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Aiden Simon Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Zavidow, Evan, Simon, Aiden Date: Aug. 16, 2017 Topics: Artists, Coming out, Gender role, Military, Parents of transgender people, Photographers, Siblings, Social norms, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Aiden Simon Description: Aiden Simon, a Brooklyn-based visual artist, details a life spent moving among different spaces both geographically and in terms of community. He discusses his experiences living in various cities ... -
Elsie Hupp Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hupp, Elsie, Ramsay, Grace Date: Feb. 21, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Christianity, Eating disorders, Education, Feminism, Isolation, Mental health, MtFs, Oppression, Sexual assault, Therapies, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Babycastles, Boy Scouts, DeviantArt, Elsie Hupp, Myspace, New York University, Twtich Description: Elsie grew up middle class in the Midwest where the church was a big presence in her life. Though she encountered a progressiveness in various ways within the religious communities she was part of ... -
Erica Rand Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Rand, Erica, Demary, Danella Date: Nov. 12, 2017 Topics: Advice columns, Ageism, Butch-femme relationships, Coming out, Dyke marches, Dykes, Eroticism, Femininities, Femmes, Gender studies, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ families, Pornography, Queer relationships, Queer studies, Sex education, Skating Subject: ACT UP Portland, FTM International, Kings of the Hill, Salacious, Stone Butch Blues, The Pissed Off Dyke Cell, Women's Health Action Crew Description: Erica lived in Chicago for many years, but relocated to Maine because of her teaching position at Bates College. She is a Professor of Art and Visual Culture and of Gender and Sexuality Studies, an... -
Evan Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Tennenbaum, Ric, Evan Date: Jul. 29, 2017 Topics: Artists, Bars, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Evan, Pratt University Description: Evan is a Brooklyn based photographer whose photo work primarily touches upon issues of gender and identity, and in this interview he describes his perception of his own intersectional identity. Or... -
Interview with Andrea Jenkins
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea Date: Jul. 20, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Black people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Divorce, Families, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Marriage, Prisons, Separation, Socioeconomic characteristics, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: CeCe McDonald, Center for Gender Spectrum Health, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, My Momma's Gonna Call Me Anna, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Rainbow Health Initiative Description: Andrea Jenkins identifies as a transgender female and was assigned male at birth. Her mother and father were separated by the time she was about five. Their separation wasn’t necessarily by choice ... -
Interview with Selena Meza
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Meza, Selena Date: Nov. 19, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Families, Feminists, Femmes, Ho Chunk women, Latinos, Mexican American women, Migration, Transgender people, Transphobia, Women's studies Subject: bell hooks, Liv Mickla, Planned Parenthood, Project Runway Description: Selena Meza identifies as a Mexican-American queer trans femme assigned male at birth. She uses they/them and she/her pronouns. She’s from Chicago, Illinois originally and then moved to Nekoosa, Wi... -
Joanne and Julie Nemecek Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Nemecek, Julie, Nemecek, Joanne Date: Jul. 17, 2017 Topics: LGBTQ+ Baptists, Marriage, Transgender people Subject: Bethel College, Christine Jorgensen, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Joanne Nemecek, Julie Nemecek, Michigan Equality, PFLAG, Renee Richards, Roberts Wesleyan College, Soulforce, Spring Arbor University, Susan Stanton Description: OUTWORDS interview with Joanne and Julie Nemecek, conducted by Mason Funk on July 17, 2017 in their home in Spring Arbor, Michigan. Julie is a proud grandmother, Presbyterian church elder, and publ... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Major, Lewis, AJ Date: Dec. 16, 2017 Topics: Care, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Law, Legal aid, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Stigmatisation, Transgender people, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Angels for Care, Christine Jorgensen, Griffin Gracy Historical Retreat and Resource Center, Harry Benjamin, Major Griffin-Gracy, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sylvia Rivera, Tenderloin AIDs Resource Project, Trans Gender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project Description: In this interview, Miss Major talks about the culture of transwomen sex workers in New York City and Chicago during the 1960's through 1980's as well as her care-work and advocacy during the rise o... -
Pauline Park Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Park, Pauline Date: Mar. 9, 2017 Topics: Activists, Adoption, Coming out, Diversity, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Liberation movements, MtFs, Politics, Racism, Solidarity, Support groups, Transgender people, Transgender rights Subject: Pauline Park Description: Pauline Park is a long-time transgender activist based in New York City who led the campaign for the 2004 New York City transgender rights law. Born in Korea but adopted into a Christian evangelica... -
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...
