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  1. Abigail B. Thomas Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Ortiz, Natalia, Thomas, Abigail B.
    Date: Apr. 29, 2017
    Topics: Bullying, Gender diversity, LGBTI community, Mental health, Passing (Gender), People with disabilities, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual child abuse, Sexual orientation, Special education, Transgender children, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Abigail B. Thomas, Janet Mock
    Description: Abigail Thomas, who identifies as non-binary trans-feminine, reflects upon their experiences of growing up as a disabled child in New York City. Xie explores the circumstances that shaped their jou...
  2. Christian Appel Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Appel, Christian, Martinez, Dinick
    Date: May 8, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Body image, Childhood, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Higher education, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Oppression, Sexuality, Spirituality
    Subject: Christian Appel, SAGE, Trans Generational Theater Project
    Description: Christian Appel grew up in New Rochelle, escaping to find community in New York's party scene (particularly the Motherfucker parties) and at IDA, a queer gardening farmstead in Tennessee. She draws...
  3. Dylan Kapit Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Zavidow, Evan, Kapit, Dylan
    Date: Jun. 18, 2017
    Topics: Bullying, Childhood, Coming out, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Special education
    Subject: Barnard College, Dylan Kapit
  4. Elsie Hupp Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Hupp, Elsie, Ramsay, Grace
    Date: Feb. 21, 2017
    Topics: Childhood, Christianity, Eating disorders, Education, Feminism, Isolation, Mental health, MtFs, Oppression, Sexual assault, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Babycastles, Boy Scouts, DeviantArt, Elsie Hupp, Myspace, New York University, Twtich
    Description: Elsie grew up middle class in the Midwest where the church was a big presence in her life. Though she encountered a progressiveness in various ways within the religious communities she was part of ...
  5. Interview with Aria Said

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Said, Aria
    Date: Jun. 6, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Adopted children, African American transgender people, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Catholic Church--Education, Community life, Drag queens, Family relationships, Film, Foster parents, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Imprisonment, Language, Mental health, Mentoring, MtFs, NGOs, Pacific Coast (North America), Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Racism, Representation (Philosophy), Self-acceptance, Serial killings, Sexuality, Social media, Social movements, Therapies, Transgender community, Transgender people, Two thousands (Decade), Visibility
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Isis King, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sojurner Truth Leadership Circle Fellowship for Transformational Leadership, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, TGI Justice Project, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Aria Said is a Black American and Ethiopian woman of trans experience from Oregon. At the time of this interview she lived and worked in San Francisco. In this oral history she talks at length abou...
  6. Interview with Ashley Finch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Finch, Ashley
    Date: Apr. 5, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Anxiety disorders, Art, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Change of name, Cisgender people, Coming out, Depression, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, Gender studies, Gender-affirming care, Gender-nonconforming people, Homosexuality, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ visibility, Marriage, Mental health, Middle West, MtFs, Politics, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Schools, Self-mutilation, Sexism, Siblings, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance abuse, Suicidal behavior, Therapies, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: Augsburg College, El Sontule, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Global Center of Education, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Sandinista Campaign, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ashley Finch is a white trans femme person from Saint Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Finch was working as an artist based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Finch speaks ...
  7. Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Chilko, Dominic Giovon
    Date: Jun. 2, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Art, Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Corrective rape, Disabilities, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Social movements, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Dominic Giovon Chilko is a bi-racial Afro-Latinx trans man from Eagan, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood, relationships, and experiences of transition, his thoug...
  8. Interview with finn schneider

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: schneider, finn
    Date: Aug. 4, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Body image, Change of name, Clothing, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Education, Educational institutions, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Jews, Marriage, Masculinities, Mental health, Middle West, Name, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Racism, Religion, Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Universities, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: finn schneider is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Michigan. At the time of this interview, schneider was a student in graduate school. In this oral history, scheider speaks at length abou...
  9. Interview with George Hoagland

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hoagland, George
    Date: Aug. 24, 2017
    Topics: Androgyny, Art, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Change of name, Christianity, Dating, Depression, Education, Effeminacy, Families of military personnel, Family members, Family relationships, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Heteronormativity, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Marriage, Mental disorders, Mental health, Police, Race, Reduction mammaplasty, Religion, Schools, Separation, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys
    Subject: Queer, Trans, Intersex, People of Color and Indigenous People Studies (QTIPOCI), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In thi...
  10. Interview with JAC Stringer

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Stringer, JAC
    Date: Feb. 17, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Childhood and youth, Coming out, Community life, Counseling, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Drag, Education, Femininities, Friendship, Gender binaries, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Race, Roman catholicism, Social movements, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Tran...
  11. Interview with Maxwell Poessnecker

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Poessnecker, Maxwell
    Date: Jul. 6, 2017
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Discrimination, Education, Families, Farm life, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health care, Lesbian identity, Love, Masculinities, Mastectomy, Medical care, Mental health, Middle West, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Separation, Sex, Sexual orientation, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Queer for Career, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Maxwell Poessnecker is a white trans masculine person raised in Nebraska who goes by he and sometimes they. At the time of this interview, Poessnecker was working as the Associate Director of Stude...
  12. Interview with Richard (Katherine) Longnecker

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Longnecker, Richard (Katherine)
    Date: Mar. 17, 2017
    Topics: Armies, Assigned gender, Atlantic Coast (North America), Cancer, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Estrogen, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hair, Hairstyles, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Military, People with disabilities, Prejudices, Sex
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, United States Army Infantry, Vietnam War
    Description: Richard Longnecker is a male from New York City who sometimes goes by the nickname Katherine. In this oral history, he speaks at length about being a crossdresser and spending over 20 years in the ...
  13. Interview with Tamara Urban

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Urban, Tamara
    Date: Jan. 22, 2017
    Topics: Child sexual abuse, Dating, Electrolysis, Friendships, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hypospadias, Intersex, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Mental health, Murder, Suicide, Transgender people, White LGBTQ+ people, Work
    Subject: Board of Directors of Equality South Dakota, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransAction South Dakota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Tamara Urban is a white female from South Dakota who founded TransAction South Dakota, Inc. At the time of this interview, Urban was retired. In this oral history she talks at length about being in...
  14. 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...
  15. Kai Pelton Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Maya, Elliott, Pelton, Kai
    Date: Jul. 17, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Adultism, Androgyny, Appearance, Artists, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormones, Mental health, Music, Schools, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community
    Description: Kai Pelton is a co-facilitator of the Trans-Generational Theatre Project, a community initiative in NYC for trans-folk. Here, the 21 y.o. New York City native describes their journey as a trans per...