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  1. Armani (ArmaniDae) Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Armani
    Date: Nov. 29, 2021
    Topics: Black transgender people, Family, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual orientation, Transgender community
    Description: An interview with Amani, a trans man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  2. Denne Michele Norris Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Norris, Denne Michele
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Authors, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community
    Description: Denne Michele Norris is a writer, figure skater and musician. In this interview she discusses her writing practice, how figure skating relates to writing, nonlinear time, and growing up in Clevelan...
  3. Felicita ‘Felli’ Maynard Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Maynard, Felicita
    Date: Dec. 12, 2019
    Topics: Black transgender people, Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ artists, QTPOC, Spirituality, Transgender community
    Description: An interview with Felicita ‘Felli’ Maynard, a trans identifying visual artist from Brooklyn, New York.
  4. Interview with Carter Brown and Diamond Stylz

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Brown, Carter, Stylz, Diamond
    Date: Jan. 17, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender employment, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC), Black Trans Women, Inc., Black Transmen, Inc., Marsha's Plate
    Description: An interview with Carter Brown and Diamond Stylz. Carter Brown is a Black trans man, activist, and community organizer from Dallas, Texas. Brown is the founder of Black Transmen, Inc., and served ...
  5. Interview with Dominique Morgan

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Morgan, Dominique
    Date: Jan. 29, 2021
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Prison abolition movements, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Black and Pink, Nebraska Pride, Nebraska Youth Pride
    Description: An interview with Dominique Morgan, a Black trans woman, prison abolition activist, and artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this interview, Morgan was the Executive Director of Black an...
  6. Interview with Essence Thompson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Thompson, Essence
    Date: Aug. 7, 2020
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Family members, Harassment, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender people of color, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Equality Virginia, Nationz Foundation
    Description: An interview with Essence Thompson, a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbr...
  7. Interview with Gabriel Foster

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Foster, Gabriel
    Date: Nov. 19, 2019
    Topics: Black queer people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ youth, LGBTQ+ youth centers, Transgender activism, Transgender youth, Transmasculine people
    Subject: American Friends Service Committee, Lambert House, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice Funding Project
    Description: An interview with Gabriel Foster, a Black queer and trans activist, youth worker, and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Trans ...
  8. Interview with Jay Corprew

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Corprew, Jay
    Date: Jul. 16, 2020
    Topics: Black transgender people, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Queer people of color, Trans men, Transgender authors, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transmasculine people
    Subject: LGBT Life Center, Organizing for the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia
    Description: An interview with Jay Corprew, a Black trans man, activist, poet, and mentor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Organizing for the Transgender ...
  9. Interview with Kayla Gore

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Gore, Kayla
    Date: Nov. 19, 2020
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Criminalization, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, Public health personnel, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists
    Subject: My Sistah’s House, Tennessee Department of Health's Transgender Task Force, Trans Justice Funding Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Kayla Gore, a Black trans woman, community organizer, housing activist, and public health worker based in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this interview, she served as the Sout...
  10. Interview with LaSaia Wade

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Wade, LaSaia
    Date: Jan. 18, 2020
    Topics: Afro-Latin American transgender people, Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discrimination in employment, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Afro-Puerto Rican people, Black Trans Gender Nonconforming Collective, Brave Space Alliance, Tennessee Trans Journey Project (TTJP)
    Description: An interview with LaSaia Wade, an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Dir...
  11. Interview with Mariah Moore

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Moore, Mariah
    Date: Jul. 6, 2020
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gentrification, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transphobia
    Subject: Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), House of Tulip, LGBTQ Task Force, Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Mariah Moore a National Organizer at Transgender Law Center and also a Co-director at House of Tulip. Her work includes fighting to ensure equity, equality and safety for the tran...
  12. Interview with Marie Bobby Miller

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Miller, Marie Bobby, Kearns, John J.
    Date: Mar. 9, 2002
    Topics: Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: An interview with Marie Bobby Miller about Marsha Johnson’s early days on the street panhandling, interest in Easter. The interviewer reads his poem “Marsha P. Johnson March.”
  13. Interview with Marie Jamille

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Jamille, Marie
    Date: Feb. 1, 2003
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: ACT UP, Amy Coleman, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: An interview with Marie Jamille about her time with Hot Peaches and her experience with Marsha.
  14. Interview with Michael Lynch

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Lynch, Michael
    Date: Dec. 6, 2000
    Topics: Black queer people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Performance art, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Christopher Street Columbus Tour, Hot Peaches, Jimmy Camicia, Marsha P. Johnson, Spare Change for a Dying Queen, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: An interview with Micheal Lynch. The two talk about Lynch's experience in the Hot Peaches, and provides stories about Marsha P. Johnson. Lynch describes the group's trip to London and Hambrug—speci...
  15. Interview with Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Wicker, Randy
    Date: Feb. 1, 2003
    Topics: Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Uplift Lighting
    Description: An interview with Randy Wicker in which he talks about Marsha Johnson’s involvement with GAA and Heritage of Pride. He also discusses Marsha’s mental health, institutionalization, prostitution, and...