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Morgan Hunlen Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hunlen, Morgan Date: Aug. 7, 2019 Topics: Aeronautics, African American universities and colleges, Anime, Bathrooms, Childhood, City planning, Coming out, Conferences, Gay community centers, Gender diversity, Gender studies, Hormones, LGBTI community, Local transit, Mental health, Microaggressions, Police, Public safety, Religions, Sexuality, Stealth, Suicide, Transgender people Subject: Ferguson, Kiwi Herring, Nashville Cares, Scout Schultz, Sean Hake, Stonewall, Trans Day of Remembrance, Transit, Vanderbilt Univeristy -
Mountain Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Silverman, Aviva Date: Dec. 30, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Artists, Childhood, Christianity, Gender identity, Intersex, Surgery, Tattoos, Transgender identity Description: Mountain is interviewed by Aviva Silverman, and talks about their gender non-conforming identity. Mountain defines their gender as "gender agnostic". They talk about growing up in a Christian house... -
Mylo Mendez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mendez, Mylo Date: Jun. 11, 2019 Topics: Anarchism, Arts, Childhood, Coming out, Education, Family members, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender role, Gender studies, Gentrification, Health care, Jiu-jitsu, Machismo, Martial arts, Marxism, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Punk, Self-defence, Sexual identity, Thai boxing, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Vegans, Women's studies, Zines Subject: Bancho MMA, Florence Johnston Collective, Otion Front Studios, Parsons School of Design, Physical Culture Collective, Queer Fight School, Silent Barn, Silvia Federici, Students Against Cruelty to Animals (SACA), The New School, Unity and Struggle, University of Texas - Austin (UT Austin), We're Hir, We're Queer Description: In this interview Mylo Mendez shares hir ongoing work with creating queer and trans self-defense. Ze discusses hir evolution as an artist, currently working in zines, as well as hir involvement wit... -
Nala Simone Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Simone, Nala, Calou, Yana Date: May 9, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Childhood, Clergy, Colleges, Coming out, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormones, Masculinities, Oppression, Racism, Religions, Representation, Solidarity, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Workshops Subject: Aaryn Lang, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Miss Major, Nala Simone Description: Nala Simone is an activist who was born and raised in Brooklyn. Nala begins with her childhood in Bushwick, her time as a fashion design student at the Fashion Institute of Design, and her process ... -
Naomi Clark Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Clark, Naomi Date: Mar. 3, 2017 Topics: Activists, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Change of name, Childhood, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Educators, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Internet forums, Isolation, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Oppression, Politics, Representation, Social networking websites, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Video games--Design, Work situation Subject: Judith Butler, Lambda Legal, Naomi Clark, Sylvia Rivera Description: Naomi Clark describes her work with hte Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the on-line trans and queer community Strap-On.org, and her career in video game design. She begins her oral history with her chil... -
Naz Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Naz, Awad, Nadia Date: Apr. 20, 2017 Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Childhood, Class struggle, Clothing, Colleges, Communities, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender diversity, Homosexuality, Identity, Immigration, Islam, Labour, Politics, Refugees, Schools, Sexuality, Sports, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Naz is a gender non-conforming queer artist who works around in between spaces. They were born in Iran into a middle class muslim family, and followed their parents to the United States as a child ... -
Octavia Leona Kohner Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kohner, Octavia Leona Date: Mar. 27, 2017 Topics: Activists, Anarchism, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Feminists, Gender identity, Isolation, Labour movement, LGBTI community, MtFs, Political movements, Solidarity, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Working class Subject: Babeland, Octavia Leona Kohner Description: Octavia Leona Kohner was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. Here, she recounts her upbringing in a working-class family in Staten Island, and describes ... -
Our Sorority (January 1986)
