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One From the Vaults, a trans history podcast by Morgan M Page. We bring you all the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history!

Morgan M Page


    • Jul 25, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 52 EPISODES

    4.9 from 210 ratings Listeners of One From the Vaults that love the show mention: thank you morgan, queer history, trans people, scandal, history podcast, gossip, page, narrated, researched, historical, tone, told, thoroughly, stories, important, analysis, educational, resource, wonderful, music.



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    Latest episodes from One From the Vaults

    OFTV - Camp Trans (Live! at Camp Trans UK)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 31:08


    A special episode LIVE from Camp Trans UK! Listen to the sounds of the wind in the trees and the smoke of a camp fire getting in my face as OFTV tells the story of the original Camp Trans. Works Cited: https://www.camp-trans.org/pages/ct-history.html http://eminism.org/michigan/faq-protest.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Womyn%27s_Music_Festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Trans#2010_festivals https://www.transadvocate.com/how-terf-violence-inspired-camp-trans_n_14413.htm https://www.transadvocate.com/michigan-womyns-music-festival_n_8943.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140117075803/http://zinelibrary.info/files/PABA6.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101129014722/http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node%252F11968 http://transwomenbelonghere.blogspot.com/ http://transwomenbelonghere.blogspot.com/2013/05/envisioning-inclusive-michfest-thoughts.html

    OFTV Presents - Interview with Abram J Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 103:09


    In this double-length episode, OFTV speaks to trans historian Abram J. Lewis about TAO (Transsexual Action Organization), about oral history work, and about how magic, witchcraft, and "unreason" intersect with the emergence of Gay Liberation and early trans organizations. AJ Lewis is a post doctoral fellow at Grinnell College in Iowa, and the co-founder of the NYC Trans Oral History Project, a partnership with the New York Public Library system.

    OFTV Presents - Librada and Cubanecuir

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 59:07


    This month OFTV presents a special interview with archivist Librada González Fernández of the Cubanecuir archive! Librada is a young trans woman based in NYC and Miami who is pulling together the stories and ephemera of queer and trans Cubans, both on the island and in the diaspora! She joins OFTV to talk Cuban queer history, the ethics of archival work, being a trans person working in history. You can follow the archive @cubanecuir on Instagram and Twitter!

    OFTV Presents - Interview with Zackary Drucker

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 42:43


    To celebrate five years of One From the Vaults, this year I'll be presenting a series of interviews with artists, filmmakers, writers, and historians working on trans history. First up is the brilliant and beautiful artist Zackary Drucker, co-director of the new HBO docuseries The Lady and the Dale, which tells the wild story of 1970s icon Liz Carmichael!

    OFTV 35 - La Prophetesse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 45:22


    This month's episode of OFTV follows the life of a gender non-conforming mystic who lead an early insurgency in the Haitian Revolution! Works cited: The Priest and the Prophetesse (2018) by Terry Rey Des hommes et des dieux (2002) Sex and the Empire That is No More (1994) by J. Lorand Matory Mama Lola: a Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn (1991) by Karen McCarthy Brown

    OFTV 34 - Gym Class

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 24:00


    In this episode of OFTV, we follow Steve Dain - teacher of the year, and later mentor to Lou Sullivan - in his fight for the right to keep teaching after his sex change! Works Cited: http://revolution.berkeley.edu/steve-dain-teacher-transitions/ https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastbaytimes/obituary.aspx?n=steve-dain&pid=96301343 https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/k930bx11b https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whatsexami https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//292479/online_extra:_emeryville_street_to_be_named_for_fired_trans_gym_teacher?fbclid=IwAR1o_L7_3dIykRc5kVijDviKC_ZsPvmInN0bLxQWMDz7kUJImLSmS2EFr-c https://www.ebar.com/news/news//277848 http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/rip-steve-dain-ftm-pioneer.html http://revolution.berkeley.edu/steve-dain-outcome-1978/#menu-main-nav

    OFTV 33 - A Bunny in the Front Seat

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 26:44


    In our first episode for 2020, OFTV looks at the tumultuous life of early gender clinic patient, sex worker-turned businesswoman Patricia Morgan! Works cited: https://zagria.blogspot.com/2009/08/patricia-morgan-1939-sex-worker.html#.Xj_4lhP7SRs https://archive.org/details/drag414unse/page/n1/mode/2up https://www.newspapers.com/image/65480016/ https://archive.org/details/femalemimics13unse/page/4/mode/2up

