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Akasha Barker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Barker, Akasha, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 12, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Beauty schools, Body image, Change of name, Education, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Isolation, LGBTI community, Mental health, Music, NGOs, Police brutality, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people Description: In this conversation with interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu, entertainer Akasha Barker (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) discusses her journey with her gender identity during the HIV/AIDS epid... -
Carla Roldos Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Roldos, Carla, Keyes, Anna Date: Apr. 18, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Death and dying, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Nursing, Passing (Gender), Politics, Public safety, Role models, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Gay mother Description: In an interview with Anna Keyes, trans woman Carla Roldos talks about her experiences transitioning and becoming a member of the trans community in New York City. Roldos specifically discusses the ... -
Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Nova, Cyd, Doroshow, Ceyenne Date: Feb. 19, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Age, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femininities, Gay community, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, Language, LGBTI community, Loneliness, MtFs, Racism, Representation, Riots, Roman catholicism, Sexual assault, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Ceyenne Doroshow, Miss Major Description: Ceyenne Doroshow shares her experience developing a supportive relationship with her family, enduring ignorance and discrimination, first meeting another transwoman, learning about hormones, and di... -
Interview with Charlene Bradshaw
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bradshaw, Charlene Date: Jan. 12, 2016 Topics: Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Education, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Homophobia, Lesbians, Masculinities, Military, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Volunteering, Writers Subject: Charlene Bradshaw, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Description: Charlene Bradshaw is a Black lesbian born and raised in Hawaii. In this oral history, Bradshaw speaks about his experiences being a Black transgender person in Minneapolis, alongside serving in the... -
Interview with Micky Bradford
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bradford, Micky Date: Oct. 4, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Assigned gender, Coming out, Dating, Drag, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Health facilities, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbian community, Medical interventions, Migration, Military, Passing (Gender), Prisons and race relations, Racism, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOC), Transgender Law Center Description: Micky Bradford is a Black queer non-binary trans woman based in Atlanta who co-founded and organized the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival. At the time of this interview, she was an organizer wit... -
Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Alexander, Qui Dorian Date: Sep. 11, 2017 Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Ball culture, Bible, Black people, Black transgender people, Community life, Dating, Depression, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Multiracial transgender people, Oppression, Parenthood, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Adrienne Maree, Brown Boi Project, Charlene Arcila, Emergent Strategy, Mazzoni Center, Reg Ju, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Tiq Milan, Trans Health Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and ... -
Interview with Quinn Villagomez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Villagomez, Quinn Date: Sep. 17, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art, Assigned gender, Biracial LGBTQ+ people, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ radio, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Pronoun, Schools, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transphobia, Work Subject: Brown College, Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Description: Quinn Villagomez, also nicknamed Shimmer, is a biracial Hispanic female based in Minnesota. In this interview Villagomez talks about the field of radio and broadcasting, including her work co-hosti... -
Interview with Quinton Neal
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Neal, Quinton Date: Feb. 23, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Appearance, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people--Race identity, Discrimination, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTI community, Medical interventions, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American . . ., Native American LGBTQ+ people, Online dating, Police, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Problem-oriented policing, Psychic trauma, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Rape, Religion, Religions, Religious institutions, Role behavior, Rural areas, Schools, Self-care, Health, Sexual freedom, Sexual orientation, Sexual violence, Sexuality, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender community Subject: Black Liberation Projects, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Caitlyn Jenner, Delta Phi Upsilon, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Quinton Neal is a Black and Native American gender-fluid person from Peoria and Philadelphia who goes by she and he. At the time of this interview, Neal was a student in graduate school. In this or... -
Interview with Valerie Spencer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Valerie Date: Oct. 5, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Exorcism, Families, Families, Black, Femininities, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Identity politics, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labeling, Language, Marriage, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Racism, Role behavior, Role models, Schools, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center of Color Description: Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her di... -
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... -
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... -
Vivian Lopez Ponce Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ponce, Vivian Lopez, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 21, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, AIDS activists, Discos, Family members, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, MtFs, Sexology, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Women Description: In an interview with Sebástian Castro Niculescu, activist Vivian Lopez Ponce details her struggles with her gender identity throughout her life, including a lack of familial acceptance and family d...
