Chair in Transgender Studies (📧 transchair
@uvic
.ca) & The Transgender Archives (📧 transarc
@uvic
.ca) — World's Largest Collection of Trans+ History.
Trans Studies at the Commons invites applications for its first fellowship cohort. Hosted by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas.
Learn more:
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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 All 111 issues of Transvestia magazine (1960-1986) are now digitized, text searchable, & available online! Stay tuned for more about this historically important publication. Thanks to our team!
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#BlackHistoryMonth
Stormé DeLaverie was a Black butch lesbian and Trans+ advocate who fought alongside Trans+ people in the Stonewall Riots. When asked about her gender identity she said it was no one else's business.
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"Transsexuality is a crime of passion...I surrendered my physical form in order to actualize my inner self" -- Maximilian Wolf
Found in FTM Newsletter 1993 (
#24
). Want to read the full article online? Stay tuned for some exciting news...
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#ftm
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#history
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Cover of the 1993 issue of "TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism" featuring articles about the "Michigan Womyn's Music Festival."
Read it online 👉
We hold the physical copy. Our friends
@digitaltransarc
hold the digital.
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Lucy Hicks Anderson (1886–1954) was the first trans person in US history to fight in court to protect her marriage rights. Watch this fantastic short documentary from “We've Been Around,” featuring archival footage.
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In honour of
#BlackHistoryMonth
we will be posting some historical Black content from the Trans Archives! Mary Jones was a 19th century New Yorker & one of the first recorded trans women in American history. [1/3]
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🕯 Transgender Day of Remembrance 🕯
Nov. 20th 2021
TDOR is an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of Trans+ people whose lives were lost in acts of transphobic violence in the past year.
👇 Resources, events, and links below 👇
#tdor2021
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Luka Austin is a student from Haverford College, and a recent visitor to the Trans Archives.
"I came to the Trans Archives to examine documents by trans authors with an eye towards their perspectives on the world around them beyond just the trans community."
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A humorous drawing from 1982 found in the Metamorphosis newsletter (Vol. 1, No. 5). "The Newsletter Exclusively For F-M Men."
"be patient now!...while I figure out how it works"
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April Ashley died Dec. 27th at age 86. She was the second trans woman in the UK to undergo gender affirming surgery. Read about some of the famous and fascinating people with whom she became close, including Elvis Presley, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dali.
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance (
#TDOR
), an annual observance that honours the memory of Trans+ people whose lives were lost in acts of transphobic violence in the past year.
This button is from 2010 & is held at "The ArQuives"
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"Mountain Lace, The Newsletter of Trans-West Virginia"
1993
#Christmas
comic. Child confronts
#Santa
, "I'm tired of you giving my sister all the dolls, dresses, and make-up that I ask for every year.
Digital copy
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#trans
Transgender Day of Remembrance (
#TDOR
) happens every Nov. 20th.
It was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith (bottom), as a vigil to honour the memory of Rita Hester (top), a transgender woman who was killed in 1998.
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The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (UK) was founded in 1986. It was the first such collection in the world to be housed within a University setting. It was donated to us in 2013.
It includes 100s of titles, including the "Takarazuka Revue."
👉
The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory and
@TheArQuives
invite you to celebrate the launch of The ArQuives' Trans Collections Guide! REGISTER TODAY
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We are proud to launch the FULL version of our Discovery Tool, which is now faster & more efficient. It includes 92 of our publications, 749 issues, 5,069 articles, and 925 events. It also now includes 108 issues of Transgender Tapestry magazine!
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🎈CELEBRATING 1️⃣0️⃣ YEARS🎈
The Transgender Archives is celebrating our first TEN YEARS!
We officially launched in late Fall 2011.
We are celebrating our 10 Year milestone with a year of events, programming, & announcements.
👀 Stay tuned 👀
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We are at the
@VictoriaPride
Festival! Come say hello and pick up a free sticker and button!
We’re SUPER happy to see so much interest in what we do. SO MANY PEOPLE!
Come put your hands on Trans+ history!
🙌 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#yyj
#yyjpride
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1979 t-shirt 👕 from "The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," a charity, protest, & street performance org. that uses drag & religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance & satirize issues of gender & morality.
