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  1. Interview with Andrea Jenkins

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Jul. 25, 2017
    Topics: Activism, African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Black people--Race identity, Depression, Divorce, Education, Ethnicity, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Health, Historians, Hormones, Labour, Medical care, Middle West, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, People with disabilities, Politics, Pronoun, Prostitution, Religions, Sexism, Sexual assault, Social advocacy, Social media, Social movements, Therapies, Transgender people, Two-spirit people, Women, Black, Work
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Lisa Vecoli, Program in Human Sexuality, Trans Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Andrea Jenkins is a Black trans-feminine person raised in Chicago. At the time of this interview, she was the Oral Historian for the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. This is the second of ...
  2. 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...
  3. 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 ...
  4. Interview with Ben Singer

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Singer, Ben
    Date: Nov. 24, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, Drag performance, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Education, Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Oppression, Privilege (Social psychology), Public health, Race, Racism, Rural development, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Social movements, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ben Singer is a white trans guy from Illinois. He talks about how rural identity and class shaped his idea of gender, and his research on transgender identity. He talks about his experience in the ...
  5. 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...
  6. Interview with Elle Hearns

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hearns, Elle
    Date: Feb. 7, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay identity, Gender role, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ activism, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexual assault, Social movements, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Suicide, Transgender people, Verbal abuse, Violence
    Subject: Anita Moore, Betty Skinner, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brittany Nicole Kidd-Stergis, Cemia Dove, Cherno Biko, Dom Mockings, Erin Lange, GetEQUAL, John Crawford, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Michael Brown, Michael David Battle, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Sylvia Rivera, TGNCF, Tiffany Edwards, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tras Health Care Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Wriply Bennet
    Description: Elle Hearns, founder of the Marsha P Johnson Institute and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, was assigned Black at birth. At the time of this interview Hearns was organizing in O...
  7. Interview with Ethan O'Brien

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: O'Brien, Ethan
    Date: Jan. 29, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Atlantic Coast (North America), Change of name, Classism, Coming out, Dating, Family members, Family relationships, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Legal documents, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical care, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Social movements, Social norms, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ethan O’Brien is a white male from Holliston, Massachusetts. He talks about his relationship with his family, and working at the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Sexuality, including how ...
  8. Interview with Hannah Stein

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Stein, Hannah
    Date: Oct. 27, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Art, Assigned gender, Bisexual identity, Bullying, Capitalism, Classical music, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Employees, Families, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Internet, Intersex, Middle class, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Repression (Psychology), Robbery, Schools, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Social movements, Suicide, Theatre, Therapists, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: 20% Theatre, Door to Dooor Canvasing, Environment Minnesota, Lawrence University, Lebanese Restaurant, Mixed Blood Theater, The Naked I, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Hannah Jo Stein is a white trans woman from Georgia. At the time of this interview, Stein was living in Minnesota and working as a jazz club host. In this oral history Stein talks at length about b...
  9. 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...
  10. Interview with Jane Fee

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fee, Jane
    Date: Mar. 18, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bars (Drinking establishments), Celebrities, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Divorce, Drag performance, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Identity, Identity (Psychology), Income, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Military, MtFs, Parenthood, Politics, Privilege (Social psychology), Social classes, Social movements, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Two thousands (Decade), Veterans, Wealth, Whites--Race identity, World war II
    Subject: Board of Directors of the DFL Gay and Lesbian Caucus, Christine Jorgensen, City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), It’s Time America, It’s Time Minnesota, Jane Fee, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Sally Jessy Raphael Show, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook
    Description: Jane Fee is a white trans woman raised in Maryland. At the time of this interview, Fee was a retired and living in St. Petersburg, Florida. In this oral history, she touches upon her 29 years in th...
  11. Interview with Joy Michael Starkey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Starkey, Joy Michael
    Date: Jul. 5, 2017
    Topics: Bisexual identity, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Conservatives, Education, Family members, Family relationships, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ visibility, Prisons, Quakers, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexism, Social movements, Soft butches, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys
    Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Joy Michael Starkey is a white genderqueer non-binary trans person from Washington. At the time of this interview, Starkey was a PhD student. In this oral history, Starkey speaks at length about st...
  12. Interview with K. Davis Senseman

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Senseman, K. Davis
    Date: Jan. 10, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Appearance, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Race, Racism, Social movements, Spirituality, Transgender people, Wealth, White LGBTQ+ people, Work, Working class
    Subject: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: K. Davis Senseman is a white gender-queer person from Pittsburgh who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Senseman was working as a lawyer based out of Northeast Minneapolis. In this o...
  13. Interview with Kya Concepcion

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Concepcion, Kya
    Date: Oct. 24, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Battering, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Cherokee women, Clubs, Cocaine, Coming out, Community life, Drug addiction, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Healing, Homelessness, Intersex, Intersex people of color, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Middle West, Native American . . ., Native American transgender people, People with disabilities, Psychotherapy, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Religion, Rural development, Sex work, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to child abuse and sexual assault.
  14. Interview with Lourdes Ashley Hunter

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hunter, Lourdes Ashley
    Date: Mar. 22, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Christianity, Community life, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Genocide, Hair--Removal, Healing, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Mentoring, Middle West, Race, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex work, Social movements, Social work with youth, Transgender people, Violence
    Subject: Barack Obama, Creating Change, Ellie Ford, Islan Nettles, Laverne Cox, Queers for Economic Justice, Slyvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice, Trans Youth Group, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Women's March
    Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a Black trans woman from Detroit, Michigan. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, her visions and thoughts on trans politics, and her decades of work in Black tr...
  15. Interview with Melinda Lee

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Lee, Melinda
    Date: Aug. 17, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Atlantic Coast (North America), Dating, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Labeling, Language, LGBTI community, Love, Middle West, Politics, Pronoun, Race, Racism, Rape, Schools, Sex, Sexual orientation, Social media, Social movements, Surgery, Transphobia, Violence, White supremacy movements--United States, Work
    Subject: Black and Pink, Khmer Rouge, Lobby Days, OutFront Minnesota, The Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans, Trans Advisory and Action Team, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Melinda Lee is a Cambodian-American, Vietnamese-American, and Chinese-American gender non-conforming, non-binary person from Long Beach, California. At the time of this oral history interview, they...