Sandra Mesics Oral History

andra Mesics is a registered nurse and midwife and has been the director of St. Luke’s School of Nursing since 2004. In this conversation with AJ Lewis, Sandy describes accessing hormones and surgery in the 1970s, the different groups she was involved with, including United Transvestites Transsexual Society, Transsexual Action Organization, and organizing the first Fantasia Fair. She also shares her extensive knowledge of early trans print culture, based on her experience working at Neptune Productions, where she wrote articles, advice, and fiction for a variety of trans and queer publications in the 1970s. In addition, she discusses becoming a nurse during the AIDS crisis, how trans healthcare has changed, and her experiences as a lesbian.

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Identifier: w0892b168
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Mesics, Sandra
Contributor(s): Lewis, AJ
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date Created: Jan. 14, 2019
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Angela Douglas
Betty Johnson
Bobby Ray
Brandy Alexander
Christine Jorgensen
David Wesser
Divine
Eddie Joe Stark
Elizabeth Coffey
Empathy Press
Eromin (Erotic Minorities) Center
Fantasia Fair
Gay Liberation Front
Harry Benjamin
Image
Jack O'Brien
John Money
John Ronald Brown
Lee Brewster
National Enquirer
National Insider
Neptune Productions
Pink Flamingos
Pudgy Roberts
Rachel Harlow
Radical Queens
Reed Erickson
Richard Finocchio
Stonewall Rebellion
The Daily Collegiate
The Transsexual Phenomenon
Third World Communications
Transsexual Action Organization (TAO)
Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment
Transvestia
United Transvestites Transsexual Society (UTTS)
Virginia Prince
Zelda Suplee
Places: Massachusetts > Barnstable County > Town of Provincetown > Provincetown
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia County > City of Philadelphia > Philadelphia
New York
Washington > King County > City of Seattle > Seattle
Florida > Miami-Dade County > Miami
Pennsylvania > Blair County > City of Altoona > Penn State University
Pennsylvania > Northampton > City of Bethlehem > Bethlehem
New Jersey > Camden > Borough of Bellmawr > Bellmawr
Topic(s): Childhood
Crossdressers
Crossdressing
Drag
Drag balls
Drag queens
Family members
Femininities
Gender diversity
Gender realignment surgery
Health care
HIV/AIDS
Hormones
Insurance
Journalists
Mardi gras
Marriage
Peace movement
Pronoun
Religions
Roman catholicism
Secrecy
Steel industry and trade
Surgery
Transgender community
Transgender people
Resource Type: Audio
Text
Language: English
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