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  1. Carmen Rupe Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Rupe, Carmen, Body, Jack
    Date: 1991
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Dancers, Drag queens, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Sex work, Sexual orientation, Striptease, Transphobia, Transsexual people
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffe Lounge, The Balcony
    Description: An interview with Carmen Rupe conducted by Jack Body. Rupe talks about her gender identity, sex and sex work, running a nightclub, and being part of LGBTQ+ communities in Australia and New Zealand.
  2. Dana de Milo

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: de Milo, Dana, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Dec. 4, 2012
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Homophobia, Hopkins model, Hormones, Maori (New Zealand people), Maori language, Medicalization, Parents of LGBTQ+ people, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Race discrimination, Sex work, Transphobia
    Subject: Backslang, Carmen Rupe, Dana de Milo, John Money, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, The Purple Onion, Vivian Street
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to suicide.
  3. Dana de Milo on Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: de Milo, Dana, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Dec. 11, 2012
    Topics: Bottom surgery, Burlesque (Theater), Drag queens, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ night life, Maori (New Zealand people), Sex work, Trans women
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Dana de Milo, The Balcony, Vivian Street
    Description: An interview conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Dana de Milo talks about Carmen Rupe. de Milo describes Rupe as a performer, the nightclub she ran, and how she supported other drag performers and...
  4. Georgina Beyer - Places and Personalities

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Beyer, Georgina, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Jan. 27, 2023
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ clubs, Medicalization, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Dana de Milo, Georgina Beyer, Jacquie Grant, The Balcony, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, The Purple Onion, Vivian Street
    Description: An interview with Georgina Beyer conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Beyer discusses the club scene in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1970s and 80s, sex work, gender presentation, and major figure...
  5. Interview with Beau Larsen

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Larsen, Beau
    Date: Nov. 20, 2021
    Topics: Feminism, Femmes, Forensics (Public speaking), Genderqueer people, Non-binary people, Queer theory, Sex work, White transgender people
    Subject: ONE Archives
    Description: An interview with Beau Larsen, a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester Co...
  6. Interview with Brian Belovitch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Belovitch, Brian
    Date: Aug. 29, 2021
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ victims of bullying, Passing (Gender), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Trans Figured: My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man
    Description: An interview with Brian Belovitch. Brian is a writer, playwright, performer and survivor of HIV. He identifies as a gay man of trans experience. Topics in order of discussion include: moving to Pro...
  7. Interview with Cathy Kapua

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Kapua, Cathy
    Date: Oct. 29, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Decriminalization, Imprisonment, Sex work, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Kulia Na Mamo, Trans Justice Funding Project
    Description: An interview with Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua, a Native Hawaiian māhūwahine and trans woman, community organizer, and public health advocate based on O'ahu. At the time of this interview, she was Deput...
  8. Interview with Diana LaMonte

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: LaMonte, Diana, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Feb. 14, 2020
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Celibacy, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ suicide, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Sex (Act), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women
    Subject: Association of Canadian Transsexuals (ACT), CHAT, Diana Lamonte
    Description: Oral history with Diana LaMonte discussing her transition, activism, and life story. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content assault and self-harm.
  9. 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...
  10. Monei Evans

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 23, 2024
    Topics: African American transgender people, Coming out, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Subject: House of History, Monei Evans, SHEBA
    Description: An interview with Monei Evans. Monei Evans is a transgender woman who works as an advocate for transgender rights. In the interview, Evans discusses her transition from being a sex worker to a peer...
  11. oni lem Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: oni lem
    Date: Nov. 25, 2019
    Topics: Femmes, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Sex work, Transgender community
    Subject: New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG)
    Description: An interview of oni lem by NYC Trans Oral History Project.
  12. Oral History Interview with an Anonymous Person

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 24, 2017
    Topics: Bounty hunters, Drug control, HIV/AIDS, Queer Christians, Sex work, Substance abuse, Transvestites
    Subject: Backstreet Cafe, Campbell Avenue, Galax Police Department, Highland Avenue, Police Brutality, Roanoke College, Roanoke Police Department Vice Squad, Salem Avenue, The Park
    Description: Oral History Interview with Anonymous1 Interviewers: Roanoke College students Date: 24 February 2017 Location: Downtown Roanoke Duration: 52:17
  13. Oral History Interview with Miss Grace Kelly

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Kelly, Miss Grace
    Date: Feb. 24, 2018
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Bondage, Christianity, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Female impersonators, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ night life, Pageants, Sex work, Sexuality
    Subject: Body Image, Carolyn Sue Wilson, City Market, Jefferson Center, Kristina, Lady Bunny, Miss Gay Roanoke Pageant, Murphy's, Neely O'Hara, Pride in the Park, RuPaul's Drag Race, Salem Avenue, The Horoscope, The Park, The Trade Winds, Tim Clark
    Description: Interviewer: Ashleigh Griffin; Princess Carter Interviewee: Miss Grace Kelly Date: 24 February 2018 Duration: 1:41:40 Transcription prepared by: Ashleigh Griffin
  14. Renee Imperato Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Imperato, Renee, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Jan. 23, 2021
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ veterans, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Racism against Black people, Sex work, Transfeminine people, Transgender disabled people, Transgender political activists, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: 220 Club, House of Sally, Leslie Feinberg, Paris Is Burning, SAGE Advisory Council, World Worker's Party
    Description: Renee Imperato was born on May 8, 1948 in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. Renee describes the first 30 some years of life as living as an “unconscious male impersonator.” Renee fought in ...