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  1. Elizabeth Coffey-Williams Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Coffey-Williams, Elizabeth
    Date: Aug. 8, 2016
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Cookie Mueller, Divine, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams, Female Trouble, John Waters, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Mink Stole, Multiple Maniacs, Pat Moran, Pink Flamingos, The Carry On Thrift Shop
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elizabeth Coffey-Williams conducted by Mason Funk on August 8, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Baltimore in 1970 she met rising film director John Waters, and she...
  2. 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,...
  3. Interview with Susan Kimberly

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Kimberly, Susan
    Date: Mar. 9, 2016
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, Official documentation, Older transgender people, Trans women, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Susan Kimberly is a white transwoman from St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, her time in the Peace Corps, her transition, her experienc...
  4. Interview with Thalia Fontan

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fontan, Thalia
    Date: Feb. 12, 2016
    Topics: Celebrities, Education, Family relationships, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mental health, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Puerto Rican women, Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Social privilege, Trans women, Transgender victims of bullying, Transgender youth, White transgender people, Work
    Subject: Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Thalia Fontan is a Puerto Rican and white transwoman from Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Fontan was a student at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Fontan speaks at length...
  5. Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 1, 2016 April 9

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives
    Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina
    Date: Apr. 9, 2016
    Topics: Detransitioning, Gay community, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Retransitioning, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Transgender-owned businesses
    Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Janice Covington Allison, Lavender Panthers
    Description: In this first in a series of interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years and her early adult life. She recal...
  6. Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 2, 2016 May 14

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives
    Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina
    Date: May 14, 2016
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Married people, Older transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender political activists, Transphobia
    Subject: Boom Boom LaTour, Casey King, Gypsy Star, Janice Covington Allison, Kappa Beta, Oleen Love, Phoenix Transgender Support, Tiffany Storm, TransCarolina, Triad Gender Association
    Description: In this second of several interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, continues to discuss her personal history and reflects on transgende...
  7. Julia Murray and Randy Wicker Discuss Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 6, 2001
    Topics: Black transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Sex work, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender activism, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Julia Murray, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to suicide.
  8. 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...
  9. Nikki Carlson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Carlson, Nikki, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Jul. 31, 2016
    Topics: Documentary television programs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ musicians, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Beauty and the Beach (TV series), Nikki Carlson
    Description: An interview with Nikki Carlson conducted by Gareth Watkins. Nikki Carlson is a singer who competed on NZ Idol and then became the first person to document their gender affirming surgery on public ...
  10. Oral History Interview with Erika Joyner

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Joyner, Erika
    Date: Sep. 29, 2016
    Topics: Bi+ people, Christianity, LGBTQ+ musicians, Public bathroom bills, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: 1968 Democratic Convention, Appalantic Federation of Co-ops, Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge, Loose Gravel, Metropolitan Community Church, People Against Racism, Roanoke Diversity Center, Students for a Democratic Society, The New Left, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Wayne State Univeresity
    Description: Interviewers: Rebecca Proctor, Kalyn Fowler Interviewee: Erika Joyner Date: 29 September 2016 Duration: 57:17 Transcription prepared by: Kalyn Fowler and Sarah Groft
  11. Oral History Interview with Virginia Lindsey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Lindsey, Virginia
    Date: Feb. 25, 2016
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ night life, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transphobia
    Subject: Blue Ridge Society, Bristol High School, Fork Union Military Academy, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke Pride, Tennessee Technological Univeresity, Unitarian Universalist Church
    Description: Oral History Interview with Virginia Lindsey Interviewer: Alexis Rixner Interviewee: Virginia Lindsey Date: 25 February 2016 Location: Roanoke College Fintel Library, 221 College Lane, Salem, V...
  12. Tracee McDaniel Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: McDaniel, Tracee, Mukerjee, Lucy
    Date: Dec. 13, 2022
    Topics: Black transgender people, Entertainers, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transgender autobiographies, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights
    Subject: Atlanta Citizens Review Board, Betty Couvertier, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Peanuts Disco, The Housing Atlanta Program (THAP), Tracee McDaniel, Trans Affairs Committee
    Description: Tracee McDaniel was born on January 20th 1967 in Sumter, South Carolina. At the age of 18, Tracee began performing as her alter ego Destiny (Your Mistress of Illusions), before moving to L.A. and s...