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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 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Interview with Charlene Bradshaw

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Bradshaw, Charlene
    Date: Jan. 12, 2016
    Topics: Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Children, Coming out, Education, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Homophobia, Lesbians, Masculinities, Military, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel, Volunteering, Writers
    Subject: Charlene Bradshaw, Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Description: Charlene Bradshaw is a Black lesbian born and raised in Hawaii. In this oral history, Bradshaw speaks about his experiences being a Black transgender person in Minneapolis, alongside serving in the...
  5. Interview with Erica Fields

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fields, Erica
    Date: Sep. 8, 2015
    Topics: Adoption, African Americans, Art, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bullying, Celebrities, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Educational institutions, Family members, Family relationships, Feminists, Friendship, Gender bending, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Income, Lesbians, Love, Marriage, Medical care, Middle West, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Race identity, Race relations, Racism, Religion, Roman catholicism, Sex, Sexuality, Socio-economic status, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Wealth, Work
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine McGinn, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Ellen Krug, Gender Justice, Gender Outlaws, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, GLBT Chamber of Commerce, Gonzaga University, Hedda Gabler, Hidden Agenda, Hidden Agender, Hogan's Heroes, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Janet Mock, Jenny Boylan, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Leigh Smythe, Mara Keisling, Marcus Waterbury, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, NASA, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Northwest Bible College, Of Mice and Men, Old Bedlam Theatre, Star Trek, The Miser, The Taming of the Shrew, Trans, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, Women's Employment and Security Act (WESA)
    Description: Erica Fields is a woman of transgender history from Edina, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Fields was working in Minnesota as a business woman selling rye. In this oral history Fields spe...
  6. Interview with George Hoagland

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Hoagland, George
    Date: Aug. 24, 2017
    Topics: Androgyny, Art, Assigned gender, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Change of name, Christianity, Dating, Depression, Education, Effeminacy, Families of military personnel, Family members, Family relationships, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Heteronormativity, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Marriage, Mental disorders, Mental health, Police, Race, Reduction mammaplasty, Religion, Schools, Separation, Sex, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys
    Subject: Queer, Trans, Intersex, People of Color and Indigenous People Studies (QTIPOCI), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In thi...
  7. Interview with Haylee Veazey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Veazey, Haylee
    Date: Dec. 1, 2016
    Topics: Bisexual identity, Bullying, Christianity, Clinics, Coming out, Conservatives, Education, Electrolysis, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Gay-straight alliances, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health care, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Hormones, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical policy, MtFs, Overweight people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Religion, Religions, Sexism, Southwest, New, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Stress, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Whites--Race identity, Women, Work
    Subject: Affordable Care Act, Hennepin County Medical Center, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Haylee Veazey is a white trans woman from Farmington New Mexico. She discusses growing up in a small conservative and religious town, and her struggles with herself and her family. She discusses he...
  8. Interview with Joy Michael Starkey

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Starkey, Joy Michael
    Date: Jul. 5, 2017
    Topics: Bisexual identity, Butches, Clothing, Coming out, Conservatives, Education, Family members, Family relationships, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ visibility, Prisons, Quakers, Race, Racism, Religion, Sexism, Social movements, Soft butches, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Tomboys
    Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Joy Michael Starkey is a white genderqueer non-binary trans person from Washington. At the time of this interview, Starkey was a PhD student. In this oral history, Starkey speaks at length about st...
  9. Interview with Julienne Brown (Mizz June)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Brown, Julienne (Mizz June)
    Date: May 6, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Allies, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bullying, Celebrities, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Creative ability, Creative activities and seat work, Dating, Education, Femininities, Film, Friendship, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Love, Migration, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity), Race, Religion, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sex, Sexism, Sexual identity, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility
    Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Julienne Brown, also known as “Mizz June”, is a Black trans woman raised in New York. At the time of this oral history, Brown was working as a musician and an actor. In this oral history she speaks...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Interview with K. Davis Senseman

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Senseman, K. Davis
    Date: Jan. 10, 2017
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Appearance, Assigned gender, Clothing, Coming out, Education, Families, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Race, Racism, Social movements, Spirituality, Transgender people, Wealth, White LGBTQ+ people, Work, Working class
    Subject: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: K. Davis Senseman is a white gender-queer person from Pittsburgh who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Senseman was working as a lawyer based out of Northeast Minneapolis. In this o...
  13. Interview with Kya Concepcion

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Concepcion, Kya
    Date: Oct. 24, 2017
    Topics: Activism, Battering, Black people, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Cherokee women, Clubs, Cocaine, Coming out, Community life, Drug addiction, Education, Families, Family relationships, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Healing, Homelessness, Intersex, Intersex people of color, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Middle West, Native American . . ., Native American transgender people, People with disabilities, Psychotherapy, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Religion, Rural development, Sex work, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Social movements, Southern States, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to child abuse and sexual assault.
  14. Interview with Marcus Waterbury

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Waterbury, Marcus
    Date: Jan. 8, 2016
    Topics: Art, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Coming out, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Dating, Family members, Family relationships, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Heterosexual men, Income, LGBTQ+ relationships, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Middle West, Passing (Sexuality), Plastic surgery, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychotherapy, Religion, Sex, Sexism, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Sports, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Voice therapy (Gender), Wealth, Whites--Race identity, Women's movement, Work
    Subject: Mount Holyoke, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Marcus Waterbury is a white transgender man raised in Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Waterbury was working as a wealth advisor based out of the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Waterbu...
  15. 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,...