Aase Schibsted Knudsen (born 1954)

In our interview, Schibsted Knudsen speaks about her childhood and how it was growing up at a time where knowledge and understanding about transgender people was practically non-existent. It wasn't until after she married and had children that she got in contact with other transgender people through the association FPE. The meetings were strictly secret, with code names for every member. Every member was also given a code that could be connected to their address, so they could receive newsletters in the mail, but only one single person in the association was able to match the codes to the addresses. 

In this excerpt from the interview, Schibsted Knudsen speaks about the early days in FPE and the strict secrecy that surrounded all the association's activities. 

The complete interveiw is available at Skeivt arkivs reading room. Skeivt arkiv met Aase Schibsted Knudsen at Lillehammer, Februay 2019.