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Interview with Dona Ewing

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Dona Ewing shares stories about growing up in Crookston, MN and making a home in the Twin Cities. Dona worked for 22 years at the Gay 90’s, a Minneapolis club, as a coat check and shares stories about the people, the culture, and the time. In this oral history, Dona recounts experiences with gender identity at a young age, the relationships with Dona’s siblings; being one of the first people to transition at the University of Minnesota Medical Center; and losing people to substance abuse and the AIDS epidemic.

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Identifier
n296wz43m
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s)
Jenkins, Andrea
Ewing, Dona
Publisher
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created
Apr. 5, 2016
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s)
Dona Ewing
Places
Minnesota > Polk County > City of Crookston > Crookston
Topic(s)
Alcohol
Gender realignment surgery
HIV/AIDS
Hormones
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Medical care
Surgery--Complications
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type
Moving image
Text
Language
English
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
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