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Interview with Sherenté Harris
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library Creator: Harris, Sherenté Date: May 27, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Coming out, Decolonization, Hate crimes, Homophobia, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ youth, Misgendering, Narragansett Indians, Powwows, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people Description: An interview with Sherenté Harris. Harris is a two-spirit indigenous person, member of the Narragansett Tribe, artist, cultural educator, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: growin... -
Interview with Taffy Johnson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Johnson, Taffy Date: Nov. 19, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, Fa'afafine, Gender non-conforming identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, Pacific Islander American transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people of color Subject: United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (UTOPIA) Description: An interview with Taffy Johnson, a fa'afafine and trans woman of color from Sāmoa. Taffy is also a queer and trans activist and community organizer in the Pacific Islander communities of South King... -
Interview with the Reverend Louis Mitchell
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mitchell, Louis Date: Nov. 18, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ religious people, Older transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender clergy Subject: Chris Paige, TransFaith Description: An interview with Reverend Louis Mitchell, a Black trans man, trans activist and advocate.At the time of this interview, he was the executive director and co-founder of TransFaith, a multi-traditio... -
ISNA News (Spring, 2003)
Collection: Hermaphrodites with Attitude Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) Date: Spring 2003 Topics: Genitals, Intersex, Intersex movement, Intersex people, Intersex rights, Normalization, Organisations Subject: Cheryl Chase, Emi Koyama, John Eugenides, Monica J. Casper, Thea Hillman, Vernon Rosario -
Jessica Xavier Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Xavier, Jessica M., MacCarthy, Jack Date: Jul. 5, 2022 Topics: AIDS awareness, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA), It’s Time, America!, Jessica Xavier, Leslie Feinberg, March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Transgender Educational Association, Transgender Needs Assessment Survey (WTNAS) Description: Jessica Xavier was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. From age 7, she realized she was not a boy but struggled to find a label to define herself. At age 39, she began her medical transition. Jess... -
Jules Skloot Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Skloot, Jules, Dicken, Matthew Date: Dec. 13, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Educators, Genderfluid identity, Passing (Gender), Transgender people Subject: Leslie Feinberg Description: Jules Skloot talks to Matthew Dicken about his childhood and development of his gender identity, particularly his experiences with crossdressing and passing as a male at an early age. Over time, Sk... -
Julian Eltinge Has Big Reception Here
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Sayre, J. Willis Date: Oct. 14, 1912 Topics: Androgyny, Female impersonators, Femininities, Gender swapping, Theatre, Theatre shows Subject: Julian Eltinge -
Kate Bornstein Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Bornstein, Kate Date: Nov. 4, 2019 Topics: Activists, Actors, Buddhism, Cancer, Chat rooms, Childhood, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crowdsourcing, Cults, Death and dying, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Film, FtMs, Fundraising, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Health care, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Overweight people, Postmodernism, Religions, Scientology, SM, Suicide, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, World war II, Wrestling, Writers, Youth Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, A Thousand and One Ways to Live Without Working, America Online (AOL), B'hai, Barbara Carrellas, Christine Jorgensen, Church of Scientology, Gazebo, Gender Just for the Fun of it: Compassionate Gender Strategies for Divisive Times, Gender Outlaw, Hello Cruel World, I Am Cait, Jamison Green, Laura Vogel, Lee Sullivan, On Our Backs, Power Surge, Tuli Kupferberg, We Croak Description: Kate Bornstein discusses her life as a writer and actor. Moving between growing up in a Jewish family on the New Jersey shore, studying acting in school, joining the Church of Scientology, finding ... -
Kristen Lovell Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lovell, Kristen Date: Apr. 4, 2019 Topics: Actors, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Cocaine, Drag, Drag queens, Gay and lesbian youth, Health care, Homeless people, Jews, LGBTI community, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Writers Subject: Amanda Milan, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Fenced Out, Iris House, James Street Hotel, March of Dimes, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Rites of Passage, Stonewall mobile, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Trans Empowerment Group, Two Potatoes Description: Kristen Lovell discusses her time working "the stroll," in the West Village in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She recounts the community, conflict and challenges faced by fellow sex workers, inclu... -
Kylar W. Broadus Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Broadus, Kylar Date: Aug. 7, 2016 Topics: Authors, Gender dysphoria, Law, LGBTQ+ activists, Political science, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Billy Tipton, Central Methodist University, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Freedom Center of Social Justice, Kylar Broadus, Lavender Law Conference, National Enquirer, National LGBTQ Task Force, Pioneer Award, Sue J. Hyde Award for Longevity in the Movement, Trans People of Color Coalition, University of Missouri School of Law Description: OUTWORDS interview with Kylar W. Broadus, conducted by Mason Funk on August 7th, 2016 outside the Lavender Law conference in Washington D.C. Kylar is a lawyer, professor, activist, public speaker, ... -
Kyle Lukoff Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lukoff, Kyle, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Jun. 21, 2017 Topics: Body image, Body politics, Books, Change of name, Childhood, Colleges, Coming out, Eating disorders, FtMs, Health care, Hormones, Internet, Librarians, Literature, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Representation, Schools, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Kyle Lukoff -
Letter from Deborah to Rupert Raj (1990s)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: circa 1990 Topics: Legal name change Subject: Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Deborah regarding name change and immigration laws for transgender people. -
Letter from Lou Sullivan to Bet Power (October 16, 1987)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Sullivan, Lou Date: Oct. 16, 1987 Topics: Crossdressing, Disabilities, FtMs, Gay culture, Hormones, Leather community, LGBTQ+ lovers, LGBTQ+ relationships, Loneliness, Newspaper columns, Self-image, Spirituality, Surgery Subject: Ben Power, Bet Power, Ira B. Pauly, Lou Sullivan Description: Two newspaper clippings and envelope included. -
Letter from Rupert Raj to Caryn and Janice Van Cleve (July 15, 1988)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: Jul. 15, 1988 Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men Subject: Gender Networker, International Foundation for Gender Equality, Janice Van Cleve, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Rupert Raj to Caryn and Janice Van Cleve, thanking Roberts for submitting poetry to his upcoming anthology, enclosing the first issue of "Gender Networker," and asking for information r... -
Letter from the Cheryl A. Leeman
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Leeman, Cheryl A. Date: Unknown Topics: Subject: American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), Cheryl A. Leeman, LGBTQ+ organizations, Rupert Raj Description: Letter from Cheryl A. Leeman, Director of Membership Services at the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. Leeman provides information regarding AASECT membership and i...