    OFTV 32 - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 20:52


    In our very first HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, OFTV looks at the all-too-brief story of a Vicar, a ghost, and a veil! Join us this All Hallow's Eve for a chilling tale from trans history! Works Cited: https://archive.org/details/venuscastinafamobull/page/248 https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/history/somersets-most-unusual-ghost-storya-1208123 https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_woman_in_black_the_strange_story_of_a_crossdressing_ghost http://www.strangehistory.net/2016/05/04/transvestite-vicar-ghost-interwar-england/ https://zagria.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2019-09-21T11:59:00-04:00&max-results=4#.XbV_1UX7SRt https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Stryker-My-Words-to-VF.pdf

    OFTV bonus 13 Sneak Peek

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 1:20


    A sneak peek of the new bonus episode available to our Patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv.

    OFTV 31 - It's About Me Not You

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 23:53


    In this episode, we take a look at artist, sculptor, and dollmaker Greer Lankton - muse to Nan Goldin and other downtown luminaries! Works Cited: https://www.documentjournal.com/2014/10/doll-parts-hilton-als-recalls-some-of-his-most-poignant-memories-of-artist-greer-lankton/ https://www.artforum.com/interviews/lia-gangitano-discusses-the-first-new-york-retrospective-of-greer-lankton-48864 https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-1980s-icon-greer-lankton-explored-glamour-gender-eerie-dolls https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/greerlankton/greer4.html&date=2009-10-25+23:30:47 https://web.archive.org/web/20110210012137/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_2_38/ai_57475775 http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/morton/morton1-26-07.asp

    OFTV Bonus 12 - Sneak Peak!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 1:26


    A sneak peak of the latest Patrons-only mini episode! Available at patreon.com/oftv.

    OFTV 30 - The Great 48

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019 26:57


    In this episode of OFTV, we take a look at the life of burlesque queen Alexandra - The Great 48! Works cited: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dallas-tx/geraldine-weise-8182441 http://www.lasvegasshowgirlmuseum.com/april-and-alexandra-interview Behind the Burly Q (2009) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTuGMbNUio0 http://www.queermusicheritage.com/fem-hummell3-3.html https://zagria.blogspot.com/2013/09/gayle-sherman-1940-performer.html#.XJe3hBP7SRs http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/m/APParticle.php?AID=24378&i=22&s=News

    OFTV Bonus 11 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 1:33


    A sneak peak of our latest Patrons-only special bonus mini episode! This episode features the life of non-binary painter Gluck!

    OFTV 29 - Man By Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2018 23:28


    Indulge in a tale of ill-fated bad boy Harry Allen! Works Cited: https://zagria.blogspot.com/2018/08/harry-allen-1882-1922-musician.html https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1906-the-notorious-nell-pickerell-returns-to-seattle https://crosscut.com/2014/06/nell-pickerell-transgender-youth-knute-berger

    OFTV 28 - La Chica Streissandisima

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 27:21


    In this month's episode, we follow the fabulous life of AIDS outreach worker Adela Vázquez - from her childhood in Camagüey, through the Mariel Boatlift, and onto the streets of San Francisco! Works Cited: Sexile by Jaime Cortez https://www.auntlute.com/cuentamelo https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/cuentamelo-an-oral-history-of-queer-latin-immigrants-in-san-francisco/Content?oid=2826471&showFullText=true https://zagria.blogspot.com/2013/09/adela-vasquez-1958-sex-worker-performer.html#.W2C3QNhKiRs

    OFTV Bonus 10 - Sneak Peek

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 1:45


    A sneak peek our latest bonus mini-episode available exclusively to subscribers of our Patreon! Visit Patreon.com/oftv to sign up today!

    OFTV 27 - Let Me Tell You About My Operation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 38:45


    In this episode, we look at the fabulously embellished life of known liar Rae Bourbon! Works Cited: http://www.coolcatdaddy.com/bourbon.html http://www.coolcatdaddy.com/bourbon-hookers.html http://www.coolcatdaddy.com/bourbon-doc-operat-ja.jpg http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Rae%20Bourbon%20aka%20Ray%20Bourbon%22 https://www.queermusicheritage.com/drag-bourbon.html https://zagria.blogspot.com/search?q=ray+bourbon#.WxOoDlMvyRs

    OFTV Bonus 9 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 1:39


    The Battle of the Femmes Fatale! Check out this new bonus episode for OFTV's patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV.

