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  1. Interview with Enzi Tanner

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Tanner, Enzi, Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Dec. 12, 2015
    Topics: Black people, Coming out, Community life, Conversion therapy, Dating, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gay community, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care, Hormones, Judaism, Love, Men, Mental health, Mentoring, Police, Prisons, Race, Racism, Religion, Role models, Roman catholicism, Sex, Social workers, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transitioning (Gender), Work
    Subject: Brown Boi Project, Enzi Tanner, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about...
  2. Interview with Alyssandra Taylor

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Taylor, Alyssandra
    Date: May 14, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Education, Family members, Femininities, Friendships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Oppression, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Alyssandra Taylor is a Black trans woman or sometimes a trans feminine nonbinary person from Boston. She discusses coming out as gay at a young age, and being kicked out when she came out as trans....
  3. Interview with Ash Farah

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Farah, Ash
    Date: Jun. 1, 2017
    Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Bisexuality, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Emigration and immigration, Exorcism, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hijab (Islamic clothing), Homelessness, Intersex, Intersex people, Love, Middle West, Migrants, Misogyny, Nativism, Racism, Religion, Religions, Same-sex marriage, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender youth
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Barack Obama, CeCe McDonald, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out Front, Roxanne Anderson, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ash Farah is a East African/Black trans man who has lived in New York, Minnesota, and "the middle part of East Africa". A the time of this interview he was attending college in Minneapolis. In this...
  4. Interview with Ashlee Sapalaran

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sapalaran, Ashlee
    Date: May 16, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Anti-transgender violence, Appearance, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Bathrooms, Catholic schools, Celebrities, Christianity, Church--Unity, Colorism, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Identity, Immigration, Katoeys, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ immigrants, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Linguistics, Love, Occupations, Pacific Islander American LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Politicians, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychiatrists, Religion, Same-sex marriage, Self-acceptance, Sex, Skin--Bleaching, Social advocacy, Social privilege, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender people, Translations, Visas, Work
    Subject: Barack Obama, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ashlee Saparalan is a Filipina female from the Philippines. She talks about her family and growing up in the Philippines, and compares life in the Philippines to her experiences in the United State...
  5. Interview with Chishaun (CeCe) McDonald

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: McDonald, Chishaun Reed Mai'luv (CeCe)
    Date: Nov. 27, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Assigned gender, Black people, Christianity, Coming out, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Femmes, Gay boys, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Neonazism, Physical violence, Prisons, Racism, Role behavior, Sissies, Suicide, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse
    Subject: Angela Davis, Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Dean Spade, Dorothy Day Shelter, Free CeCe, George Zimmerman, Honey Bear Royal, Howard Brown Center, Jerry Springer Show, Laverne Cox, Magic Johnson, Marci Bowers, Matthew Shepherd, Normal Life, The New Jim Crowe, Trayvon Martin
    Description: CeCe McDonald is a Black-Boricua-Taíno woman from the South Side of Chicago. At the time of this oral history, she was working in Minneapolis as a barista, activist, and social instigator. In this ...
  6. Interview with Destinee Salinas

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Salinas, Destinee
    Date: Sep. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bathrooms, Bullying, Catholic schools, Clothing, Cosmetics, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Gender identity, Gender role, Health insurance, Hispanic Americans, Hormones, Language, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, Mexican Americans, Police, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Popular culture, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Racism, Social media, Transgender people
    Subject: Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summer
    Description: Destinee Salinas is a Hispanic female from Indiana. She talks about her experiences growing up, doing drag, and some of the obstacles she has faced as a trans woman. She also discusses relationship...
  7. Interview with Ignacio Rivera

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Rivera, Ignacio
    Date: Nov. 7, 2015
    Topics: Activists, Androgyny, Art, Artists, Assigned gender, Black people--Race identity, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Love, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Polyamory, Race, Racism, Sex, Social privilege, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Work, Writers
    Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Ignacio Rivera is a Black-Boricua-Taíno transgender Two-Spirit person from Brooklyn. At the time of this interview, Rivera was working as an Educator, Activist, and Performer based out of New York....
  8. Interview with JAC Stringer

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Stringer, JAC
    Date: Feb. 17, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bipolar disorder, Bullying, Childhood and youth, Coming out, Community life, Counseling, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Drag, Education, Femininities, Friendship, Gender binaries, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Health care, Hormones, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medication, Mental health, Misogyny, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Native americans, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Peace movement, Race, Roman catholicism, Social movements, Suicide, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Tran...
  9. Interview with Nasreen Mohamed

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mohamed, Nasreen
    Date: Jun. 14, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Adoption, Bathrooms, Clothing, Colonization, Coming out, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Faith, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Government policy, Homophobia, Intersectionality (Sociology), Islam--Customs and practices, Islamophobia, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mass shootings, Muslims, Parenthood, Puberty, Religions, Sexuality, Social justice, Student passports
    Description: Nasreen Mohamed is Tanzanian gender non-conforming person from the coast of Dar es Salaam. At the time of this interview, Mohamed was working in the field of post-secondary education. In this oral ...
  10. Interview with Nick Metcalf

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Metcalf, Nick
    Date: May 10, 2016
    Topics: Activism, Assigned gender, Bullying, Community life, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender identity, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, Middle West, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Navajo Indians, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexuality, Social movements, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Afro Elegance, American Indian Movement, Brandon Lacy Campos, Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, Gay Student Association, Man to Man, Minnesota Men of Color, Richard La Fortune, RuPaul, Ryan White Program, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Nick Metcalf is an American Indian Two-Spirit person born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation located in South Dakota. At the time of this interview, Metcalf was working in the Twin Cities. In th...
  11. Interview With Owen Marciano

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Marciano, Owen
    Date: Dec. 5, 2015
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Menstruation, Mental health, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Self-acceptance, Sex, Suicide
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming...
  12. Interview with Rehema Mertinez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mertinez, Rehema
    Date: Mar. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Authority, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Celebrities, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Depression, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Latin Americans, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Media, Medical care, Mental health, MtFs, Multiracial transgender people, Police, Police brutality, Prisons, Racially mixed people, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sex, Sexuality, Spirituality, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Youth
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity,...
  13. Interview with Reneka Evans

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Evans, Reneka
    Date: Aug. 21, 2016
    Topics: Activism, AIDS (Disease), Bars (Drinking establishments), Black people, Black people--Race identity, Community life, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Drag balls, Drag performance, Education, Educators, Employment discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Health insurance, HIV infections, Hormones, Law enforcement, Love, Medical care, MtFs, Prisons, Religion, Sex, Sex work, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work
    Subject: Red Door Clinic, Reneka Evans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality
    Description: Reneka Evans is a Black trans female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving...
  14. Interview with Roxanne Anderson

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Anderson, Roxanne
    Date: Jul. 23, 2015
    Topics: Activism, Activists, Adoption, Appearance, Artists, Community life, Discrimination, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Hormones, Law enforcement, Middle West, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racially mixed people, Social movements, Social work with youth
    Subject: queer identity, Transmasculine, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota....
  15. Interview with Roxanne Anderson, Part 2

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Anderson, Roxanne
    Date: Jul. 20, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Ball culture, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Community life, Discrimination, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender non-conforming people, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Mentoring, Middle West, Police, Prisons, Queer community, Race, Racial profiling in law enforcement, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Social movements, Transmasculine people, Work, Youth
    Subject: OutFront Minnesota, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota....