Transgender History Links
Transgender History
Below, you’ll find links to some other projects focused on sharing stories of LGBTQ2IA+ history in general, and transgender history in particular.
If you know of any others, please let me know!
Projects Focused on Transgender History
Black Trans Archive – An archive of black trans history, and genuinely one of the most interesting and innovative projects I’ve ever seen online
Digital Transgender Archive – A Boston-based archive of materials dedicated to transgender history
Eli Erlick – Writer, organizer, and researcher of trans history with a focus on more modern stories
A Gender Variance Who’s Who – a long-running blog dedicated to building and maintaining biographies of trans people throughout history
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute – Honouring the legacy of US trans rights pioneer Marsha P. Johnson by advocating for black trans rights
One From the Vaults – A podcast about trans history by Morgan M. Page.
Susan Stryker – Academic historian who wrote the book Transgender History. Her focus is mostly on the 20th-century US
Tracking Transgender: The Historical Truth – The personal blog of clinical psychologist Cristan Williams
Transgender Archives – An archive of activism and research into transgender history from the University of Victoria, British Columbia
Trans+ History Week – a UK-based initiative that shares stories of transgender people throughout history and around the world. I’ve personally written three articles for them!
Projects Focused on LGBTQ2IA+ History in General
Archives for the Protection of Gay History and Literature – Archive collection from the University of Ottawa
The ArQuives – Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives
Australian Queer Archives – “Collecting, preserving, and celebrating Australia’s very queer histories since 1978″
BC Gay and Lesbian Archives – “The BC Gay and Lesbian Archives was established in 1976 and developed and maintained by Ron Dutton in his home. Dutton donated the collection to the City of Vancouver Archives in February 2018.”
Black Queer Archive Collection – Part of the Black Archives in Amsterdam
The Charlotte Museum – “We are a museum, gallery, research library and document archive collecting, preserving and exhibiting Lesbian Sapphic herstory and cultural experience and the cultural heritage of Rainbow+ Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand.”
Drag King History – As the name suggests, an archive of the history of drag kings.
GLBT Historical Society – “The GLBT Historical Society collects, preserves, exhibits and makes accessible to the public materials and knowledge to support and promote understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts in all their diversity.”
History UnErased – Dedicated to teaching LGBTQ history in the United States
Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa – “We collect, preserve and make available for research the records and personal papers of queer and takatapui people and organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand.”
LGBTQ History Digital Collaboratory – A project geared toward supporting the creation of LGBTQ oral history projects based at the University of Toronto
LGBTQ Religious Archives – A venture dedicated to preserving the histories of religious practices within the LGBTQ community
LUQS – The Lesbian Archive and Queer Collection in Frankfurt
Making Gay History – Stories of LGBTQ+ history through the people who lived it
OutHistory – A long-standing website dedicated to advancing evidence-based research about LGBTQ histories
Queer Digital History Project – A community archive documenting LGBTQ digital spaces from the pre-2010 era.
Queer Resources Directory – “The Queer Resources Directory contains 25488 files about everything queer.” This includes a section about queer culture, history, and origins.
Queer Zine Archive Project – An archive of queer zines. I always send them a copy of mine when I’m done making them!
Two-Spirit Archives – “The mission of the Two-Spirit Archives is to develop an internationally-renowned centre for research that supports the needs of the Two-Spirit community; makes Two-Spirit people visible in our documentary heritage; and supports the research, teaching, learning, and community mandates.”
University of South Florida LGBTQ+ Collections – “The USF Libraries’ Special Collections is determined to expand its collection of historically significant lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) materials in monographic, audio-visual, ephemeral, and archival formats.”