Collection: Outreach Publications Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Lind, Betty Ann Date: Jan. 1986 Topics: Childhood, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Family members, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Public facilities, Travel Subject: Fantasia Fair, Gateway Gender Alliance (GGA), Our Sorority, Virginia Prince Description: Physical item located in Cornell's Miscellaneous Human Sexuality Periodicals, circa 1950-2003. Collection number: 7687. -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 4 (April, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Apr. 1983 Topics: Alcohol, Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Depression, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuality, LGBTQ+ partners, Lingerie, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Don Williams, Dorothy Michaels, Dustin Hoffman, Edith Marie, Femme Mirror, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), John Denver, Julie Daniel, Nora Helene, Patricia Gallagher, Perhaps Love, Sylvia Kay, The Village Voice, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westbury Music Fair -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 7 (July 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Jul. 1983 Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Fetishism, Gatherings, Gender, Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, Law, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Police, Psychiatry, Self-repression Subject: Adrien Arpel, Adrien Arpel's 3-week Crash Makeover/Shapeover Beauty Program, Alexandra Cruikshank, Barry Shapiro, Be Beautiful, the Complete Guide to the Art of Makeup, Bergen Record, C.J.S. Thompson, Carol Beecroft, Carole Jackson, Chi Delta Mu, Chris Gosselin, Color Me Beautiful, Constance Schrader, Danny La Rue, Dee Ratteree, Dee Raymond, Di Biggs, Disco Beauty: Night Time Makeup, DRESSING UP - Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession, Edith Marie, Einar Wegener, Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography, Emily Cho, Evelyn Roaman, Fated for Femininity, Forbidden Fantasies, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Glenn Wilson, How to Be a Woman Though Male, Howard Johnson Motor, I Haven't a Thing To Wear, Jan Hayes-Steinert, Janet Shibley Hyde, Janet Wallach, Jean Adams, Jean DuCoffe, John Ames, John T. Malloy, Judith Keith, Life's a Drag, Looking Terrific, Makeovers, Making It Big, a Guide to Health, Success and Beauty for the Women Size 16 and Over, Man into Woman, Mario Martino, Mark Joseph, Maxi Meah, Mike Phillips, Mirror Image: The Odyssey Of A Male-To-Female Transsexual, Mitchel Gray, Myra Waldo, Nancy Hunt, Niels Hoyer, Nora Helene, Patricia Morgan, Paul Hoffman, Peter Ackroyd, Phil Donahue, Renee Richards, Richard M. Samuela, Sandy Linter, Second Serve, Sexual Variations: Fetishism, Sadomasochism and Transvestism, Sherry Suib Cohen, The Birth of Barbars, The Difference Between a Man and a Woman, The Evelyn Roaman Book: An Expert Shows You How Heavy Can Be Happy, The Lingerie Book, The Man-Maid Doll, The Mysteries of Sex, The New Beauty Book, The Psychology of Sex Differences, The Transvestite and His Wife, The Turn About Party, The Woman's Dress for Success Book, Theodore Lang, Transvestia, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Understanding Human Sexuality, Virginia Prince, Women's Contemporary Image, Your Face After 30: The Total Guide to Skin Care and Makeup for the Realistic Woman -
Our Special Joy (Vol. 5 No. 3 September, 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Sep. 1984 Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Femininities, Fetishism, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, Homosexuality, Masculinities, Police Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Femme Mirror, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Holiday En Femme, Legs, Rainbow Grill, The Village Voice, Tri-Ess Metro -
Our Special Joy Vol. 5 No. 6 (December 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Dec. 1984 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Family members, Femininities, Fetishism, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Genetics, Literature review, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Religions, Self-acceptance, Self-image, Sexuality, Shopping Subject: Alicia Nieva-Woodgate, Atlantic City Impersonators, Canary, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Edith Marie, Femme Mirror, For Your Eyes Only, GENESIS Chapter, Gentleman Transvestite, Kevin Monthie, Men in Skirts, Nine on New Jersey, OPPORTUNITY Chapter, Outreach Fantasy Affair, Rhinebeck High School, Susskind, The Three Transvestites, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tula -
Paris Milane Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Milane, Paris Date: Jun. 22, 2017 Topics: Activists, Change of name, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Crimes, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Stealth, Substance abuse, Support groups, Transgender community, Unemployment, Violence Subject: Housing Works, Paris Milane Description: Paris shares her experience of growing up in Atlanta and starting to “live her truth” at a young age. She recalls finding reassurance in a community of other Black trans women for the first time an... -
Phoenix Danger Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Danger, Phoenix Date: Apr. 24, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Immigration, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Multiculturalism, Politics, Racism, Substance abuse, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Babeland, Phoenix Danger Description: Phoenix Danger was active in the successful unionization campaign at Babeland, a NYC sex toy shop. In this interview, they recount their early life in suburban New York as the child of Filipino imm... -
Quito Ziegler Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Ziegler, Quito Date: Jul. 18, 2018 Topics: Artists, Childhood, Education, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Judaism, LGBTI community, NGOs, Photography, Socialism Description: Quito Ziegler tells interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu about their childhood growing up in a Jewish and socialist environment. Their journey to find their gender identity and a queer community ...
