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  1. Bradley Picklesimer Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Picklesimer, Bradley
    Date: Mar. 28, 2018
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Berdache, Drag, Drag queens, Gay discos, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ porn films, Police raids, Sexual assault, Siblings, Stonewall riots, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites
    Subject: ACT UP, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Bernard Jay, Bradley Picklesimer, Café LMNOP, Chi Chi LaRue, Club Agogo, Courtney Act, David Bowie, Divine, Francis Marion Picklesimer, Henry Faulkner, Jayne County, Judy Garland, Lee Angelique, Martha Lynn Stone, Miss Bradley, Sweet Evening Breeze, The Montparnasse, The Thrusters, Wade Littrell
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Bradley Picklesimer conducted by Kate Kunath on March 28, 2018 in Meally, KY. AT 20, Bradley opened his first downtown club in Lexington, KY with the help of his brother and...
  2. 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...
  3. Interview with Alexis Paige

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Paige, Alexis
    Date: Sep. 23, 2016
    Topics: Activism, Asian transgender people, Bisexuals, Breast, Community centres, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Korean Americans, LGBTQ+ partners, Machismo, Passing (Gender), Psychotherapy, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Same-sex marriage, Sexism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, White, Work
    Subject: Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade AIDS Project, Corey Paige, Lambda Legal, RuPaul, Trans Lifeline, Transgender Working Groups, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Alexis Paige is a mixed Korean and white trans woman from Nevada and Oregon. At the time of this interview, she was working as a Legal Aid at Lambda Legal. In this oral history Paige spends a signi...
  4. Interview with Andrew Ahl

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Ahl, Andrew
    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...
  5. Interview with Jeff Gaudor (Kira Stone)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Gaudor, Jeff
    Date: Apr. 21, 2020
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag families, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Substance abuse
    Subject: Miss Gay Massachusetts USofA, Miss Gay Rhode Island USofA
    Description: An interview with Kira Stone. Kira Stone is a drag persona performed by Jeff Gaudor since 2010. Gaudor identifies as a white; gay man. Topics in order of discussion include: growing up in Attleboro...
  6. Interview with Lou Weaver

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Weaver, Lou
    Date: Dec. 9, 2016
    Topics: Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Drag, Family members, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Human rights, Hysterectomy, Identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Police, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Pregnancy, Race, Same-sex marriage, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Social privilege, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, White LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, CeCe McDonald, Chaz Bono, Donald Trump, Ellen Degeneres, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, RuPaul, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Lou Weaver is a white trans man. At the time of the interview Weaver was working for Equality Texas. He discusses his childhood, his experience doing drag, and finding a community in Houston. He ex...
  7. 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: Activism, Assigned gender, Bullying, Community life, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender identity, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Middle West, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Navajo Indians, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Social movements, 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, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Nick Metcalf is an American Indian Two-Spirit person born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation located in South Dakota. At the time of this interview, Metcalf was working in the Twin Cities. In th...
  8. 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, Art, Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Coming out, Counseling, Dating, Drag, Drag kings, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ activism, Love, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Queer people, Race, Religions, Religious texts, Role behavior, Sex, Sexism, Social movements, Southern States, Sports, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: Black Girl Dangerous, RuPaul, Trans Advocacy Organization, Transgender Law Center, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Raquel Willis is a Black trans woman from Augusta, Georgia. At the time of this interview Willis was living in Oakland, CA. She is a writer, activist, and media maker, and, starting in 2018, the Ex...
  9. Joey Brooks Oral History Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Brooks Wyker, Cyrana, Brooks, Joey
    Date: Jan. 15, 2014
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Gay bars, Gay community, Party drugs, Police raids
    Subject: Brenda Dee, El Goya, Finnochio's, Frank Caven, Frank Moreno, Joel Herzog, Kelly Michaels, Tommy Jackson
  10. Lix Z Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Z, Lix
    Date: Jul. 17, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Anarchists, Archives, Black people, Body adornment, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Drag, Education, Eroticism, Exhibitionism, Fetishism, Gay pride week, Gender diversity, Heterosexuals, Leather community, Police, Punk, SM, Trade unions, Transgender community, Writers, Zines
    Subject: Blue Stocking, DIY Spaces, FTP Gay, Happy Fun Hideaway, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Maya Songbird, Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC), Queer/Trans Zinefest (QTZFest), Silent Barn, Socrates Sculpture Park, Telepathic Children, Time is the Thing a Body Move Through, Trans Play Party
  11. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement
    Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women...