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  1. Aiden Simon Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Zavidow, Evan, Simon, Aiden
    Date: Aug. 16, 2017
    Topics: Artists, Coming out, Gender role, Military, Parents of transgender people, Photographers, Siblings, Social norms, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Aiden Simon
    Description: Aiden Simon, a Brooklyn-based visual artist, details a life spent moving among different spaces both geographically and in terms of community. He discusses his experiences living in various cities ...

  2. Amanda Armstrong Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Armstrong, Amanda
    Date: Mar. 21, 2019
    Topics: Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Bullying, Childbirth, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communism, Counseling, Counterculture, Death penalty, Education, Family members, Feminists, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Hormones, Labour, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Menstruation, Middle class, Motherhood, MtFs, New Left, Police, Politics, Psychology, Religions, Resistance movements, Rural areas, Sexual assault, Socialism, Sports, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism, Visibility, White people
    Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Academic Workers for a Democratic Union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), Karl Marx, Occupy Oakland, Oscar Grant, Ralph Nader, Swarthmore College, Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF), University of California Student-Workers Union (UAW)
    Description: Amanda Armstrong recounts her organizing as a graduate student militant in the 2009-2012 protest wave in Berkley and Oakland. She joined occupations and building take-overs organized by students an...

  3. Dezi Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Dezi, Towne, Tyler
    Date: Jul. 11, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Music, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
    Subject: Burner Community, Burning Man
    Description: Dezi speaks to interviewer Tyler Towne about their childhood in suburban California, growing up with two brothers. They discuss forming a supportive community of queer people in their life and the ...

  4. Donna Sachet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Sachet, Donna
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Child abuse, Coming out, Drag, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay Christians, Gay community, Gay men, Gay movement, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lipsynching, Methodist Church, Police harassment, Stonewall riots
    Subject: ACT UP, Bette Davis, Beverly Sills, Black Cat Bar, Campus Crusade for Christ, Donna Sachet, Donna Summer, Empress of San Francisco, Fire Island, Gay Men's Chorus, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), GLAAD Media Awards, Joan Crawford, José Sarria, Juanita More, Judy Garland, Mark Leno, Miss Gay San Francisco, Perry Ellis, Shanti Project, Tavern Guild, The Celluloid Closet, Trannyshack
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Donna Sachet conducted by Mason Funk on July 27, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. Donna is a drag performer, community activist, and author. Donna has raised millions of dollars f...

  5. Ei Meeker Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Meeker, Ei
    Date: Oct. 9, 2017
    Topics: Activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Community centres, Direct action, Educators, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender role, Harassment, Health care, Help lines, HIV/AIDS, Housing, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Roman catholicism, Schools, Sex education, Sexuality, Tolerance, Transgender children, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: ACT UP, Bailey House, Ei Meeker, Terry McGovern

  6. Eli Oberman Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Oberman, Eli, Milks, M. Henry
    Date: Feb. 20, 2017
    Topics: Breast cancer, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homophobia, Hormones, Loneliness, Misogyny, Musicians, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Therapies, Transphobia
    Subject: Eli Oberman, The New School
    Description: Eli Oberman—one of, if not the first, trans-identified students at Eugene Lang— talks about coming out as one of two very different trans children to a family of feminists, misogyny in transmasculi...

  7. Gogo Graham Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Graham, Gogo
    Date: May 10, 2019
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Childhood, Christianity, Clubs, Coming out, Fashion designers, Fashion--Japanese influences, Gay identity, Harassment, Hormones, Internet, Media, Microaggressions, MtFs, Music, Plastic surgery, Pop music, Rape, Social media, Step families, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse, Violence
    Subject: Asian Pacific Island Community Health Association (APICHA), Cecilia Gentilly, Hussein Chalayan, Kaden Ho, Raygun Hugo, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, Spectrum, The University of Texas - Austin, Tumblr, Yohji Yamamoto

  8. Interview with Andrew Ahl

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ahl, Andrew, Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Jul. 1, 2016
    Topics: Air force, Army, Atheism, Bartending, Bathrooms, Christianity, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Drag performance, Employment, Families, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health care, Hormones, Internet, Love, Marriage, Middle West, Military, Parents of transgender people, Religion, Sex, Spiritual life, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Andrew Ahl, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, National Security Administration, Target Corporation, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a white trans man. At the time of this interview, Ahl was living and working in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious military...

  9. Interview with Arin McNeese

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: McNeese, Arin
    Date: Jan. 12, 2017
    Topics: Alcoholism, Coming out, Dating, Drug addiction, Friendship, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Medical care, Medication, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Race, Racism, Social work with transgender youth, Transgender people, Transgender youth
    Subject: Aliveness Project, Cherokee, Loretta Worthington, Minnesot Priority Populations, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Pride Institute, Shades of Color, Trans Family Support Services, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Arin McNeese is a mixed Native American and white trans male from Minnesota who uses he, she, and they. At the time of this interview, McNeese was living in California. In this oral history, McNees...

  10. Interview with Kye Allums

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Allums, Kye
    Date: Sep. 4, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Bisexuals, Black people, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Racism, Sexual orientation, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Fearless Project, Gay and Lesbian Sports Education Network, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hancock Recreation Center, Jeff Sheng, National Black Justice Coalition, RECLAIM!, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
    Description: Kye Allums was the first openly transgender college athlete, playing Division I basketball for George Washington University. Since coming out, he has become a public figure, advocating for trans in...

  11. Interview with Moe

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Moe
    Date: Nov. 12, 2015
    Topics: Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Islam, Lesbians, Masculinities, Mysticism, Nursing, Roman catholicism, Sufism, Testosterone, Tomboys, White people
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Program in Human Sexuality, RECLAIM!, The Trans Youth Support Network
    Description: Moe identifies as a white trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was raised in Walnut Creek, California. He has two sisters and went to the Meher School, a Sufism school, which is connected...

  12. Interview With Paulina Angel

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Angel, Paulina
    Date: Dec. 8, 2016
    Topics: Abuse, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, Linguistics, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Online social networks, Passing (Gender), Politics, Pronoun, Role behavior, Self medication, Self-acceptance, Social advocacy, Social movements, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources
    Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman and musician originally from Indio, CA. Angel is an activist and organizer who has done work for multiple organizations including the Student Senate for Cali...

  13. Interview with Raquel Willis

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Willis, Raquel
    Date: Jun. 7, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Counseling, Dating, Drag, Drag kings, Family members, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Masculinities, MtFs, Religions, Religious texts, Role behavior, Sexism, Southern States, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: Black Girl Dangerous, RuPaul, Trans Advocacy Organization, Transgender Law Center
    Description: Raquel Willis is a black southern transgender queer woman from Augusta, Georgia who was raised Catholic. Her mom was an educator for almost 30 years at Augusta Technical College while her dad worke...

  14. Interview with Taya Mitchell

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mitchell, Taya
    Date: Apr. 6, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Black race--Color, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Identification cards, Inclusive education, Language, Medical care, Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Representation, Reproduction, Schools, Social media, Surgery, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota
    Description: Taya Mitchell is a performance artist and community organizer who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. In this oral history, she shares many of her experiences with being homeschooled; bullying ...

  15. J. Soto Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Soto, J., Milks, M. Henry
    Date: Oct. 20, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Arts, Childhood, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gay community, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Language, LGBTQ+ relationships, Migration, Night life, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: J. Soto
    Description: J. Soto recounts his evolving understanding of gender and identity along his eastward migration across the United States. Born and raised in the Bay Area, J. attended graduate school in Chicago, IL...