Interview with Nicole Vanderheiden

Nicole Vanderheiden is a white woman from Colorado and Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Vanderheiden worked in the Social Security office. In this oral history she touches upon her experiences in the Air Force; SPART*A, a group of transgender people who serve or have served in the United States Armed Forces; and her encounters with law enforcement. She talks extensively about navigating healthcare and insurance regulations, trans visibility, interviewing for jobs, and the Vote No Campaign. She also touches upon her upbringing and her experiences with co-parenting.

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Identifier: s4655g77r
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Vanderheiden, Nicole
Contributor(s): Jenkins, Andrea
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: May 17, 2017
Genre: Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s): Alic Bitney
CeCe McDonald
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
HB2
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
Queer Veterans Support Group
Reese Rathgen
SPARTA
Sylvia Rivera
Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
Vote No Campaign
Places: Colorado > Denver County > Denver
Minnesota > Ramsey County > City of Saint Paul > Saint Paul
Michigan > Marquette > City of Marquette
Minnesota > Olmsted > City of Rochester > Rochester
Midwest
Topic(s): Air force
Assigned gender
Bisexual women
Bisexuality
Bullying
Children of transgender people
Coming out
Conservatism
Crossdressers
Crossdressing
Employment discrimination
Evangelisation
Family relationships
Gender identity
Gender-affirming care
Hormone therapy
Isolation
Law
LGBTQ+ discrimination
LGBTQ+ parenthood
LGBTQ+ partners
LGBTQ+ people in the military
LGBTQ+ sex workers
LGBTQ+ visibility
Marriage
Medical care
Military
Names, Personal
Passing (Gender)
Police
Prisons
Religion
Religions
Self-repression
Sexual assault
Sexuality
Shame
Spiritual life
Spirituality
Surgery
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
White LGBTQ+ people
Work
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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