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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... -
Oral History with Twig Delugé for Country Queers
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Country Queers Creator: Delujé, Twig, Garringer, Rachel Date: Jul. 8, 2014 Topics: Agricultural occupations, Fiction, FtMs, Gender identity, Parents of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Rural areas, Stealth (Transgender), Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Alice Walker, Dorothy Allison, Karen Russell Description: Twig grew up in Hayes, KS, lived in Portland, OR, and then settled in rural NM where he lived at the time of the interview. Twig is a writer and the producer of the Queer Country Roadshow which to... -
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 -
Panel on Gender-Nonconforming People and AIDS
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Sullivan, Lou, Taylor, Janet, Olsen, Mark Date: 1989 Topics: AIDS activists, Alcoholism, Appearance, Body image, Child abuse, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Intersex people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Oral sex, Orgasm, Passing (Gender), Penis, Recognition (Philosophy), Safe sex in AIDS prevention, Sexual practices, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Therapies, Transgender people, Writers Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association -
Paris Milane Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Milane, Paris Date: Jun. 22, 2017 Topics: Activists, Change of name, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Crimes, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Stealth (Transgender), Substance abuse, Support groups, Transgender community, Unemployment, Violence Subject: Housing Works, Paris Milane Description: Paris shares her experience of growing up in Atlanta and starting to “live her truth” at a young age. She recalls finding reassurance in a community of other Black trans women for the first time an... -
Patty Gone Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gone, Patty Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Authors, Faith, Performing arts, Transgender artists, Transgender community Subject: Love Life (Book) Description: Interview with Patty Gone, a performance artist, writer and the author of Love Life (Mount Analogue, 2019). In this interview, they discuss attending Catholic school in Harrisburg, PA. They describ... -
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... -
Peri Te Wao Profile
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: PrideNZ Creator: Te Wao, Peri, Ho, Wai Date: Aug. 10, 2010 Topics: Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ sports clubs, Trans men, Transgender community Subject: Evergreen Lounge, New Zealand Human Rights Commission (HRC), Outgames, Peri Te Wao Description: An interview with Peri Te Wao conducted by Wai Ho in which Te Wao discusses transitioning, finding community as a shy person, and volunteer work. -
Phoenix Danger Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Danger, Phoenix Date: Apr. 24, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Immigration, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Multiculturalism, Politics, Racism, Substance abuse, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Babeland, Phoenix Danger Description: Phoenix Danger was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. In this interview, they recount their early life in suburban New York as the child of Filipino imm... -
Phyllis Randolph Frye Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph Date: Jun. 1, 2017 Topics: Harassment, Judicial power, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Ernest McGowan, International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy, Lifetime Achievement Award, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Pro Tem Johnny Goyen, ROTC, Shannon Minter, Texas A & M, Transgender Foundation of America, University of Houston Description: Interview with Judge Phyllis Randolph Frye conducted by Mason Funk on June 1, 2017, at her office in Houston, Texas. After she experienced extensive and violent harassment from her neighbors after ... -
Qais Kamran Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kamran, Qais Date: Mar. 14, 2023 Topics: Jewish transgender people, Nightlife, QTPOC, Transgender community, Transmasculine people Subject: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement Description: Qais Kamran describes his experiences growing up as a first generation Iranian Jew in Los Angeles, attending Jewish day school and discovering the importance of oral history to his family’s communi... -
Quito Ziegler Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Ziegler, Quito Date: Jul. 18, 2018 Topics: Artists, Childhood, Education, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Judaism, LGBTI community, NGOs, Photography, Socialism Description: Quito Ziegler tells interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu about their childhood growing up in a Jewish and socialist environment. Their journey to find their gender identity and a queer community ... -
Rabbi Dr. Levi Ethan Alter Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Creator: Alter, Levi Ethan, Bowman, Mark Date: Feb. 4, 2018 Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Holocaust survivors, Intersex identity, Intersex movement, Intersex people, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ Judaism, Orthodox Judaism Description: Dr. Levi Ethan Alter is an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi who speaks of his experience as an intersex person within an intersex family, and the Jewish community. -
Rafaela Anshel Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Arban, Courtney Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Age, Child abuse, Childhood, Choirs, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Friendships, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Judaism, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Music, Popular culture, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Privacy, Self-acceptance, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Social workers, Stereotypes, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Gender Identity Project, Rafaela Anshel Description: Rafaela Anshel is a Jewish trans woman, affiliated with the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. This interview is a reflection of Anshel’s transition. She details accounts from youth up until present ... -
Raffi Marhaba Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Marhaba, Raffi Date: Feb. 26, 2019 Topics: Activists, Asylum migration, Bisexuality, Change of name, Childhood, Gender diversity, Immigration, Language, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mental health, Microaggressions, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Self-mutilation, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse Description: Raffi Marhaba, a non-binary Brazilian migrant, discussed seeking political asylum due to violence based on their sexual orientation and the immigration process to the US. They shared about their id...
