Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Amanda Beech
Amanda is a white trans woman. At the time of this interview, Amanda was living in Ellendale, Minnesota. In this oral history, Amanda discusses her experiences of gender non-conformity in the years before WWII in rural Minnesota, her experiences with gender affirming medical care in the 1950s and 1960s, and the community of trans women in Minneapolis in the mid-Twentieth Century.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- q811kj827
- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Beech, Amanda
- Contributor(s)
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Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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Mar. 3, 2017
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Cullan Markland
Donna Ewing
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
- Places
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Minnesota
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Hennepin County
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City of Minneapolis
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Minnesota > Steele > City of Ellendale > Ellendale
Minnesota > Freeborn > Bath Township > Bath
- Topic(s)
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Appearance
Assigned gender
Bullying
Change of name
Cheerleading
Clothing
Coming out
Electrolysis
Family members
Femininities
Friendship
Gender identity
Gender realignment surgery
Gender-affirming care
Hairdressers
Health insurance
Hormones
Jews
LGBTQ+ partners
Medical care
Middle West
MtFs
Older people--Education
Orgasm
People with disabilities
Religions
Self-acceptance
Sexual practices
Whites--Race identity
World war II
- Resource Type
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/
- Rights
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In copyright
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