Agenda, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Jamison Green, Jennifer Levi, Joann Prinzivalli, Melissa Sklarz, Ned Brinkley, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), Pauline Park, Queens Homophile Association, Queer Nation, Roz Blumenthal, Sarah Schulman, Shannon Minter, Sierra Showman, Sophia Pazzos, Spencer Bergstedt, Susan Stryker, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), Trans Day of Action, Transgender Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), True Spirit Conference
  15. Pauline Park Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Park, Pauline
    Date: Mar. 9, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Adoption, Coming out, Diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Liberation movements, MtFs, Politics, Racism, Solidarity, Support groups, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Subject: Pauline Park
    Description: Pauline Park is a long-time transgender activist based in New York City who led the campaign for the 2004 New York City transgender rights law. Born in Korea but adopted into a Christian evangelica...