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Trans Oral History: Sexism as a Trans Man is Tricky
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project, Pangborn, Alexander Date: Aug. 29, 2011 Topics: Activists, Feminism, FtMs, Gender role, Lesbians, Passing (Gender), Sexism, Sexual orientation, Stereotypes, Transgender people Description: Alexander Pangborn describes his changing relationship to sexism as he's transitioned from being a dyke to passing as a man. -
Trans Oral History: The Courage to Be Who I Am
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project Date: Aug. 28, 2011 Topics: Coming out, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender role, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Description: Tori talks about their* process of coming out and what gave them* the strength to claim who they* are. -
Trans Oral History: Then It Happened to Them
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project Date: Aug. 27, 2011 Topics: Gay male couples, Gentrification, HIV/AIDS, LGBTI community Description: Louis Mitchell lived in the Castro District of San Francisco during the late 80's and early 90's. He describes the tensions between communities of color and the gay male community during that time,... -
Trans Oral History: Would I Be Denied Shelter?
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project Date: Sep. 29, 2011 Topics: Coming out, Discrimination, Gender identity, Intimate partner violence, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia Description: Tina describes a 2 year battle to gain inclusion for trans women at a domestic violence shelter in Southern Indiana. -
Trans Poetry as “Artivism”: An Interview with Rupert Raj
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: Oct. 21, 2022 Topics: BIPOC, Poetry--Collections, Transgender activism, Transgender authors, Transgender community, Transgender poetry Description: An interview with trans activist and trailblazer Rupert Raj. In this interview, Raj discusses his international trans poetry anthology, Of Souls & Roles, Of Sex & Gender: A Treasury of Transsexual,... -
Tuesday Smillie Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Smille, Tuesday Date: Oct. 11, 2019 Topics: Activists, Animal rights activists, Artists, Childhood, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Family members, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visual arts, Zines Subject: Adele Carpenter, Ali Forney Center, Kirsten Rossi, Michelle O'Brien, Sergio Rodriguez, Silence of the Lambs, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Ursula K. Le Guin, Wangechi Mutu Description: (Photo of Tuesday and interviewer Michelle). Tuesday Smillie is a visual artist whose work grapples with power and violence. In this interview, Tuesday recounts her coming out in a radical queer yo... -
Twilight People Sound Installation
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: London Metropolitan Archives Creator: Twilight People Date: Feb. 4, 2016 Topics: Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Identity, Religions, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) -
Valda Prout Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Prout, Valda Date: Aug. 6, 2016 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Hair removal, Homophobia, Hormone therapy (Gender), Police harassment, Police raids, Racism, Segregation, Slurs, Theater, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, West Indian Americans Subject: Agassiz Village, Auntie Mame, Dorothy Mallory, Dr. Risch, George L. Prout, Jacque's, La Belse, Mae Bonds, Paul Robeson, Phil Black, Punch Bowl, Summer Stock, Valda Prout Description: OUTWORDS interview with Valda Prout, conducted by Mason Funk on August 6, 2016 in Washington DC. "Today, Valda lives in a small apartment just north of Logan Circle in Washington DC, a short walk f... -
Violet Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Violet Date: May 10, 2019 Topics: Capitalism, Childhood, Civil rights, Class struggle, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Furry fandom (Subculture), Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Mental health, Music, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Roleplay, Sexism, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Soundcloud Description: Violet shares her experience of being a musician and DJ in New York’s rave scene while navigating the political landscape of gentrification. Having grown up nomadically with immigrant parents, she ... -
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, Ph. D. Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Creator: Mollenkott, Virginia, Malkmus, Doris Date: Sep. 25, 2004 Topics: Activists, Christianity, Feminism, Lesbians, Religions, Theology, Transgender people, Writers Description: Virginia Mollenkott speaks in this Oral History about her strictly religious upbringing, and early lesbian relationships. Virginia then discusses her activist work within the Evangelical Women's Ca... -
Vivian Lopez Interview Transcript
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 2004 Topics: Change of name, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Legal process, Marriage Subject: Esta Noche, Tom Waddell Clinic -
Vivian Lopez Ponce Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ponce, Vivian Lopez, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 21, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, AIDS activists, Discos, Family members, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, MtFs, Sexology, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Women Description: In an interview with Sebástian Castro Niculescu, activist Vivian Lopez Ponce details her struggles with her gender identity throughout her life, including a lack of familial acceptance and family d... -
Yana Calou Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Calou, Yana Date: Mar. 1, 2017 Topics: Activists, Colleges, Employment discrimination, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ parents, Media occupations, Migration, NGOs, Residence permits, Trade unions, Transgender people, Visibility, Work situation Subject: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Yana Calou Description: Yana Calou spent much of their youth traveling around the world and eventually found a community in Utah, where they began advocating for LGBTQ rights. Later, Calou moved to NYC, where they worked ... -
Yanyi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Yanyi, Lisowski, Zef Date: Jun. 11, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Appearance, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Libraries, Masculinities, Media, Parents of transgender people, Poets, Public services, Racism, Religions, Representation, Schools, Secrecy, Sexuality, Social media, Students, Therapists, Tomboys, Transgender community, Transgender people, Violence, Work situation, Writers Description: Yanyi, a poet and software engineer, reflects on his experiences being part of and building many forms of community, including Asian American community, queer/trans community, and neighborhood comm... -
Yoseñio Lewis Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Lewis, Yoseñio Date: Dec. 17, 2021 Topics: AIDS education, Latino/a/x transgender people, Older transgender people, Trans men, Transgender political activists Subject: The TransAms, Yoseñio Lewis Description: Content Warning: This item contains sensitive content related to child abuse and sexual assault.
