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Interview with Monet (Kisha) Martin
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Martin, Monet (Kisha) Date: May 18, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Cannabis, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Rape, Sexual relationships, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Surgery, Transgender people, Violence Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Interview with Monica Cross
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cross, Monica, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Feb. 6, 2017 Topics: Black people, Clergy, Counseling, Discrimination, Gender minorities, Grandparents, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Navy, Passing (Gender), Spirituality, Suicide, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), White nationalism, White supremacy movements Subject: Authenticity and Imagination in the Face of Oppression, Monica Cross, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Tapestry Ministries, The Collaborative Community Planning Council Description: Monica Joy Cross is a Black trans woman raised in California. At the time of this oral history, Cross was the Pastor at First Christian Church of Oakland and an Associate Pastor at Tapestry Ministr... -
Interview with Osiris Coleman
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Coleman, Osiris Date: Sep. 21, 2015 Topics: Assigned gender, Atlantic Coast (Middle Atlantic States), Bisexuals, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Celebrities, Change of name, Child abuse, Coming out, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Lesbians, Medical care, MtFs, Ovariectomy, Passing (Gender), Phalloplasty, Police, Pregnancy, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Work Subject: Curtis Crane, Janet Mock, Loren Cameron, New York City Department of Sanitation, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Osiris Coleman is a Black trans man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood in West Philadelphia and family relationships, his relocation to New ... -
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 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 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... -
Interview with Rehema Mertinez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mertinez, Rehema Date: Mar. 28, 2016 Topics: Acceptance, Art, Authority, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Celebrities, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Depression, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Latin Americans, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Media, Medical care, Mental health, MtFs, Multiracial transgender people, Police, Police brutality, Prisons, Racially mixed people, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sex, Sexuality, Spirituality, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Youth Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity,... -
Interview with Renata Garcia and Jennicet Gutierrez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Garcia, Renata, Gutierrez, Jennicet Date: Oct. 3, 2015 Topics: Activists, Alien detention centers, Catholic Church, Dating, Families, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Illegal residents, Immigrants, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, MtFs, Nativism, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexuality, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people Subject: Bamby Salcedo, Barack Obama, FAMILIA Trans Queer Liberation Movement, Jennicet Gutierrez, Renata Garcia, Sylvia Rivera, Trans Latina Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican ... -
Interview with Reneka Evans
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Evans, Reneka Date: Aug. 21, 2016 Topics: Activism, AIDS (Disease), Bars (Drinking establishments), Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Drag balls, Drag performance, Education, Educators, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, HIV infections, Hormones, Law enforcement, Love, Medical care, MtFs, Prisons, Religion, Sex, Sex work, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work Subject: Red Door Clinic, Reneka Evans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality Description: Reneka Evans is a Black trans female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving... -
Interview with Spencer Fugate
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fugate, Spencer Date: Sep. 5, 2015 Topics: Bisexuality, Celebrities, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Education, Families, Femmes, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, Love, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Native American . . ., Native American transgender people, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity), Polyamory, Racially mixed people, Racism, Religion, Rural development, Sex, Sexuality, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Students, Transgender people, White people--Race identity--United States, White transgender people Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Spencer Fugate is a mixed white and Cherokee trans woman who grew up in Tennessee and uses she and they. In this interview, Fugate speaks at length about growing up in Tennessee, religion and spiri... -
Interview with Thalia Forton
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Forton, Thalia Date: Feb. 12, 2016 Topics: Bullying, Dating, Depression, Families, Harassment, Hormones, MtFs, National characteristics, Puerto Rican, Passing (Gender), Racially mixed people, Sexual violence, Stress, Students, Transgender people Subject: Thalia Forton Description: Thalia Forton shared her story in her dorm room at the University of Minnesota. Forton identifies herself as a queer trans woman of color. In this oral history, Forton shares her experiences with d... -
Interview with Tona Brown
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Tona Date: Sep. 22, 2016 Topics: Art, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Classical music, Coming out, Counseling, Creative activities and seat work, Discrimination, Entertainers, Family members, Family relationships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Religion, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender people, Violinists, Work Subject: Carnegie Hall, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Tona Brown is a African American transgender woman from Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of this interview, Brown was working as a musician, a teacher, and a world-class performer. In this oral hi... -
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 Tracie Jada O'Brien
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Tracie Jada Date: Jan. 13, 2017 Topics: Adult child abuse victims--Mental health, African American transgender people, African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc, Assigned gender, Blacks--Segregation, Bullying, Christianity, Cosmetics, Counselors, Depression, Mental, Drag queens, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, MtFs, Police raids, Religions, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual practices, Transgender prostitution Subject: Affordable Care Act, Christine Jorgensen, Miss Fannie's Ball, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tenderloin, The Center for Special Problems Description: Tracie Jada O'Brien is a Black female who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, she was doing social work in San Diego. In this oral history O'Brien talks at length about h... -
Interview with Tygra Slarii
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Slarii, Tygra Trinity Date: Jan. 26, 2017 Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Ballroom dancing, Biological parenthood, Choirs, Drag, Drag community, Families, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Twins Subject: Aquarius, Brody Bartlett, Damon Kelsey, Michelle Obama, On the Roof, Puttin on the Ritz Description: Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also disc...
