Digital Transgender Archive

Interview with Erica Fields

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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 speaks at length about transitioning later in life, her friendships, family, relationships, and community networks. She also touches upon about attending Catholic school, Christine Jorgensen, Caitlyn Jenner, language and identity, coming out, and her encounters with healthcare.

Item Information:

Identifier
5t34sj637
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s)
Fields, Erica
Contributor(s)
Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created
Sep. 8, 2015
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s)
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)
Places
Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Pennsylvania > Bucks County > Borough of New Hope > New Hope
Washington > Spokane County > Spokane
Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Edina > Edina
Topic(s)
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
Resource Type
Moving image
Text
Language
English
Related URL
https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/
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