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U of MN’s Transgender Oral History Project releases first round of interviews

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U of MN’s Transgender Oral History Project releases first round of interviews

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The Transgender Oral History Project has released the first batch of videos and transcripts. The Project is part of the Tretter Collection at the University of Minnesota, one of the nation’s largest collections of LGBTQ history. The Project is being spearheaded by Andrea Jenkins, a poet and activist. More than 100 stories have been collected, and 13 of those are available for viewing at the Project website.

The Project hopes to collect the stories of between 200 and 300 people over the next three years, and record up to 400 hours of oral history.

In a recent interview with the Pioneer Press, Jenkins reflected on the experience of leading the project.

“When I talk about it, people get excited. Nothing like this is happening really on a broad scale anywhere else in the country,” she told the paper. “All of the stories are deeply poignant, moving, beautiful. The resiliency is one of the key themes that I keep seeing.”

To get connected to the Transgender Oral History Project, follow the project on Facebook.

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Andy Birkey has written for a number of Minnesota and national publications. He founded Eleventh Avenue South which ran from 2002-2011, wrote for the Minnesota Independent from 2006-2011, the American Independent from 2010-2013. His writing has appeared in The Advocate, The Star Tribune, The Huffington Post, Salon, Cagle News Service, Twin Cities Daily Planet, TheUptake, Vita.mn and much more. His writing on LGBT issues, the religious right and social justice has won awards including Best Beat Reporting by the Online News Association, Best Series by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and an honorable mention by the Sex-Positive Journalism awards.