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  1. 1996 Xmas Letter

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 25, 1996
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Gay men, LGBTQ+ unhoused youth, Sex work, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Ivan Valentin, Jack Nichols, Mother's March Against AIDS, Norma Johnson, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 1996 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. In this letter...
  2. A Life Cut Short: Gender Identity Discrimination and the Murder of Chanelle Pickett

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  3. Carmen Rupe Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Rupe, Carmen, Body, Jack
    Date: 1991
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Dancers, Drag queens, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Sex work, Sexual orientation, Striptease, Transphobia, Transsexual people
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffe Lounge, The Balcony
    Description: An interview with Carmen Rupe conducted by Jack Body. Rupe talks about her gender identity, sex and sex work, running a nightclub, and being part of LGBTQ+ communities in Australia and New Zealand.
  4. Commonwealth vs. Palmer, William C

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Lynch, Adrienne C.
    Date: Jan. 4, 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ people who use substances recreationally, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Trans women, Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts
    Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett, Jacque's, Playland Cafe, William C. Palmer
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  5. Dana de Milo

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: de Milo, Dana, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Dec. 4, 2012
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Homophobia, Hopkins model, Hormones, Maori (New Zealand people), Maori language, Medicalization, Parents of LGBTQ+ people, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Race discrimination, Sex work, Transphobia
    Subject: Backslang, Carmen Rupe, Dana de Milo, John Money, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, The Purple Onion, Vivian Street
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to suicide.
  6. Dana de Milo on Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: de Milo, Dana, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Dec. 11, 2012
    Topics: Bottom surgery, Burlesque (Theater), Drag queens, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ night life, Maori (New Zealand people), Sex work, Trans women
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Dana de Milo, The Balcony, Vivian Street
    Description: An interview conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Dana de Milo talks about Carmen Rupe. de Milo describes Rupe as a performer, the nightclub she ran, and how she supported other drag performers and...
  7. Georgina Beyer - Places and Personalities

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Beyer, Georgina, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Jan. 27, 2023
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ clubs, Medicalization, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Dana de Milo, Georgina Beyer, Jacquie Grant, The Balcony, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, The Purple Onion, Vivian Street
    Description: An interview with Georgina Beyer conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Beyer discusses the club scene in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1970s and 80s, sex work, gender presentation, and major figure...
  8. Here's Laughing with You - 1983

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 21, 1983
    Topics: Black transgender people, Christmas, Drag queens, Gay men, New Year, QTPOC, Sex work, Transfeminine people
    Subject: David Combs, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Willie Brashears
    Description: Content warning: This item contains nudity and racist language.
  9. Interview with Ameriah Neal

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Neal, Ameirah
    Date: Dec. 1, 2016
    Topics: Art, Assigned gender, Ball culture, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Child abuse, Colleges, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Discrimination, Division, Drag, Drug abuse, Employment policies, Etymology, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Intersectionality (Sociology), Language, LGBTQ+ communities, Passing (Gender), Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Politics, Prejudices, Race relations, Sex work, Sexual orientation, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ameirah Neal is a Black woman from Washington, DC. At the time of this interview she was working as a Peer Ed Coordinator with a nonprofit organization in DC. In this oral history she speaks at len...
  10. Interview with Beau Larsen

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Larsen, Beau
    Date: Nov. 20, 2021
    Topics: Feminism, Femmes, Forensics (Public speaking), Genderqueer people, Non-binary people, Queer theory, Sex work, White transgender people
    Subject: ONE Archives
    Description: An interview with Beau Larsen, a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester Co...
  11. Interview with Brian Belovitch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Belovitch, Brian
    Date: Aug. 29, 2021
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ victims of bullying, Passing (Gender), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Trans Figured: My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man
    Description: An interview with Brian Belovitch. Brian is a writer, playwright, performer and survivor of HIV. He identifies as a gay man of trans experience. Topics in order of discussion include: moving to Pro...
  12. Interview with Cathy Kapua

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Kapua, Cathy
    Date: Oct. 29, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Decriminalization, Imprisonment, Sex work, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Kulia Na Mamo, Trans Justice Funding Project
    Description: An interview with Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua, a Native Hawaiian māhūwahine and trans woman, community organizer, and public health advocate based on O'ahu. At the time of this interview, she was Deput...
  13. Interview with Diana LaMonte

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: LaMonte, Diana, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Feb. 14, 2020
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Celibacy, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ suicide, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Sex (Act), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women
    Subject: Association of Canadian Transsexuals (ACT), CHAT, Diana Lamonte
    Description: Oral history with Diana LaMonte discussing her transition, activism, and life story. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content assault and self-harm.
  14. Interview with Dona Ewing

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ewing, Dona
    Date: Apr. 5, 2016
    Topics: AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Alcohol, Bars (Drinking establishments), Community life, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Income, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Medical care, Middle West, Race, Racism, Sex work, Sexual orientation, Surgery--Complications, Transitioning (Gender), Wealth, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Dona Ewing, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time of...
  15. Interview with Donna Ewing part 2

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ewing, Dona
    Date: May 1, 2017
    Topics: AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Anti-racism, Assigned gender, Bars (Drinking establishments), Biology, Cannabis, Celebrities, Clothing, Community life, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Drag performance, Drag queens, Drug traffic, Electrolysis, Entertainers, Ethnicity, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, Income, Intersex people, Investments, Middle West, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Sex work, Sexual practices, Strippers, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Wealth, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Copper Squirrel, Donald Hastings, G.I. Act, Laverne Cox, RuPaul, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time o...