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Ryann Holmes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Holmes, Ryann Date: May 14, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Hormones, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ parents, Pronoun, Religions, Secondary education, Tomboys, Transgender parents, Transgender people Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Trans TV, Miss Major Description: In this dialogue, Ryann Holmes discusses their life with Sir Knight of BlackTransTV. Ryann co-founded bklyn boihood, an organization for transmasculine people of color. Ryann discusses being a tomb... -
Sabelo Narasimhan Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Narasimhan, Sabelo Date: Feb. 28, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Artists, Bathrooms, Childhood, Clothing, Dating, Environmentalism, Ethnic groups, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Immigration, LGBTI community, Life stories, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Police, Prisons, Schools, Sports, Transgender people, Visibility, Youth centres Subject: Sabelo Narasimhan Description: In this interview, Sabelo Narasimhan--a South Asian youth activist, organizer, photographer, and immigrant of color--discusses his penchant for collecting and sharing stories. Hear him talk about w... -
Sophie Cadle Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Cadle, Sophie, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Aug. 6, 2018 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Family members, Friendships, Gender identity, Homelessness, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Substance abuse, Transgender people Description: Activist/consultant Sophie Cadle talks to Sebaástian Castro Niculescu about their struggles throughout their life with their family, relationships, homelessness, incarceration, and substance abuse.... -
Susan Gapka Oral History, Part 1 (2016)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Brown, Elspeth Date: 2016 Topics: Activists, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Sexology, Transgender people Subject: Harry Benjamin, John Money, Justin Trudeau, Ontario Health Insurance Plan Description: First oral history with Susan Gapka, one of 7 activists involved in fighting Ontario's delisting of gender confirming surgeries from the province's public health plan in 1998. Conducted in Spring/S... -
Susan Gapka Oral History, Part 2 (2016)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Brown, Elspeth Date: 2016 Topics: Activists, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Law, LGBTI rights policy, Transgender people Subject: Ontario Health Insurance Plan Description: Second oral history with Susan Gapka, one of 7 activists involved in fighting Ontario's delisting of gender confirming surgeries from the province's public health plan in 1998. Conducted in Spring/... -
Susan Stryker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: Oct. 22, 2019 Topics: Activists, AIDS activists, BDSM, Childhood, Crossdressing, Ethnic groups, Historians, Homophobia, Hormones, Leather community, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Military, Mormonism, Peace movement, Social classes, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transgender studies Subject: Blue Jeans Day, Christine Jorgensen, Dear Abby, Gay Activist Alliance, Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, Gay Pieere, I Want What I Want, Janice Raymond, Leslie Feinberg, Patrick Califia-Rice, Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred, Renee Richards, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Transgender Studies Quarterly (TSQ), The Transsexual Empire: the Making of the She-Male, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, Victor Silverman Description: Susan Stryker is an esteemed author and professor of gender and women’s studies. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Oklahoma, while also spending time in Germany and Hawaii as part of h... -
Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Van Ness, Lorenzo, Asapansa-Johnson Walker, Tanya Date: Apr. 2, 2017 Topics: Activists, Army, Bullying, Childhood, Christianity, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Migration, MtFs, Nurses, Oppression, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Resistance movements, Sexual harassment, Sexuality, Social exclusion, Social workers, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Karen Burstein, Paris Is Burning, Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker Description: Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker is a co-founder of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she shares her history of LGB and trans activism in New York City. Born on Staten Island, Mis... -
Tarald Stein Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Stein, Tarald Date: Nov. 12, 2009 Topics: Activists, Career choice, Discrimination, FtMs, Gender identity, History, Law, Research, Transgender people Subject: Harry Benjamin Description: Tarald Stein, a trans man, works at the The Norwegian LGBT Association in Oslo. He is working on a project titled “Gender Diversity” , which is based on the needs of the transgender population. -
Trans Oral History: Feminist Legacy
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project, O'Brien, Michelle Esther Date: Aug. 28, 2011 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Feminism, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Lesbian community, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia Description: Michelle O'Brien recounts how transgender activism in the 1980's and 1990's was shaped by the feminist ideals and practices that came before. -
Trans Oral History: Meeting Lou Sullivan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Transgender Oral History Project, Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Aug. 27, 2011 Topics: Activists, FtMs, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Passing (Gender), Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: East Coast FtM Group, Lou Sullivan Description: Ben Power has been a transgender activist and community historian for more than three decades. He describes the first time he met another FTM--Lou Sullivan, the founder of FTM international--and ho... -
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. -
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... -
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 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 ...