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  1. Barms Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Barms
    Date: May 17, 2019
    Topics: Anarchism, Anthropology, Anti-transgender violence, Art history, Autism spectrum disorders, Bars, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Childhood, Children, Christianity, Class struggle, Clubs, Coming out, Communism, Construction workers, Disabilities, Femininities, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Gentrification, Hate speech, Homophobia, Internet, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marxism, Masculinities, Mental disorders, New Left, People with disabilities, Performance art, Pronoun, Religions, Sexuality, Socialism, Solidarity, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Red Bloom, Chris O'Feeley, Me Too Movement, Michael Bloomberg, Pratt Institute, Queer Workers Project, Rudy Guiliani, Sam Goody, True Scum
    Description: Barms is a construction worker apprentice and a communist. In this interview, they discuss the role of philosophy and abstract thinking for themselves and many trans people as a strategy of managin...
  2. 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....
  3. 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...
  4. Interview with Charlene Bradshaw

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Bradshaw, Charlene
    Date: Jan. 12, 2016
    Topics: Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Education, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Homophobia, Lesbians, Masculinities, Military, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Volunteering, Writers
    Subject: Charlene Bradshaw, Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Description: Charlene Bradshaw is a Black lesbian born and raised in Hawaii. In this oral history, Bradshaw speaks about his experiences being a Black transgender person in Minneapolis, alongside serving in the...
  5. 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;...
  6. Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Chilko, Dominic Giovon
    Date: Jun. 2, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Art, Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Corrective rape, Disabilities, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Social movements, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 thoug...
  7. Interview with Erica Fields

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fields, Erica
    Date: Sep. 8, 2015
    Topics: Adoption, African Americans, Art, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bullying, Celebrities, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Educational institutions, Family members, Family relationships, Feminists, Friendship, Gender bending, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Income, Lesbians, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Middle West, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Race identity, Race relations, Racism, Religion, Roman catholicism, Sex, Sexuality, Socio-economic status, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Wealth, Work
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine McGinn, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Ellen Krug, Gender Justice, Gender Outlaws, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, GLBT Chamber of Commerce, Gonzaga University, Hedda Gabler, Hidden Agenda, Hidden Agender, Hogan's Heroes, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Janet Mock, Jenny Boylan, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Leigh Smythe, Mara Keisling, Marcus Waterbury, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, NASA, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Northwest Bible College, Of Mice and Men, Old Bedlam Theatre, Star Trek, The Miser, The Taming of the Shrew, Trans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Women's Employment and Security Act (WESA)
    Description: Erica Fields is a woman of transgender history from Edina, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Fields was working in Minnesota as a business woman selling rye. In this oral history Fields spe...
  8. 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 ...
  9. Interview with Faye Seidler

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Seidler, Faye
    Date: Oct. 15, 2016
    Topics: AIDS education, Art, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hair--Removal, Hormones, Hospitals, Insurance, Isolation, Legal name, Love, Masculinities, Mentoring, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Polyamory, Puberty, Sex, Sexuality, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Working class, Writers
    Subject: Grey Ace Trans Woman, The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 comi...
  10. Interview with Hannah Stein

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Stein, Hannah
    Date: Oct. 27, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Art, Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Capitalism, Classical music, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Employees, Families, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Internet, Intersex, Middle class, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Repression (Psychology), Robbery, Schools, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Social movements, Suicide, Theatre, Therapists, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: 20% Theatre, Door to Dooor Canvasing, Environment Minnesota, Lawrence University, Lebanese Restaurant, Mixed Blood Theater, The Naked I, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    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 b...
  11. Interview with Jae Bates

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Bates, Jae
    Date: Jun. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Partners of transgender people, Racism, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Korean War, OutFront Minnesota, Vietnam War
    Description: Jae Bates identifies as a queer trans man or trans male and was assigned female at birth. He has one older brother who is adopted. He was born in South Korea in 1996 and grew up around Hopkins, Min...
  12. Interview with Kya Concepcion

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Concepcion, Kya
    Date: Oct. 24, 2017
    Topics: Battering, Black people, Bullying, Cherokee women, Clubs, Cocaine, Coming out, Education, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Intersex, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Psychotherapy, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people
    Description: Kya Concepcion identifies as a black pansexual trans femme non-binary tomboy and was assigned male at birth. They also have an intersex condition. Professionally they use she/her pronouns but prefe...
  13. Interview with Kylar Broadus

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Broadus, Kylar
    Date: Jan. 14, 2016
    Topics: Activists, Black people, Coming out, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Education, Families, Gender, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ partners, Malpractice, Masculinities, Oppression, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, Billy Tipton, Christine Jorgensen, Creating Change, HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, John Alexander Goodrum, Karen Broadus, Renee Richards, The Program on Human Sexuality, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
    Description: Kylar Broadus is a shares his story at the 2016 Creating Change Conference in Chicago, IL. Broadus is a Black man from Fayette, Missouri, who says his journey was not like the journey of other men ...
  14. Interview with Lou Weaver

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Weaver, Lou
    Date: Dec. 9, 2016
    Topics: Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Family members, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Human rights, Hysterectomy, Identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Patriarchy, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Pregnancy, Same-sex marriage, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), RuPaul
    Description: Lou Weaver identifies as a queer trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born in 1970 and raised in El Centro, California. He was also adopted. Weaver then moved to Denver, Colorado when...
  15. Interview with Marlene Somers

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Somers, Marlene
    Date: Sep. 23, 2015
    Topics: Children, Clothing, Coming out, Family members, Gender identity, Gender identity--Law and legislation, Gender realignment surgery, Grandchildren, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, Psychotherapy, Retirees, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Clark institute, Tretter Collection Autogynephilia
    Description: Marlene Somers has lived nearly her entire life in Minneapolis, a life she describes as, “two lives at once,” fluctuating between presenting as female and male. Marlene is not out to anyone in her ...