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 http...
Jul 25, 2022•31 min
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.
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 43 min
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!
Mar 24, 2021•59 min
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!
Feb 12, 2021•43 min
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
Jul 29, 2020•45 min
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:_emeryvi...
May 23, 2020•24 min
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
Feb 12, 2020•27 min
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...
Oct 27, 2019•21 min
A sneak peek of the new bonus episode available to our Patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv.
Aug 31, 2019•1 min
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 h...
Aug 06, 2019•24 min
A sneak peak of the latest Patrons-only mini episode! Available at patreon.com/oftv.
Jun 02, 2019•1 min
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/A...
Mar 24, 2019•27 min
A sneak peak of our latest Patrons-only special bonus mini episode! This episode features the life of non-binary painter Gluck!
Dec 02, 2018•2 min
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
Oct 07, 2018•23 min
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...
Jul 31, 2018•27 min
A sneak peek our latest bonus mini-episode available exclusively to subscribers of our Patreon! Visit Patreon.com/oftv to sign up today!
Jul 23, 2018•2 min
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
Jun 03, 2018•39 min
The Battle of the Femmes Fatale! Check out this new bonus episode for OFTV's patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV.
Apr 30, 2018•2 min
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 http...
Apr 17, 2018•23 min
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_bende...
Feb 18, 2018•32 min
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!
Feb 14, 2018•2 min
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...
Jan 20, 2018•26 min
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....
Dec 08, 2017•29 min
Enjoy this sneak peak of the latest bonus mini-episode of OFTV, available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv.
Nov 19, 2017•1 min
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
Oct 22, 2017•27 min
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!
Oct 15, 2017•2 min
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/pag...
Sep 04, 2017•23 min
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.
Aug 27, 2017•2 min
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
Jul 23, 2017•34 min
A sneak peak of our latest bonus mini-episode, available exclusively for our patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV!
Jul 14, 2017•2 min