    OFTV 26 - The Best Car Never Built

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 22:42


    In this short episode of OFTV, we take a look at a gonzo story from the headlines of 1975! Join us for the story of the best car never built! Works Cited: https://web.archive.org/web/20060618171208/http://www.automotivechronicles.com/articles/2005/dec/02/1975_05.pdf https://mises.org/library/complete-libertarian-forum-1969-1984 https://jalopnik.com/murder-transsexuals-and-the-price-is-right-the-story-464820740 https://zagria.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/elizabeth-carmichael-1937.html#.WtSqO9MbORs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8uvMlv7Pa8

    OFTV 25 - The Count

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2018 31:46


    In this month's episode, OFTV travels to 19th Century Hungary to investigate the life of an early trans man whom psychologists would later use to form their theories about lesbians. Works Cited: Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2014/01/a-lady-of-masculine-appearance/ https://muse.jhu.edu/article/53005 https://zagria.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/sndor-vay-1866-novelist.html#.WoM2VZO5uRs http://www.academia.edu/6948995/S%C3%A1ndor_Sarolta_Vay_a_gender_bender_in_fin-de-si%C3%A8cle_Hungary

    OFTV Bonus Ep 8 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 2:00


    Check out this special previous of the latest bonus mini episode of OFTV, available exclusively to patrons who donate $5 or more per month to our Patreon account over at Patreon.com/OFTV. This episode looks at the life of Mexican revolutionary, socialist, and trans man, Amelio Robles Avila!

    OFTV 24 - Passing While Passing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2018 26:27


    OFTV's special two year anniversary episode covers the story of Ralph Kerwineo, whose life sat at the crux of cultural debates around gender, race, and eugenics in the United States during the 1910s. Works Cited: Emily Skidmore's True Sex: the Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the 20th Century (NYU Press, 2017). https://forgottenstories.net/2012/05/10/ralph-kerwineo-one-of-milwaukees-most-charming-women/ https://www.riabrodell.com/cora-anderson-aka-ralph-kerwineo/ http://the-toast.net/2014/04/21/suffragettes-sucked-white-supremacy-womens-rights/

    OFTV 23 - The Ballad of Dawn and John-Paul

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017 28:57


    In The Ballad of Dawn and John-Paul, we take a look at the turbulent romance of 1960s white trans woman writer Dawn Langley Simmons and her younger Black husband John-Paul Simmons in the Jim Crow South. Works Cited: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/15/dawn http://www.postandcourier.com/news/local_state_news/dawn-langley-simmons-story-still-makes-waves/article_2ba4d9b9-facf-5bc6-8c55-64415cbd4c89.html https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2009/10/dawn-langley-simmons-1922-2000-part-2.html#.WhsjgbQ-eRs https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/white-writer

    OFTV Bonus Ep 7 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2017 1:29


    Enjoy this sneak peak of the latest bonus mini-episode of OFTV, available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv.

    OFTV 22 - Saint Georges

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2017 27:26


    In this episode of OFTV, we get mystical with the life of Georges Marasco - a trans man singer, lion tamer, poet, and stigmatic! Works Cited: http://vintagemedals.webs.com/hal.htm https://archive.org/stream/physicalphenomen007373mbp#page/n219/mode/2up https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2010/12/georges-marasco-1890-lion-tamer.html#.WezGwhNSyRs Paula Kane, Sister Thorn and Catholic Mysticism in Modern America

    OFTV Bonus Ep 6 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2017 1:39


    A sneak peak of this month's bonus episode available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV. This episode tells the story of the first trans porn star, Jill Monro!