From "Wearing Gay History," digitized:
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Stay tuned for some exciting news about the FTM publication 👀
We are working to make it accessible online for everyone to enjoy! 58 issues, 1987-2005 😱
It will be an amazing FREE online resource for instructors & community ‼️
Follow us to be alerted 🚨
#PRIDE
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#FTM
The Chair in Transgender Studies joined a big crowd at the BC Legislature in support of 2SLGBTQIA+ people. There were many other supporters. In fact, we outnumbered the anti-SOGI crowd by 3-4 times. Thank you
#yyj
#uvic
for the support.
The National Queer and Trans+ Community History Conference will take place at MacEwan University May 3-4, 2024 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Submissions are due by December 15, 2023. Conference Registration will open in early 2024.
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#QueerHistory
#TransHistory
Cartoon from Transvestia 1976. The magazine started in 1960. We've digitized the entire run! It was the first widely-distributed magazine focused on the crossdressing community. In time, it expanded to include content about the larger trans community.
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While written as a medical textbook, "The Transsexual Phenomenon" quickly gained an audience among the fledgling Trans+ community, hungry for any info. they could find.
This edition was reprinted with funds from Ariadne Kane’s Human Outreach & Achievement Institute.
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BREAKING! This is big! Following consultation with the Chair in Transgender Studies and many others, the Gov’t of Canada's official statistical surveys will now identify trans, non-binary & Two-Spirit people using a two-step question.
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The three objectives of Transvestia magazine (1960-1986): to provide expression, information, and education.
Transvestia was one of the world's first Trans+ magazines.
View Transvestia online:
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#history
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🏳️⚧️ FTM Newsletter ONLINE 🏳️⚧️
All 67 issues (1987-2008) of
#FTM
Newsletter are now available online free of charge ‼️
Published by FTM International, the longest continuously-running org. for the
#transmasculine
community
👉
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🎊🏳️⚧️ 🎉
The Ottawa Trans Library is open!
🎊🏳️⚧️ 🎉
"After many months of planning and preparation the library is finally open to the public!"
Learn more 👉
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Call for Proposals NOW OPEN for the Moving Trans History Forward conference. LIVE ON ZOOM March 11-14, 2021. Visit our website for full details and to apply. CLOSES JANUARY 4, 2021!
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#research
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"They, Hirself, Em, And You: Nonbinary pronouns in research and practice." A 3-day conference bringing together linguists, researchers, & practitioners. June 11-13, 2019, Queen's University. DETAILS:
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A "F/M Fraternity" membership form from the personal archives of Aaron Devor.
"F/M Fraternity" was an "international, non-profit, peer-support network for F/M transsexuals & crossdressers."
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🏳️⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️⚧️
FTM International (1993, issue 24), by anonymous artist.
"Oh my god! I think I'm becoming the man I wanted to marry!"
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A transvestite pass from Paris 1857 to permit a female to wear men's clothing in public. From the Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany. Learn more:
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We hold multiple large scrapbooks full of Trans+ related news clippings.
This 1978 article, written by Ann Hills, is from
@guardian
.
“The Wrong Gender - men & women who are unhappy with their sex role in life are being helped by therapy and treatment in a London hospital."
DID YOU HEAR?! Julia Serano
@JuliaSerano
(author of "Excluded," "Outspoken," and "Whipping Girl") is one of our two keynotes for the Moving Trans History Forward conference. DON'T MISS HER! Register today (subsidies available)!
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📢AVAILABLE ONLINE 📢
All 67 issues of FTM Newsletter (1987-2008).
It was created by Lou Sullivan and became the most widely circulated & highly respected publication exploring transmasculine experiences.
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💰 APPLY NOW 💰
The 2022 Chair in Transgender Studies Scholarship & Fellowship Program is NOW OPEN‼️
Visit our website for details:
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⚠️ Indigenous, Black, and all People of Colour are especially encouraged to apply.
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One day before Lou Sullivan's death, he took the time to personally write & sign a letter to a supporter.
FTM Newsletter was a lifeline for so many folks across three decades.
🏳️⚧️ Thank you, Lou (1951 – Mar. 2, 1991)
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Great turnout for tonight’s Susan Stryker talk
@UVic
! Thanks
@SusanStryker
for an awesome talk. We will be posting the video in a few days. Stay tuned!
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#yyj
On Nov. 20, 11:30 a.m., there will be a historic, inaugural raising of the Transgender Flag at the B.C. legislature in honour of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Join speakers & guests at the front lawn of the BC Legislature in front of the 4 flagpoles.
