NYC Trans Oral History Project

Julian Honkasalo describes growing up in Finland, living in Sweden and New York City and his gradual discovery of and engagement with queerness and masculinity. He describes his research work concerni...

14 Sep 20211h 3min

Dezi reflects on experiences at festivals such as Burning Man that helped to bring them out of their shell, coming to their non-binary identity. While struggling with little support from their conserv...

14 Sep 20211h 4min

Nogga Schwartz discusses his experience navigating masculinity and sexuality, surviving being homeless in Manhattan, the ideology of the gay and queer leather subculture. He also explores his family’s...

14 Sep 20211h 47min

Interview of Francois by NYC Trans Oral History Project

14 Sep 20211h 30min

Interview of Eli Bodian by NYC Trans Oral History Project

14 Sep 20211h 11min

Carolyn Connolly begins with her difficult childhood in a blue-collar Irish-Italian family in Flatlands, Brooklyn, her entry into metal scenes of NYC, and her radicalization into the Love and Rage Ana...

14 Sep 20212h 48min

Mountain is a self described non-binary, gender queer, gender agnostic. They discuss learning of their hypospadias in their adulthood and the ensuing difficulties of deciding if they could claim an in...

14 Sep 202146min

Vivian Lopez Ponce discusses her close friendships with iconic trans women of the 1980s, including Sylvia Ray Rivera, Octavia Saint Laurent, and her work at Cat’s Bar and Sally’s Hideaway. Vivian also...

14 Sep 20212h 11min