    OFTV 21 - A Sister Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2017 23:27


    In this episode of OFTV, we'll take a look at the intertwined lives of two trans women as they move through the drag balls of the 1960s, the golden era of porn in the 1970s, and the underground performance art scene of the 1980s! Works Cited: https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2010/08/international-chrysis-1951-1990.html#.Wa1_k9OGORs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%26A_%28film%29 http://www.hungdevils.com/index.php?/topic/18134-the-transsexual-erotica-archive-of-magazines-and-films-we-need-your-help/page-3 https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/photography/2011/02/12/kim-christys-lost-world?pg=1#article-content http://www.tgforum.com/wordpress/index.php/female-mimics-magazine-part-1-the-early-years/ https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2014/01/kim-christy-1950-usa.html#.Wa1_HNOGORs https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2013/11/sulka-1962-porn-star.html#.Wa1_EtOGORs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse

    OFTV Bonus Ep 5 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2017 2:04


    In this month's bonus mini-episode, we try to sift fact from fiction in the strange life of Desiré Dubounet and her EPFX machine that can supposedly cure cancer and AIDS. Available now for patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV.

    OFTV 20 - Any Other Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2017 33:41


    In this month's OFTV, we look into the mystery surrounding the elusive 1960s Toronto-based chanteuse, Little Jackie Shane! Works Cited: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/searching-for-jackie-shane-rbs-lost-transgender-superstar/article35057998/ https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2017/06/jackie-shane-1940-musician.html#.WWumidPyuRs http://hazlitt.net/longreads/i-bet-your-mama-was-tent-show-queen http://soundcloud.com/elainebanks/the-jackie-shane-story

    OFTV Bonus ep 4 - sneak peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 1:36


    A sneak peak of our latest bonus mini-episode, available exclusively for our patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV!

    OFTV 19 - Lou in the City of Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 67:54


    In this special DOUBLE episode of OFTV we took a look at the life of Lou Sullivan - the first gay FTM and the man largely responsible for creating the FTM community as we currently know it. Works Cited: Brice D. Smith's Lou Sullivan: Daring To Be a Man Among Men Stryker & Whittle's Transgender Studies Reader

    OFTV Bonus Ep 3 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2017 2:00


    A sneak peak of the third bonus mini episode available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv! In this episode, we tell the story of the very first trans woman to ever receive hormones.

    OFTV 18 - Stormé Weather

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2017 34:20


    In this episode of OFTV, we take a look at the Black drag king at the centre of the Stonewall Rebellion. Long thought to have thrown the first punch, this butch spent her life defending the lesbian of the VIllage. Works Cited: Jewel Box Revue programs, 194?-1968, hosted at queermusicheritage.com The research of JD Doyle at queermusicheritage.com Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, dir. Michelle Parkerson (1987, 1991) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_6W6hEzzFM A Stormé Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCVNEiOwLs Stonewall Veterans Association http://www.stonewallvets.org/StormeDeLarverie.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/nyregion/storme-delarverie-early-leader-in-the-gay-rights-movement-dies-at-93.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/nyregion/28storme.html?_r=2& http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2014/05/27/stonewall-veteran-drag-king-icon-storm%C3%A9-delarverie-dies-93 http://www.afterellen.com/people/77167-an-interview-with-lesbian-stonewall-veteran-storm-delarverie/3

    OFTV Bonus Ep 2 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 2:07


    Check out this sneak peak of the latest bonus mini-episode of OFTV available only for our patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv! In this episode, we go back all the way to the 1830s and cover one of the earliest documented trans people in the United States!

    OFTV 17 - The Man with Three Names!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2017 29:43


    In this episode, we take a look at the hard life of the man with three names - a trans man who was forced into making desperate choices in a time before trans identities were readily available! Scandals! Murders! Lies! This story has everything. CW: brief discussion of rape. Works cited:http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119068057 http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/item/54518 http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/falleni-eugenia-12911 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17470752 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Falleni

    OFTV Bonus Ep 1 - Sneak Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 2:07


    Sneak peak of our first bonus mini-episode, available exclusively for our patrons who donate $5 or more to us at Patreon.com/oftv.