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Mary Jones was a 19th century New Yorker & one of the first recorded trans women in American history. During the 1830’s, Jones went on trial for pick-pocketing. Jones refused to dress like a man in court, and instead wore her regular dress. [1/2]
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Lou Sullivan (1951-1991) is an important figure in trans history. He was a pioneer of the grassroots female-to-male (FTM) movement, and founded the FTM support group in San Francisco. Here's an image from Tapestry magazine (2002) noting his work.
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1988 article from "FTM" newsletter (Issue
#4
). A sketch of Jack Bee Garland in a column about a book about him, written by Lou Sullivan.
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#FTM
#archives
"Trans queer UVic alumna heads to Oxford"
Learn more about Julia Levy, a
#UVic
graduate, one of 11 young Canadians—the only one in
#BC
—chosen for the prestigious
#Rhodes
scholarship.
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🎊 🎉 🎈 🏳️⚧️
Congratulations to Julia Levy!
Julia, a recent
#UVic
chemistry grad and trans woman, has won the BC Rhodes scholarship! A big accomplishment.
Read more about Julia and her research:
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#JuliaLevy
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#rhodes
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From 1998. Cover of "Transgender Tapestry."
Featured articles about:
✅ "Bisexuality & Transgenderism"
✅ "TG Parents"
✅ "Wigstock Photo Exclusive"
We hold the physical issue,
@digitaltransarc
holds the digital.
👉
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#yyj
#trans
#archives
Congratulations to
@UVic
’s Dr. Aaron Devor who received the Equity Award from the Canadian Association of University Teachers in Ottawa.
#CAUP
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Tomorrow is International Non-Binary People's Day!
Here is a historical snippet from the Transgender Archives to celebrate the day.
FTM Newsletter (
#30
) April 1995 pg. 12.
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#nonbinary
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🌈WE ARE HERE AT
@VictoriaPride
#YYJPRIDE
! 🌈We are proud to be a part of the community. March with us and come say hello at our festival table! Put your hands on trans history. 🏳️🌈EXPAND YOUR PRIDE🏳️🌈
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#trans
🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
Moving Trans History Forward Conference
March 27 - 30 2025
#MTHF25
NEW LOCATION!
Online & University of Victoria's NEW Conference Centre
Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ (Sngequ House)
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#trans
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WATCH NOW ON YOUTUBE‼️
Charlie Waltz (
@waltz_tales
), Chair in Transgender Studies Visiting Fellowship Recipient & Trans Archives Visitor.
“My Unholy Transition: How trans communities defined the modern vampire" 🧛♀️ 🧛♂️ 🧛
👉👉👉
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From "FTM" Sept 1989 (Issue
#9
). Billy Tipton memorial quartet. We have more exciting news about the FTM publication coming in the New Year. Stay tuned!
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#trans
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Cover from "Cross-Talk" (Manchester, England, 1988-1996). 40 pages of gender community news coverage, personal narratives, fictional stories, event calendars, original cartoons and humor features, and more. FIND IT: HQ77.9 C787
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📢📢📢
Today we launch "Word of Mouth," a digital exhibit showcasing the Trans Activism Oral History collection.
It tells some of the story about how Trans+ communities & networks developed in N. America throughout the latter half of the 20th century.
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A 1980 comic strip printed on the cover of "TV-TS Tapestry."
WANT MORE? "Tapestry Magazine" has been digitized and is available online!
👉
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#trans
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A special shout out to
@CherylMorgan
for winning the best volunteer award at
#MTHF21
. Thanks for all your support. We could not run this conference without you.
The Transgender Archives is now the proud holder of virtually all Polish publications on the topic of trans. For example, this is the first known informational Polish leaflet on the topic. Thank you Anna Kłonkowska and Anna Grodzka!
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"The University of Kansas Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies has received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to deepen the department’s work in transgender studies."
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From 1967. Found in "Transvestia" magazine (1960-1986), the 1st widely-distributed magazine focused on the
#crossdressing
community. In time, it expanded to include the larger trans community.
👉 View online
#trans
#uvic
#yyj
#history
#archives
“Trans Gender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time has Come” by Leslie Feinberg. First printed in June 1992, New York. University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives Collection, call no. 2014-020. Box 9. Book labelled “9.66”.
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FREE PUBLIC TALK! Samuel Singer: "Trans Rights are (not just) Human Rights." Sam is the Founder of Montreal’s Trans Legal Clinic & Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University. Friday, Sept. 28th, 7:00 - 9:00 PM. UVic Fraser Bldg 158.
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