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B. Hawk Snipes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Snipes, B. Hawk Date: Mar. 28, 2019 Topics: Artists, Bars, Black people, Childhood, Cocaine, Drug abuse, Education, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay community centers, Gay liberation, Gay pride, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hospitals, Housing, Jews, Latinos, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Neighborhood government, Police, Police raids, Prisons, Pronoun, Stonewall riots, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Unemployment, White people, Women, Youth, Youth organisations Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Amanda Milan, Amy's Bread, Anderson Cooper, Bawdy Audie Josie, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Covenant House Rite of Passage (ROP), Fenced Out, Greenwich Village Youth Council (GYC), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Iris House, James Street Hotel, JD Melendez, John Cameron Mitchell, Kate Barnhart, March of Dimes, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Peter Green, Project Reach, Rosie Perez, Sets, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Garden Left Behind, Trans Health Conference, Trans in Action, Transy House, Wilson Cruz, Zendo's Description: B. Hawk Snipes discusses their growing in the Bronx, their time at the La Guardia High School of the Performing Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, and eventually becoming an entertainer ... -
Gia Love Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Love, Gia Date: Apr. 11, 2019 Topics: African diaspora, African-americans, Black people, Bullying, Butches, Childhood, Crossdressing, Debates, Drag balls, Femininities, Foster children, Gender, Gender diversity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mothers, Racism, Sexism, Sexual abuse, Soft butches, Special education, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Women Subject: Butch Queen, City College, Destination Tomorrow, Ginovia, Greenlight Hub, Harlem United, Harvard University, House of Bacardi, House of Juicy, House of Louboutin, House of McQueen, Islan Nettles, Kalem Lord, Malcolm X, Marist College, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), Paris Is Burning, Sundance, TQ, Uber Description: Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a sup... -
Interview with Gloria Allen
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Allen, Gloria Date: Apr. 26, 2016 Topics: Actors, Art, Biracial transgender people, Black people, Church, Community life, Discrimination, Education, Entertainers, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Love, Marriage, Mentoring, Middle West, Nurses, Older people, Racially mixed people, Religion, Sex, Singers, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Work Subject: Center on Halstead, Charm (play), Charm school, Gloria Allen, Mixed Blood Theater, Precious Davis, Trans 100 Legacy Award, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project Description: Gloria Allen, also known as "Mama Gloria", is a biracial woman from Bowling Green Kentucky and Chicago. in this interview she speaks at length about founding the Charm School at the Center on Halst... -
Interview with June Remus, Part 1 of 2
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Jenkins, Andrea, Remus, June Date: Aug. 5, 2015 Topics: Activists, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Celebrities, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Drag performance, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, Middle West, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sex, Sexuality, Social integration, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Strippers, Transgender youth, Transsexual people, Women Subject: June Remus, Transgender Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality Description: June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. This is the first of two oral histories the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and Remus. At the time... -
Interview with June Remus, Part 2 of 2
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Remus, June Date: Sep. 2, 2016 Topics: Activists, Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Children, Christianity, Community life, Discos, Divorce, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Grandchildren, Health, LGBTQ+ families, Marriage, Medical care, Mentoring, MtFs, Race, Racism, Religion, Religions, Retirement, Sexuality, Slurs, Social integration, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Strippers, Transgender youth, Transsexual people, Women Subject: June Remus, Transgender Equity Summit, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality Description: June Remus, also known as Mama June or Big Mama, is a Black female from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of this interview, Remus was a retired caregiver living in Minnesota. This is the second of two... -
Interview with Sayuri Hernandez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hernandez, Sayuri Date: Sep. 12, 2016 Topics: Addictions, Armed Forces, Child abuse, Classism, Dating, Exercise, Family relationships, Feminism, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ visibility, Medical care, Mental health, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Slurs, Spirituality, Stores, Retail, Substance abuse, Tucking (Phallus), White people, Women, Work Subject: George Michael, Lana Del Ray, Loyola University, Rihanna, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sayuri Hernandez Description: Sayuri Hernandez is a Puerto Rican trans woman from Houston, Texas. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, experiences of addiction and recovery, her thoughts o... -
Jeaux Henry Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Henry, Jeaux Date: May 22, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Being in love, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender role, Health care, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Secondary education, Social media, Solidarity, Transgender archives, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visibility, Women Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Boi Complex, Black Trans TV, Callen-Lorde Health Center, General Education Development (GED), Job Corps, One Medical Group, Racquel Reid, The Lighthouse, Zocdoc Description: Jeaux narrates their coming into black trans boihood, from their childhood in Atlanta to their life in New York City today. As the creator of Black Boi Complex, a virtual community for masculine-of... -
Kristen Lovell Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lovell, Kristen Date: Apr. 4, 2019 Topics: Actors, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Cocaine, Drag, Drag queens, Gay and lesbian youth, Health care, Homeless people, Jews, LGBTI community, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Writers Subject: Amanda Milan, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Fenced Out, Iris House, James Street Hotel, March of Dimes, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Rites of Passage, Stonewall mobile, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Trans Empowerment Group, Two Potatoes Description: Kristen Lovell discusses her time working "the stroll," in the West Village in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She recounts the community, conflict and challenges faced by fellow sex workers, inclu... -
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...
