One From the Vaults
One From the Vaults, a trans history podcast by Morgan M Page. We bring you all the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history!
Episodes
July 25, 2022 • 31 mins
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.transa...
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July 12, 2021 • 103 mins
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 ...
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March 24, 2021 • 59 mins
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 @cubanecu...
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February 12, 2021 • 42 mins
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!
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July 29, 2020 • 45 mins
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
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May 23, 2020 • 24 mins
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
http...
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February 12, 2020 • 26 mins
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
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October 27, 2019 • 20 mins
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_ghos...
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August 31, 2019 • 1 min
A sneak peek of the new bonus episode available to our Patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv.
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August 6, 2019 • 23 mins
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-edit...
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June 2, 2019 • 1 min
A sneak peak of the latest Patrons-only mini episode! Available at patreon.com/oftv.
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March 24, 2019 • 26 mins
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-...
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December 2, 2018 • 1 min
A sneak peak of our latest Patrons-only special bonus mini episode! This episode features the life of non-binary painter Gluck!
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October 7, 2018 • 23 mins
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
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July 31, 2018 • 27 mins
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.blo...
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July 23, 2018 • 1 min
A sneak peek our latest bonus mini-episode available exclusively to subscribers of our Patreon! Visit Patreon.com/oftv to sign up today!
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June 3, 2018 • 38 mins
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#...
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April 30, 2018 • 1 min
The Battle of the Femmes Fatale! Check out this new bonus episode for OFTV's patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV.
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April 17, 2018 • 22 mins
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.blogs...
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February 18, 2018 • 31 mins
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
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