    OFTV 16 - Crossdressing, Racist Laws, and Murder!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2017 31:57


    Between 1849-1900, 34 cities in 21 states enacted anti-cross dressing laws in the United States. How and why did this happen? Join us as OFTV looks into the racist history of anti-cross dressing laws and tells the scandalous life story of one early trans man who resisted them! Works Cited: Clare Sears, Arresting Dress (2015) Zagria: https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2012/01/jean-bonnet-1849-1876-frog-catcher.html#.WM1c5xIrKRs

    OFTV 15 - a COG in the Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2017 33:29


    This week, OFTV covers early trans activist group COG - North America's first trans organization! Based in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, COG fought against police persecution and for access to healthcare in the late 1960s. Works cited: Susan Stryker, Transgender History Susan Stryker, Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria (documentary) Joanne Meyerowitz, How Sex Changed Suzan Cooke, Woman Born Transsexual. https://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/05/27/ Kirkham and Sagarin, Transsexual in a Formal Organizational Setting (1969) Elliot Blackstone, “MTF Transgender Activism in the Tenderloin, 1966-1975”

    OFTV 14 - Java vs. Right to Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 30:04


    This episode focuses on the life of Sir Lady Java! A Black trans civil rights pioneer and performer who fought for the right to work! Works cited: http://transgriot.blogspot.ca/2010/12/sir-lady-java-trans-civil-rights.html https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2013/02/sir-lady-java-1943-performer-activist.html#.WHKC9rYrKRs http://forge-forward.org/2016/02/17/bthm-sir-lady-java/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIXMx0uJxgA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue8sSq0FE4w http://www.ebony.com/news-views/trans-trailblazers#axzz4VC9doWmQ

    OFTV 13 - Female Husband!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2016 31:39


    Did trans men exist before the 20th Century? On this week's episode, we go all the way back to 1746 to explore the life of "female husband" Charles, or George, or Mary, or Molly Hamilton! Works cited: http://www.pascalbonenfant.com/18c/newgatecalendar/mary_hamilton.html Baker, S. (1959). Henry Fielding's The Female Husband: Fact and Fiction. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 213-224. Henry Fielding's The Female Husband: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fielding/henry/female-husband/ The work of Alex Sharpe: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/12/dark-truth-behind-convictions-gender-fraud

    OFTV 12 - Murder on Homewood

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2016 32:55


    OFTV takes a look at a horrific moment in Canada's trans community that became a turning point in the country's trans history. This episode explores the 1996 triple homicide of Brenda Ludgate, Shawn Jr Keegan, and Deanna Wilkinson, and the community response that followed. Works Cited: http://accozzaglia.ca/ententasmagic/journal/knowledge/10-dead-trans-women-in-toronto/ http://accozzaglia.ca/essay/research/feminism/introducing-hostile-homewood/ http://accozzaglia.ca/essay/research/feminism/sensationalizing-disempowerment/ Queerstory.ca http://www.walnet.org/csis/news/toronto_96/triplemurder.html

    OFTV 11 - Tricky Mother Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2016 39:08


    OFTV brings our mini-series on the trio of trans Warhol muses to a close with glamour and tragedy of Candy Darling! Works Cited: WarholStars.org Holly Woodlawn: A Low Life in High Heels Craig B Highberger - Superstar in a Housedress Beautiful Darling (documentary)

    OFTV 10 - Glamour, Glory, And Gold!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2016 37:43


    Part two of our three part series on the trio of trans Warhol muses who inspired Lou Reed's classic song, Walk on the Wild Side! This week, we take an elevator look at the life of Jackie Curtis.

    OFTV 9 - Holly Came From Miami FLA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2016 37:39


    OFTV brings you the first in a three part series on the trio of trans Warhol muses! Holly Woodlawn, trans Puerto Rican Superstar! Works Cited: Superstar in a Housedress, film and book, by Craig Highberger WarholStars.org A Low-Life in High Heels, by Holly Woodlawn https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/sep/26/art.theatre

    OFTV 8: Spirit Of Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2016 32:26


    One from the Vaults - trans history podcast looks at the successful life, bizarre death, and continuing afterlife of gospel quartet singer Wilmer Little Axe Broadnax! Works Cited: http://transgriot.blogspot.ca/2013/07/black-trans-history-wilmer-little-axe-m.html http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2014/11/male-and-female-in-christ/ http://ubleproject.tumblr.com/post/29515613795/a-tenor-passes-wilmer-broadnax https://www.facebook.com/UbuntuBiographyProject/posts/578832502280542 http://articles.philly.com/1993-02-05/news/25955189_1_manslaughter-perfect-candidate-battered-woman-syndrome http://transguys.com/profiles/wilmer-little-axe-broadnax http://queermusicheritage-theblog.blogspot.ca/2015/01/willmer-little-axe-broadnax-gospel.html http://www.allmusic.com/artist/golden-echoes-mn0000953229 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Blind_Boys_of_Mississippi

