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Interview with Mara Glubka
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Glubka, Mara, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Apr. 11, 2016 Topics: Celebrities, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Happiness, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Legal name, Love, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Parenthood, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: An Act to Provide for Single-sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide Consistency in Regulation of Employment and Public Accommodations, Christine Jorgensen, HB2, Mara Glubka, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Mara Glubka is a white transgender woman born and raised in Winona, MN. At the time of this interview, Glubka was retired and living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Glubka talks about her child... -
Interview with Marcus Waterbury
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Waterbury, Marcus Date: Jan. 8, 2016 Topics: Art, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Dating, Family members, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Heterosexual men, Income, LGBTQ+ relationships, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Passing (Sexuality), Plastic surgery, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychotherapy, Religion, Sex, Sexism, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Voice therapy (Gender), Wealth, Whites--Race identity, Women's movement, Work Subject: Mount Holyoke, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Marcus Waterbury is a white transgender man raised in Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Waterbury was working as a wealth advisor based out of the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Waterbu... -
Interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Hartigan, Margaret Deirdre Date: Apr. 6, 2022 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Irish American Catholics, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ older people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transsexual people Subject: Filisa Vistima Foundation Description: An interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan, an Irish Catholic transsexual woman, transsexual health and rights activist, writer, and retired secretary and typesetter living in Portland, Oregon. ... -
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: Air pilots, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Family members, Family relationships, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender identity--Law and legislation, Gender realignment surgery, Grandchildren, Health, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Medical care, Military, MtFs, Psychotherapy, Retirees, Sexuality, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Clark institute, Tretter Collection Autogynephilia, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Marlene Somers is a white MTF transsexual person from South Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Somers was retired. In this oral history, Somers speaks at length about living two lives at o... -
Interview with Max Gries
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Gries, Max Date: Oct. 28, 2016 Topics: Art, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Genderqueer people, Harassment, Health, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medical care, Nineteen eighties, Nineteen nineties, Passing (Gender), Race, Sexual orientation, Social movements, Social privilege, Transitioning (Gender), Two thousands (Decade), White LGBTQ+ people, Work Subject: Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Minnesota Trans Health Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, UMN Transgender Commission Description: Max Gries is a white genderqueer person from Wisconsin. At the time of this oral history, Gries was working at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, Gries reflects upo... -
Interview with Melinda Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lee, Melinda Date: Aug. 17, 2017 Topics: Activism, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Atlantic Coast (North America), Dating, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Labeling, Language, LGBTI community, Love, Middle West, Politics, Pronoun, Race, Racism, Rape, Schools, Sex, Sexual orientation, Social media, Social movements, Surgery, Transphobia, Violence, White supremacy movements--United States, Work Subject: Black and Pink, Khmer Rouge, Lobby Days, OutFront Minnesota, The Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans, Trans Advisory and Action Team, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they... -
Interview with Melissa Harl
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Harl, Melissa Date: Jan. 30, 2017 Topics: Boy Scouts, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Conformity, Discrimination, Educators, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Marriage, Music, Sexuality, Socialisation, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Gender Odyssey, Kate Bornstein, Macalester College, Smiley's Family Clinic, Stonewall 25, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: In this oral history Melissa Harl shares her story as a female with transgender experience and history. Growing up in Mequon, WI, a suburb of Milwaukee, she discusses her childhood, her realization... -
Interview with Micah King
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: King, Micah Date: Dec. 23, 2015 Topics: Alcohol, Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Black people, Bullying, Coming out, Coping behaviour, Depression, Drawings, Emotions, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Group therapy, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Psychology, Racism, Self-mutilation, Sexuality, Singers, Social work, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins Subject: Booth Brown House, Janet Byrstrom, RECLAIM!, Super America Description: Micah King identifies as a black queer trans man, and he was assigned female at birth. He was 22 at the time of the interview. He has a twin sister and 7 other siblings. He grew up with his grandmo... -
Interview with Monet (Kisha) Martin
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Martin, Monet (Kisha) Date: May 18, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Cannabis, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Rape, Sexual relationships, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Surgery, Transgender people, Violence Description: Monet (Kisha) Martin identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She played sports growing up such as basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer. Martin was kicked out of high school ... -
Interview with Na Choih
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Choih, Na Date: Oct. 9, 2020 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Environmental justice, Non-binary people, Transgender political activists Subject: Climate Generation, Korean people Description: An interview with Na Choih, a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Ci... -
Interview with Nasreen Mohamed
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mohamed, Nasreen Date: Jun. 14, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Bathrooms, Clothing, Colonization, Coming out, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Faith, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Government policy, Homophobia, Intersectionality (Sociology), Islam--Customs and practices, Islamophobia, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mass shootings, Muslims, Parenthood, Puberty, Religions, Sexuality, Social justice, Student passports Description: Nasreen Mohamed identifies as gender non-conforming more towards the male side and was assigned female at birth. Mohamed prefers being referred to by name over the use of pronouns. Mohamed grew up ... -
Interview with Nichole Moravec
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moravec, Nichole Date: Mar. 30, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Bathrooms, Binders (Materials), Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Divorce, Family members, Gender diversity, Internet, Intersectionality (Sociology), Lesbian identity, Masculinities, Pronoun, Sexuality, Social advocacy, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Mumbletech Description: Nichole Moravec is 23 and grew up in Faribault, Minnesota. Their parents divorced when they were fifteen. They were assigned female at birth and identify as non-binary and genderqueer. To them bein... -
Interview with Nick Metcalf
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Metcalf, Nick Date: May 10, 2016 Topics: Assigned gender, Bullying, Drag, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Navajo Indians, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Two-Spirit people Subject: Afro Elegance, American Indian Movement, Brandon Lacy Campos, Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, Gay Student Association, Man to Man, Minnesota Men of Color, Richard La Fortune, RuPaul, Ryan White Program Description: Nick Metcalf is a 44-year-old assigned male at birth two-spirit person. They were born and raised in Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota which Metcalf describes as rural and isolating since they co... -
Interview with Nicole Vanderheiden
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vanderheiden, Nicole Date: May 17, 2017 Topics: Air force, Assigned gender, Bisexual women, Bisexuality, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Conservatism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Evangelisation, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Religions, Self-repression, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Shame, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Alic Bitney, CeCe McDonald, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HB2, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Queer Veterans Support Group, Reese Rathgen, SPARTA, Sylvia Rivera, Vote No Campaign Description: Nicole Vanderheiden identifies as a bisexual woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born in Marquette, Michigan and has 3 brothers who she got along with as a kid. Her parents relocated to D... -
Interview with Oliver Schminkey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schminkey, Oliver, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Aug. 18, 2015 Topics: Coming out, Dating, LGBTQ+ poetry, Polyamory, Sexuality, Students, Transgender people Description: Oliver Schminkey is a non-binary transgender person who attends Macalester College. They describe the troubles they face with faculty, dating, family and finding work as a non-binary person. Schmin...
