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  1. JD Davids Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Davids, JD
    Date: Mar. 11, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Internet, LGBTI community, Politics, Pregnancy, Schools, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender parents
    Subject: ACT UP, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), JD Davids, Project TEACH
    Description: JD Davids, a writer, health activist, and communication strategist, recounts his experiences as a member of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS activist movement and subsequent move to New York City. A Phila...
  2. Jean Vermette Oral History Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries
    Creator: Vermette, Jean, Holland, Annie, Tryon-Nadeau, Olivia
    Date: Nov. 19, 2016
    Topics: Catholic schools, College theater, Crossdressing, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ divorce, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, MtFs, Sexual revolution, Transgender relationships, Transsexual people, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: EqualityMaine, Jean Vermette, Maharishi Maharesh Yogi, Maine Gender Resource and Support Service (Megress), Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance (MLPGA), Outright, Tiffany Club, Transsupport Maine
    Description: Jean Vermette, born in 1954, is a transgender woman from Skowhegan, Maine. At the age of three, Jean knew that her biological sex did not match her gender identity. When Jean came out as transgende...
  3. Jeaux Henry Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Henry, Jeaux
    Date: May 22, 2019
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Being in love, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender role, Health care, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Secondary education, Social media, Solidarity, Transgender archives, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visibility, Women
    Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Boi Complex, Black Trans TV, Callen-Lorde Health Center, General Education Development (GED), Job Corps, One Medical Group, Racquel Reid, The Lighthouse, Zocdoc
    Description: Jeaux narrates their coming into black trans boihood, from their childhood in Atlanta to their life in New York City today. As the creator of Black Boi Complex, a virtual community for masculine-of...
  4. Jennifer Pritzker Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Pritzker, Jennifer, Funk, Mason
    Date: Nov. 11, 2021
    Topics: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, Israel-Arab War, 1973, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ veterans, Public bathroom bills
    Subject: Barry Winchell, Calpernia Addams, Jennifer Pritzker
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  5. Jessica Xavier Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Xavier, Jessica M., MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Jul. 5, 2022
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA), It’s Time, America!, Jessica Xavier, Leslie Feinberg, March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Transgender Educational Association, Transgender Needs Assessment Survey (WTNAS)
    Description: Jessica Xavier was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. From age 7, she realized she was not a boy but struggled to find a label to define herself. At age 39, she began her medical transition. Jess...
  6. Joan Roughgarden Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Roughgarden, Joan, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 30, 2021
    Topics: Evolution (Biology), Gender studies, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Joan Roughgarden
    Description: Joan Roughgarden was born on March 13, 1946 in Peterson, New Jersey, but also lived in the Philippines and Indonesia because her father was a missionary. Joan earned her PhD in biology from Harvard...
  7. Joanna Clark Full Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Taylor, Evan, Clark, Joanna
    Date: Dec. 30, 2019
    Topics: Community life, Education, Family, HIV/AIDS, Internet, Law, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Trans women, Transgender activism, Web sites
    Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Sister Mary Elizabeth
    Description: Oral history with Joanna Clark (also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth). Discussion of her activism, the military, and the internet.
  8. 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...
  9. Joel Fort Interview Transcript

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Stryker, Susan
    Date: Jul. 23, 1997
    Topics: Courts, Health care centres, Occupations in health care and social care, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Center for Special Problems, Donald Laub, Elliot Blackstone, Glide Memorial Methodist Church, Harry Benjamin, Joel Fort, Louise Ergestrasse, Ron Lee
    Description: Interview recorded in Berkeley, California with Dr. Joel Fort, the founder of San Francisco's Center for Special Problems
  10. Jonathon Thunderword Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network
    Creator: Thunderwood, Jonathon, Moultrie, Monique
    Date: Oct. 31, 2017
    Topics: Activists, AIDS activists, Fathers, Theology, Transgender rights
    Description: Jonathon Thunderwood talks in this Oral History about his role as a theologian, scholar, and free thinker. He discusses his experiences as an African-American trans man, minister, and father.
  11. Jose Sarria Interview Transcript (1996)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Gabriel, Paul
    Date: Sep. 15, 1996
    Topics: Beat generation, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Elections, Gay community, Gay liberation, HIV/AIDS, Human rights organisations, Methodist Church, Police, Political occupations, Religions, Roman catholicism, Stonewall riots
    Subject: Council on Religion and the Homosexual, Imperial Court, League for Civil Education, Mattachine Society, Society for Individual Rights (SIR), Tavern Guild
  12. Jose Sarria Interview Transcript (1997)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Gabriel, Paul
    Date: Jul. 9, 1997
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag queens, Gay community, Night life, Sexual child abuse
    Subject: Finocchio's Club, Harry Benjamin, Henry Von Dykoff, Imperial Court, Larry Buttwinick, Lee Ackerman, William Bliss
  13. Josephine Perez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Keyes, Anna, Perez, Josephine
    Date: Mar. 23, 2018
    Topics: Abuse, Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Drag, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTI community, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual orientation, Street violence, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP)
    Description: Josephine Perez is a trans* advocate who emphasizes a need for better law enforcement protections for transgender women. Josephine experienced sexual violence on multiple occasions and became a sex...
  14. Jude Patton Full Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Patton, Jude, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Dec. 19, 2019
    Topics: Communication, Family, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Medical care, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, J2CP, Stanford University, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
    Description: Oral history with Jude Patton who discusses his activism and work with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
  15. Jude Patton Oral Histories

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Patton, Jude, Funk, Mason
    Date: Jan. 21, 2021
    Topics: Adopted LGBTQ+ people, Education, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ health education, Sex education, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender activism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Crossdressers, Heterosexual, Intersocial Club (CHIC), Donald Laub, Female to Male Conference of the Americas, Harry Benjamin, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Jude Patton, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Virginia Prince
    Description: Jude Patton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, assigned female at birth, and adopted at seven months old. Jude underwent gender-affirming surgery at Stanford University in 1972, one of the first tran...