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Interview with Lee Livingston Perine
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Perine, Lee Livingston Date: Dec. 22, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Butch-femme relationships, Children, Coming out, Community life, Divorce, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gay identity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Marriage, Masculinities, Misogyny, Race, Racism, Sexuality, Social privilege, Sports, Suicide, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Twins, Work Subject: Donald Trump, Prince, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Lee Levingston Perine is a Black genderqueer person from St. Louis, Missouri. They talk about their early life, college, and grad school, as well as having a very supportive family. They talk at le... -
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 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: Melissa Harl is a white female with transgender experience and history who grew up in Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Harl was working as a Professor at the University of Minnesota. In th... -
Interview with Meredeth Vezina
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vezina, Meredith Date: Jan. 13, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Baseball, Cheerleaders, Contraception, Cosmetics, Divorce, Drag queens, Endocrinology, Femininities, Football, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Shame, Sports, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Wars Subject: Cuyamaca Woods, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michele Bachmann, National Organization for Women (NOW), Silvia Rivera, Stonewall 25, Tracy O'Brien, Traditions Military Video Business, Trans Elders, Trans Narratives, University of California San Diego, University of California San Diego Gender Program, University of Vermont, Vietnam War Veteran Interviews Description: Meredith Vezina is a white trans woman who was born in Berlin, NH and grew up in Long Island is based, at the time of this interview, in San Diego, CA. In this oral history she describes coming to ... -
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, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Law, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ parenthood, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Marriage, Medical care, Military, Names, Personal, Passing (Gender), Police, Prisons, Religion, Religions, Self-repression, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Shame, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, White LGBTQ+ people, Work 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, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Vote No Campaign Description: Nicole Vanderheiden is a white woman from Colorado and Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Vanderheiden worked in the Social Security office. In this oral history she touches upon her experie... -
Interview with Paula Overby
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Overby, Paula Date: Nov. 16, 2015 Topics: Art, Community life, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Divorce, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Marriage, Medical care, Mental health, Middle West, Politics, Race, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender rights, Whites--Race identity, Work Subject: Confessions of a Crossdresser, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Paula Overby is a white transgender woman from the United States. At the time of this oral history, Oberby was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Overby speaks at length about growing up in... -
Interview with Rachel Schroeder
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schroeder, Rachel Date: Feb. 23, 2016 Topics: Anxiety, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Body building, Celebrities, Child custody, Children, Community life, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Intolerance, Lesbian identity, Love, Marriage, Medication, Middle West, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity) in literature, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex, Social exclusion, Symbolic representation, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Whites--Race identity Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Janitorial Company, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Rachel Schroeder is a white trans woman from Burnsville, Minnesota. She discusses how her desire and her decision to transition impacted her relationships, and the importance of being correctly gen... -
Interview with Toni Pajak
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Pajak, Toni Date: Nov. 23, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Body image, Christianity, Classism, Coming out, Crossdressers, Dating, Depression, Diabetes, Discrimination, Divorce, Employment discrimination, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Health insurance, Heterosexual women, Hormones, Information technology, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Politics, Pregnancy, Public safety, Racism, Religions, Sexual orientation, Sexual practices, Social media, Sports, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Description: Toni Pajak is a white transsexual woman from North Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Pajak was working as an Information Technology Specialist based out of Minnesota. In this oral history... -
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... -
Interview with Venus DeMars part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: DeMars, Venus Date: May 3, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Autobiographies, Breast, Bullying, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Hormones, Marriage, MtFs, Musicians, Nose--Surgery, Pronoun, Puberty, Transgender people Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Venus de Mars Description: Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews that the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview she was... -
Interview with Venus DeMars part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: DeMars, Venus Date: Sep. 12, 2017 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Film industry, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Marriage, Masculinities, Mental health, MtFs, Music groups, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Pronoun, Rock music, Sexuality, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Human Rights Act Description: Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview de Mars was... -
Joanne and Julie Nemecek Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Nemecek, Julie, Nemecek, Joanne Date: Jul. 17, 2017 Topics: LGBTQ+ Baptists, Marriage, Transgender people Subject: Bethel College, Christine Jorgensen, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Joanne Nemecek, Julie Nemecek, Michigan Equality, PFLAG, Renee Richards, Roberts Wesleyan College, Soulforce, Spring Arbor University, Susan Stanton Description: OUTWORDS interview with Joanne and Julie Nemecek, conducted by Mason Funk on July 17, 2017 in their home in Spring Arbor, Michigan. Julie is a proud grandmother, Presbyterian church elder, and publ... -
John Willson - the "other woman" in his wife's life
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Dec. 1, 1984 Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender role, Heterosexuality, Marriage, Partners of transgender people, Self-acceptance, Shame, Support groups Subject: John Willson, Women of the Beaumont Society (WOBS) Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Journal of Male Feminism No. 2 (1980)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1980 Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Clothing, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Electrolysis, Events, Femininities, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Hair removal products, Homosexuality, Hormones, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: DREAM Program -
Journal of Male Feminism No. 3 (1979)
Collection: Journal of Male Feminism Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Jones, Glenda Rene Date: 1979 Topics: Alcoholism, Appearance, Beards, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Electrolysis, Eroticism, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hair, Law, Marriage, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Photographs, Substance abuse, Transsexualism Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT)