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Interview with Ben Singer
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Singer, Ben Date: Nov. 24, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Bullying, Butches, Change of name, Coming out, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Oppression, Public health, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence Subject: Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Trans Issues, Transgender Health Action Coalition Description: Ben Singer identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born and raised in Sterling, Illinois in a working-class family. For the past 25 years he’s been estranged from his fam... -
Interview with Billy Navarro Jr.
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Navarro, Billy Jr. Date: Feb. 19, 2016 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Jews, Racism, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Transphobia, Volunteering Subject: Beyond the Binary, Black Lives Matter (BLM), CeCe McDonald, Clothing Shelf, District 202, Free CeCe, Gender Gear Program, Holly Wood, La Clinica, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michelle Alexander, Minnesota Aids Project, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out for Equity, Rainbow Health Initiative, Shot Clinic, Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Youth Support Network Description: Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed race, genderqueer trans man from Mound, MN. In this oral history, he shares his experiences with being raised on a farm; learning about community care from his grandmot... -
Interview with Calum Evoniuk
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Evoniuk, Calum, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 15, 2016 Topics: Coming out, FtMs, Gender identity, Language, Rural areas, Transgender people Subject: Calum Evoniuk, Dismantling Walls Conference, Ryan Sallans Description: Cal Evoniuk shares his story at the Dismantling Walls Conference at North Dakota State University. Evoniuk identifies himself as male. In this oral history, Evoniuk shares his experience of growing... -
Interview with Charlene Bradshaw
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Bradshaw, Charlene Date: Jan. 12, 2016 Topics: Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Education, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Homophobia, Lesbians, Masculinities, Military, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Volunteering, Writers Subject: Charlene Bradshaw, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Description: In this oral history, Charlene Bradshaw reflects on his experiences living in Minneapolis, MN as a Black transgender person. Bradshaw describes himself as a ‘baby transgender,’ at the beginning of ... -
Interview with Dominic Giovon Chilko
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Chilko, Dominic Giovon Date: Jun. 2, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Assigned gender, Children, Corrective rape, Drag, Drag kings, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Physical fitness, Physicians, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Buck Angel, Everest Institute, Lil One, Man Made Description: Dominic Giovon Chilko identifies as a biracial straight trans man and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and was adopted as a baby by his parents. Around the age of 7... -
Interview with Dr. Aren Aizura
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Aizura, Aren, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Oct. 13, 2016 Topics: Biphobia, Childbirth, Coming out, Drag, Educational institutions, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Higher education, History, Hormones, Identity politics, Justice, Language, Parents of transgender people, Politics, Pregnancy, Racism, Sociology, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Aren Aizura, Leslie Feinberg, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Virginia Prince Description: Dr. Aren Aizura is an Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, who primarily works in the field of transgender studies. Originally b... -
Interview with Ejay Jack
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jack, Ejay, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Sep. 15, 2015 Topics: FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Partners of transgender people, Polyamory, Reproductive health, Social workers, Surgery, Transgender people Subject: Ejay Jack, Red Door Clinic Description: Ejay Jack grew up in rural Pennsylvania. It was in college at Penn State University that he first began exploring his trans identity, identifying as genderqueer for a decade before taking testoster... -
Interview with Ethan O'Brien
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Brien, Ethan Date: Jan. 29, 2017 Topics: Change of name, Coming out, Dating, Family members, Feminism, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Legal documents, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Social norms, Sports, Transgender people, Transphobia Description: Ethan O’Brien (he/him) is a currently able-bodied, white, queer, trans, masculine person. He's participated in community organizing and radical resisting for 25 years. Originally from a working-cla... -
Interview with Gaebriel Lyrek
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Lyrek, Gaebriel Date: Aug. 7, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Biology, Bullying, Child abuse, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Phalloplasty Description: Gaebriel Lyrek identifies as a straight male and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Montrose, Minnesota on a dairy farm in the middle of a cornfield and went to school in Buffalo, Minnesot... -
Interview with Hunta Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Williams, Hunta, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 18, 2016 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Cooks, Deaf people, Families, FtMs, Health care, Hormones, Parents of transgender people, Police brutality, Surgery, Transgender people Subject: Hunta Williams Description: Hunta Williams is a deaf, black trans man. Williams grew up in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Minneapolis to attend culinary school. From a young age, he felt “different” than his peers, always playing ... -
Interview with James Schwartz
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Schwartz, James Date: Jun. 15, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Assigned gender, Change of name, College students, Coming out, Development, Environmentalism, Film, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-nonconforming people, Health insurance, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Social media, Social norms, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Forest and Natural Resource Management, Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life, Gender Education Center, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Description: James Schwartz identifies as a trans man and was assigned female at birth. He was born in Maple Grove, Minnesota where his parents grew up and then moved to Monticello, Minnesota in second grade. S... -
Interview with Jess Dugan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Dugan, Jess Date: Jan. 22, 2016 Topics: Appearance, Arts, Assigned gender, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Dating, Divorce, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Puberty, Self-acceptance Subject: Dykes to Watch Out For, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Transcending Boundaries, True Spirit Description: Jess Dugan identifies as genderqueer and gender variant and was assigned female at birth. Her parents divorced when she was 7 after her mom came out as a lesbian. She grew up in Little Rock, Arkans... -
Interview with Joe Ippolito
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Ippolito, Joe Date: Sep. 3, 2015 Topics: Aging, Educators, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Heterosexuality, Hormones, Jews, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Roman catholicism, Surgery, Therapists, Transgender people Subject: Gender Reel, Joe Ippolito, Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Philadelphia| psychology Description: Joe Ippolito grew up in Florida in the 1970s. In this oral history, he shares some of his experiences building trans community: establishing the Gender Reel festival, chairing the Philadelphia Tran... -
Interview with Lane Cunningham
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Cunningham, Lane, Jenkins, Andrea Date: Aug. 11, 2015 Topics: Bullying, FtMs, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Musicians, Visibility Description: In this oral history, Cunningham recounts his childhood awareness of his masculinity and his boredom in school. He details his process of coming out as trans and his experimentation with masculinit... -
Interview with Lawrence Tanner Richardson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Richardson, Lawrence Tanner Date: Jun. 10, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bisexuality, Child abuse, Christianity, Depression, Drug abuse, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homeless people, Identity, Language, Loneliness, Marriage, Menstruation, Mental disorders, Police, Puberty, Role behavior, Self-acceptance, Separation, Sexual orientation, Suicide, Transgender people Subject: Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, OutFront Minnesota Description: Lawrence Tanner Richardson identifies as a queer black trans man who was assigned female at birth. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and had a difficult childhood. He’s the oldest with two sisters...
