Moving Trans History Forward 2023

Youth Panel

The MTHF23 Youth Panel, with a performance by "6 Below Band & Choir!" In partnership with "Skipping Stone.” Sponsored by RBC. Sunday, April 2nd, 2023, 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM PT (UTC-7).

Youth Panel

Two-Spirit Trans+ Panel

Join Sekani Dakelth, Sandra Laframboise, Kai Minosh Pyle, Kyle Shaughnessy, and Saylesh Wesley for the Moving Trans History Forward Two-Spirit Trans+ Panel!

Two-Spirit Trans+ Panel

Elders Panel

Join Ceyenne Doroshow, Monica Forrester, JoAnne Keatley, and Zander Keig, on April 1st for the Moving Trans History Forward Elders Panel!  Register for the conference today.

Elders Panel

Opening Ceremony

First Peoples House & Online, Thursday, March 30th, 2023, 6:30 PM Reception, 7:00 PM Ceremony PT (UTC -7), with screening of 17-min. documentary film Slhálí (Woman) followed by comments byÁ’a:líya Warbus & Saylesh Wesley.

Opening Ceremony

"Framing Agnes"

Film screening of "FRAMING AGNES" & panel discussion with Chase Joynt, Morgan M. Page, Jules Gill-Peterson, & Jen Richards. Friday, March 31st, 2023, 7:00 PM Pacific

Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Julia Serano

The Moving Trans History Forward Conference presents Julia Serano, Saturday's keynote! "Balancing Acts and Bottom-Up Approaches to Trans Activism," April 1st, 2023, 7:00 PM Pacific.

Julia Serano

March 30th – April 2nd, 2023

We are happy to announce that the next conference, once again presented by the Chair in Transgender Studies, will be hybrid, taking place both in person at the University of Victoria and online March 30th – April 2nd, 2023 (#MTHF23)

Join community activists, academics, artists, and allies from around the globe for the fifth Moving Trans History Forward conference, among the largest of its kind. Share your voice and your history. Learn from others. Grow together. Make history!

The Moving Trans History Forward conferences are not just for scholars, or just for community people. MTHF conferences are a unique blend that create opportunities for cross-fertilization among members of general public; students and faculty; artists; activists; Trans+ people; family members; allies; and service providers. Conferences consider both our history, and the crucial issues which impact us today, and into the future—locally, nationally, and globally.

We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.


Latest news

  • Join Ceyenne Doroshow, Monica Forrester, JoAnne Keatley, and Zander Keig, on April 1st for the Moving Trans History Forward Elders Panel!  
  • The Preliminary Conference Program is now available! This program is preliminary and subject to change. It will be updated as further details are announced.
  • Opening Ceremony with screening of 17-min. documentary film Slhálí (Woman) followed by comments by Saylesh Wesley & Á’a:líya Warbus.
  • Volunteer Opportunities! Check out the benefits and join our volunteer team!
  • Intergenerational Trans+ Art Making: Children & Youth Ages 4-18 (and their grownups).
  • In honour of Trans Day of Visibility, we are proud to announce Friday's keynote, a film screening of "Framing Agnes," followed by a panel dicussion with Chase Joynt, Morgan M. Page, Jules Gill-Peterson, & Jen Richards.
  • We are proud to announce Saturday's keynote, Julia Serano, "Balancing Acts and Bottom-Up Approaches to Trans Activism." 
  • See the “Visitor Info” page on our website for travel and accommodation information.
  • Visit our new "About" page with MTHF conference details, including deadlines, and information about what to expect before, during, and after the conference.

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Chair in Transgender Studies 

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Moving Trans History Forward 2021 

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Moving Trans History Forward 2018

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Moving Trans History Forward 2016

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Moving Trans History Forward 2014

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