    OFTV 7: Behold! I Am A Woman!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2016 38:56


    In this episode of OFTV, we'll try to make sense of the confusing life story, or stories, of Canada's "first" transsexual, Dianna Boileau! Works Cited: http://zagria.blogspot.ca/2010/09/dianne-boileau-1930-secretary.html http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/03/27/the-woman-who-was-trans-before-her-time.html Boileau and Cochrane, Behold! I am a Woman! (1972) Let Me Die a Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADL8Zeotr3c Full CBC interview with Dianna Boileau: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/dianna-canadas-first-sex-change-patient

    OFTV 6: The Art Of The Possible

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2016 32:50


    OFTV celebrates the life of trans politican and Indigenous sex worker Georgina Beyer - from her life on the streets to the house of parliament! Works Cited: Jewel's Darl - http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/about-face-jewels-darl-1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rab_LVPfxDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8navq7MlomY http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/video/29381/passing-of-the-prostitution-reform-bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkF4V5wcTNs Xtra video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLdtAHlcH7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rab_LVPfxDc http://zagria.blogspot.ca/2013/01/georgina-beyer-1957-actress-sex-worker.html#.VuMfvXB4Fl8

    OFTV 5: The Trans Howard Hughes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 38:30


    On this episode of OFTV, we'll discuss the long life of eccentric FTM multimillionaire Reed Erickson - the architect of modern trans healthcare. Works Cited: Aaron Devor & Nicholas Matte, "Building a Better World." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/ABetterWorld.pdf Devor & Matte, "ONE Inc and Reed Erickson." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/UneasyCollaboration.pdf Devor, "Reed Erickson: How One Transsexual Man Supported ONE." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/ReedErickson.pdf http://zagria.blogspot.ca/2009/01/zelda-r-suplee-director-of-erickson.html Susan Stryker, Transgender History.

    OFTV 4: Valentine's Day Special!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2016 44:44


    Join us for a Very Special Valentine's Day episode here at OFTV! We'll be discussing the groundbreaking life of trans man Michael Dillon and his doomed romance with trans woman Roberta Cowell! Works cited: From a Girl to a Man by Liz Hodgkinson The First Man-Made Man by Pagan Kennedy Sex Change Spitfire Ace documentary by Channel 4

    OFTV 3: STAR House, STAR People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2016 32:21


    Join us as we take a look at the early lives of the patron saints of the trans movement, Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson! We'll examine their beginnings, take a look at what might have gone down at Stonewall, and follow them up to the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade! The first in a three part series on Sylvia and Marsha! Works Cited: http://www.workers.org/2006/us/lavender-red-73/ http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/sylvia0702.php http://www.reinagossett.com/on-untorellis-new-book/ http://thespiritwas.tumblr.com/post/19399849610/ten-posts-for-sylvia-riveras-ten-year-memorial http://thespiritwas.tumblr.com/post/43780113854/nyu-occupation-street-transvestites-for-gay-power The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York: “An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail” by Stephan L. Cohen

    OFTV 2: The Golden Age Of Hustlers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2016 31:14


    In this episode of OFTV, we'll take a look at Vancouver's Golden Age of Prostitution from 1975-1985, in which Indigenous trans sex workers ruled the streets of the West End. We'll discuss how sex workers organized for their rights and safety, in opposition to gay white residents groups, the police, and the state. So tune in and get all the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history! Works Cited: Ross, B. L. (2012). Outdoor Brothel Culture: The Un/Making of a Transsexual Stroll in Vancouver's West End, 1975–1984. Journal of historical sociology, 25(1), 126-150. Ross, B., & Sullivan, R. (2012). Tracing lines of horizontal hostility: How sex workers and gay activists battled for space, voice, and belonging in Vancouver, 1975–1985. Sexualities, 15(5-6), 604-621. http://westendsexworkhistory.com/ Hookers on Davie (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3foUxsqAPE http://www.geist.com/fact/columns/come-to-the-cabaret/ http://thetyee.ca/Books/2012/12/08/Penthouse-Nightclub/

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