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Interview with Tona Brown
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Brown, Tona Date: Sep. 22, 2016 Topics: Classical music, Counseling, Entertainers, Family members, Hormones, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender people, Violinists Subject: Carnegie Hall, Tona Brown Description: Tona Brown is a world class, world renowned mezzo – soprano violinist. In this oral history, she shares her experience about growing up with an awareness of her gendered difference in Norfolk, VA, ... -
Interview with Toni Pajak
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pajak, Toni Date: Nov. 23, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Body image, Christianity, Classism, Coming out, Crossdressers, Dating, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Divorce, Employment discrimination, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Health insurance, Heterosexual women, Hormones, Information technology, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Politics, Pregnancy, Public safety, Racism, Religions, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Social media, Sports, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Description: Toni Pajak identifies as a transsexual woman assigned male at birth. She was born in 1968. She grew up in North Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to grade school in the early 1970s. Her parents divor... -
Interview with Ty Yule
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Yule, Ty Date: Aug. 20, 2015 Topics: Activists, Bullying, Businesses, Butches, Coming out, Family members, Femininities, FtMs, Gay culture, Gay pride, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intolerance, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Punk, Same-sex marriage, Self-destructive behavior, Social movements, Soft butches, Suicidal behavior, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women's bars Subject: ACT UP, Cher, Queer Nation, The L Word Description: Ty Yule identifies as a trans man or trans person assigned female at birth. He started transitioning 4 years ago at the time of the interview at age 41. He was born in Minnesota, then moved to Iowa... -
Interview with Venus DeMars part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: DeMars, Venus Date: May 3, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Autobiographies, Breast, Bullying, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Hormones, Marriage, MtFs, Musicians, Nose--Surgery, Pronoun, Puberty, Transgender people Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Venus de Mars Description: Venus de Mars was born in 1960 and grew up as a closeted trans kid, describing herself as a “little boy with a secret.” She didn’t grow up female since she was assigned male at birth but feels comp... -
Interview with Zeam Porter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Porter, Zeam Date: Dec. 29, 2016 Topics: Activists, Age, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Mental disorders, Poetry, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Sexual orientation, Sports Subject: Gender Revolution 8, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Zeam Porter identifies as a black polyamorous transmasculine genderqueer demiboy and was assigned female at birth. His gender is very fluid but also grounded in being trans masculine. They prefer h... -
Is It Your Brain That Makes You Male or Female?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Silcock, Bryan Date: Jan. 10, 1982 Topics: Adolescence, Biology, Childhood, Chromosomes, Discourse analysis, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderism, Genetics, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Language, Masculinities, Medical examinations, Sexuality, Social norms, Writing Subject: Gunter Doerner Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Jackson Reddy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Reddy, Jackson Date: May 29, 2019 Topics: AIDS activists, Alcoholism, Anti-transgender violence, Artists, Black people, Buddhism, Childhood, Comedians, Coming out, Education, Family members, Fathers, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, Media, Music, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Sexual abuse, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Writers Subject: Black Trans TV, Malcolm X, Marsha P. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Shayna Matteski, Soka Gakkai International, Sylvia Rivera Description: Jackson Reddy reflects on their family dynamics and how these relationships shaped their growth. They also touch upon the role of trauma and the process of healing, especially in terms of self-care... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 1, 2016 April 9
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: Apr. 9, 2016 Topics: Detransitioning, Gay community, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Retransitioning, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Transgender-owned businesses Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Janice Covington Allison, Lavender Panthers Description: In this first in a series of interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years and her early adult life. She recal... -
JD Davids Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Davids, JD Date: Mar. 11, 2017 Topics: Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Internet, LGBTI community, Politics, Pregnancy, Schools, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender parents Subject: ACT UP, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), JD Davids, Project TEACH Description: JD Davids, a writer, health activist, and communication strategist, recounts his experiences as a member of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS activist movement and subsequent move to New York City. A Phila... -
Journal of a Transsexual
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Feinberg, Leslie Date: Feb. 1980 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Femininities, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Hair, Harassment, Hormones, LGBTQ+ employment, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Misgendering, Passing (Gender), Police harassment, Public bathrooms, Sexual identity, Social norms, Transsexual people, Voice, Working class writings Subject: Bob McCubbin, Dorothy Ballan, Feminism and Marxism, In the Spirit of Stonewall, Leslie Feinberg, New Jersey Supreme Court, Robert Frost, The Gay Question: A Marxist Appraisal, The Road Not Taken, Workers World Newspaper, Workers World Party Description: A short theoretical piece in the form of a memoir by Leslie Feinberg, published in 1980. This work was Feinberg's first public attempt to put forward a political stance on trans liberation outside ... -
Journal of Male Feminism No. 1 (1980)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Jones, Glenda Rene Date: 1980 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Change of name, Clothing, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Electrolysis, Experiments, Femininities, Fetishism, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Genitals, Hair, Hormones, Law, Masculinities, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Photographs, Sexuality, Shame, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Upbringing, Wigs Subject: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Golden Gate Girls/Guys, Harry Benjamin, John Money, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Meyer-Reter Report, Paul Walker, Program of Human Sexuality, Sigmund Freud -
Journal of Male Feminism No. 2 (1980)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1980 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Clothing, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Electrolysis, Events, Femininities, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Hair removal products, Homosexuality, Hormones, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: DREAM Program -
Journal of Male Feminism Nos. 1-2 (1979)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Cannon, Susan Date: 1979 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Electrolysis, Equality, Ethics, Femininities, Feminism, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Hormones, Jewelry, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Photographs, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Wigs, Women Subject: Feminist Studies, Pam Nolan -
Journal of Male Feminism Vol. 77, Nos. 4 & 5 (1977)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1977 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Army, Change of name, Clothing, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Electrolysis, Estrogen, Events, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Law, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Photographs, Physical health, Psychiatry, Sexuality, Suicide, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Faye Cannon, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Gemini Gender Group, Harold Newman, Joanna Clark, Renee Richards, Romaine Atura, Wade Southwick -
Judy was a man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Kandohla, Tracey Date: Aug. 27, 1982 Topics: Acceptance, Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Army, Artists, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, MtFs, Self-acceptance, Shame, Transsexual people Subject: Judy Cousins, Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT) Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
