Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Terry Dickelman
Terry Dickelman is a white transgender male from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of this interview, Dickelman was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, he recounts early childhood experiences, relationships between language and identity, challenges in his earlier stages of transition, the complexities of passing, and his perspectives on transphobia within lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities. He also speaks at length about working in the field of mental health, as well as his activism.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- w6634385z
- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Dickelman, Terry
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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May 27, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Janus Society
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
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Terry Dickelman
Transforming Families
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Iowa
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Polk County
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Lee Township
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Des Moines
- Topic(s)
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Activism
Coming out
Family relationships
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-affirming care
Harassment
Hormones
Language
Mental health
Middle West
Passing (Gender)
Politics
Privilege (Social psychology)
Pronoun
Religion
Social movements
Spiritual life
Spirituality
Transgender youth
Visibility
White people--Race identity--United States
Work
- Resource Type
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
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