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  1. Akasha Barker Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Barker, Akasha, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jul. 12, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Beauty schools, Body image, Change of name, Education, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Isolation, LGBTI community, Mental health, Music, NGOs, Police brutality, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: In this conversation with interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu, entertainer Akasha Barker (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) discusses her journey with her gender identity during the HIV/AIDS epid...
  2. Brothers Now Sisters And Living In 'Torment' Ends

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Spavin, Don
    Date: Aug. 16, 1970
    Topics: Adolescence, Discrimination, Family members, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Mental health, MtFs
    Subject: Lauraine Lee, Lenette Lee
  3. Chanel Lopez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lopez, Chanel, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jul. 31, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Appearance, Change of name, Christianity, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Mental health, Role models, Schools, Self-acceptance, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community
    Subject: Anti Violence Project, Bronx Community Pride Center, Crash Club
    Description: Transgender communities liaison Chanel Lopez details her experience as a Latinx trans woman in both New York and the Dominican Republic. Lopez opens up to interviewer Sebastian Castro Niculescu abo...
  4. Dan Rosensweet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Rosensweet, Dan
    Date: Jun. 27, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Body image, Coming out, Crossdressing, Eating disorders, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Homophobia, Hormones, Quality of life, Schools, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender community
    Description: Interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu speaks to Dan Rosensweet about growing up in Brooklyn as an only child, coming out to family members as trans, and how in retrospect they can pinpoint moments...
  5. Eli Bodian Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Bodian, Eli, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jun. 29, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Employment discrimination, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Jews, Language, Siblings, Transgender families, Transgender people, Unemployment, Youth organisations
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner
    Description: Eli Bodian shares information about their upbringing with Sebastián Castro Niculescu in this interview, specifically what it was like being trans and having a sibling who is also trans. Bodian talk...
  6. IFGE Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 4 (Winter, 1995)

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Laing, Alison
    Date: Winter 1995
    Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Awards, Crossdressing, Events, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, LGBTI community, Physicians, Support groups, Transgender children, Transgender community
    Subject: Coming Together, Working Together Convention, Jennifer Richards, National Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual and Transgendered Convention, Sheila Kirk, Trinity Award, Vanessa Murray, Virginia Prince Award
  7. Interview with Laura Jane Grace

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Grace, Laura Jane
    Date: Jun. 15, 2016
    Topics: Adolescence, Art, Bars (Drinking establishments), Bisexuality, Celebrities, Coming out, Community life, Creative activities and seat work, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Discrimination in medical care, Education, Families of military personnel, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hormones, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Love, Marriage, Mental health, MtFs, Music, Privilege (Social psychology), Sex, Southern States, Transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Women
    Subject: Against Me!, An Act to Provide for Single-sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide Consistency in Regulation of Employment and Public Accommodations, HB2, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Laura Jane Grace is a female from Florida who uses she and they. At the time of this interview, Grace was working as a musician for the band Against Me! In this oral history, Grace reflects upon mo...
  8. Interview with Roze (R.B.) Brooks

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Brook, Roze
    Date: Nov. 3, 2016
    Topics: Activists, Adolescence, Allies, Art, Bathrooms, Colleges, Coming out, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friends, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Higher education, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Sexism, Sexuality, Social movements, Social privilege, Support groups, Transphobia, White LGBTQ+ people, Work
    Subject: Andrea Gibson, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Title IX, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Roze (R.B.) Brooks is a white gender queer person raised in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, R.B. was a graduate student. In this oral history, they speak at length about queer a...
  9. Julian Honkasalo Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Honkasalo, Julian, O'Brien, Michelle Esther
    Date: May 16, 2018
    Topics: Academics, Adolescence, Bullying, Families, Friendships, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Masculinities, Music, Research, Sociology
    Description: Julian Honkasalo is a Finnish scholar of trans history who became interested in the NYC Trans Oral history project as part of his studies. Honkasalo tells interviewer Michelle Esther O'Brien how hi...
  10. Rose Wood Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Wood, Rose, Schoo, Deidre
    Date: Nov. 26, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Artists, Death and dying, Drag, Gay pride, Health care, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ parents, Performing arts, Strippers, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender identity, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: Rose Wood talks to interviewer Deidre Schoo about her experience as a performance artist in New York City. She shares information about her childhood and her family, specifically her father, and wh...
  11. Saje Liese Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Towne, Tyler, Liese, Saja
    Date: May 17, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Childhood, Divorce, Employment policies, Friendships, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Partners of transgender people, Transgender people
    Description: Saje Liese was born on Long Island and moved to NYC after 10 years of living in the country. She is a “true blue New Yorker” and tech engineer. In this interview, Saje discusses Dungeons & Dragons,...
  12. Simone Kolysh Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kolysh, Simone
    Date: Feb. 14, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Bisexuality, Brothers, Bullying, Childhood, Families, Motherhood, Sexual assault, Travel
    Description: Simone Kolysh describes their non-binary gender identity, growing up in a Russian immigrant family, becoming a parent, and their academic work on trans studies.
  13. Sonia Martinez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Martinez, Sonia, Keyes, Anna
    Date: Apr. 11, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Breast, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Family members, Femininities, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Night life, Prisons, Transgender people
    Subject: Stonewall
    Description: Anna Keyes interviews Sonia Martinez, who opens up about her growth into her female identity throughout her adolescence and beyond. Martinez found a community of LGBTQIA+ individuals as a youth, wh...
  14. The Monmouth & Ocean News Vol. 8, Issue 1 (September, 1998)

     
    Collection: Monmouth & Ocean News
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: M., Vikki
    Date: Sep. 1998
    Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Catalogues, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender role, Life stories, Lingerie, Passing (Gender), Shopping, Shops, Social movements, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Women's movement
    Subject: Amy Altenhaus, Danielle North, Della Fave, Jayce M., Sylvia Aster
  15. Torrey Peters Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Peters, Torrey, Lewis, AJ
    Date: Jun. 26, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Crossdressers, Dating, Femmes, Gender dysphoria, MtFs, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Shame, Subcultures, Support groups, Transgender people, Writers
    Description: In an interview with AJ Lewis, Torrey Peters discusses her experience with coming into her gender identity, describing her sexuality and her feelings of shame and isolation that have come with it. ...