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DEADLINE EXTENDED!  Chair in Transgender Studies 2018 Scholarships & Fellowships!  APPLY TODAY!

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THANK YOU!

The 2018 Moving Trans History Forward conference was a BIG success! Check out our photos and see for yourself.

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NACHOS NIGHT!

All self-identified trans, non-binary, and Two-Spirit folks are invited to a casual monthly drop-in gathering.

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Chair in Transgender Studies

We aim to act as a catalyst to motivate and support academic and community-based scholars, advanced students, trans, non-binary, and Two-Spirit activists, and thought leaders to work together to enhance the lives of trans, non-binary, and Two-Spirit people.

Our work is fostering research and scholarship in Transgender Studies

  • Encouraging both existing and new scholars to pursue careers in Transgender Studies and building local, national and international linkages with others working in Transgender Studies
  • Hosting visiting academic and community scholars
  • Proactive community outreach and knowledge mobilization
  • Teaching and mentoring related to the area of Transgender Studies
  • Assisting faculty to integrate Transgender Studies content into their courses
  • Academic Director of the Transgender Archives
  • Fundraising in support of the Chair in Transgender Studies and the Transgender Archives

Visiting scholars

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Academic and community-based scholar visit with us throughout the year. Many of them have come to make use of the Transgender Archives.

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Moving Trans History Forward

Join community activists, academic, artists, and allies from around the globe for the 3rd Moving Trans History Forward conference!

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Public events

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The Chair in Transgender Studies holds a variety of public events, including guest speakers, social and arts events, and honorary degrees!

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A donation by the Tawani Foundation, founded and led by Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer N. Pritzker, US Army (Retired), supports the inaugural chair in UVic’s Faculty of Social Sciences for five years.

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Kristina Olson, who was a visiting scholar at the Chair in Transgender Studies, is doing some of the best research in the world about trans kids & their families. Watch her FULL presentation NOW! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwif0dgGtQY&t=504s&list=PLjWymvKNnUWLoYV_1h3sGjDiiKR-GMvJh&index=6 #uvic #uvic #uvic

Kristina Olson - Lansdowne Speaker
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Watch Sandy Artuso, from the University of Luxembourg, give her FULL presentation, "Lunch Hour with Jean, Coccinelle, Simone-Yvonne, Christine and the others” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Etn1nwfB_3I #uvic #uvic

Sandy Artuso - Speaker Series
Sandy Artuso Wednesday, April 11th, 2018, 12:30pm-1:30pm Cornett A317 Sandy Artuso is a FNR-funded PhD candidate in the Department of German Studies at the U...
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Opening Ceremony: Moving Trans History Forward 2016
Moving Trans History Forward: Building Communities - Sharing Connections conference took place at the University of Victoria March 17-20, 2016. Trans and gender non-conforming (GNC) community-based scholars and activists, academics, archivists, librarians, family members, and allies of trans and GNC people will explore preserving and recounting the history of trans and GNC people and communities in all eras and regions of the world. Opening Ceremony: Madison Thomas: Transperson from the Esquimalt Nation Shelagh Rogers: Chancellor, University of Victoria Aaron Devor: Chair in Transgender Studies, Founder and Academic Director, The Transgender Archives Randall Garrison: Member of Parliament, Esquimalt — Saanich — Sooke Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic Sponsored by the Chair in Transgender Studies & The Transgender Archives and UVic. Video production & editing provided by Anna Malkin -- thank you!
Martine Rothblatt: Moving Trans History Forward 2016 Keynote
Moving Trans History Forward: Building Communities - Sharing Connections conference took place at the University of Victoria March 17-20, 2016. Events included: inspiring keynote speakers Martine Rothblatt and Jamison Green, oral presentations, posters, workshops, art exhibits, feature-length trans-themed film Two4One, and panel discussion with founders of trans activism and research. Martine Rothblatt Co-CEO United Therapeutics Keynote speaker Martine Rothblatt, PhD, Co-CEO of United Therapeutics, delivered a virtual keynote address based on her books From Transgender to Transhuman and Virtually Human and Virtually Human: The Promise—and the Peril—of Digital Immortality in which she lays out her vision for a future in which gender dimorphism becomes obsolete, human bodies become optional, and human consciousness has the potential to become immortal through advancements in artificial intelligence. The title of her talk is "From Transgender to Transhuman to Virtually Human." Rothblatt is a tremendously innovative and accomplished trans woman who has a stellar record of creating new advances that have enhanced the lives of people around the globe. She created Geostar satellite navigation, Sirius satellite radio, and United Therapeutics, which saves the lives of lung-disease sufferers and is working to create a limitless supply of organs for transplants. Introduction: Dr. Aaron Devor, Chair in Transgender Studies, Founder and Academic Director, The Transgender Archives Moving Trans History Forward: http://www.uvic.ca/mthf2016/index.php The Transgender Archives: http://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/ Chair in Transgender Studies: http://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/
Jamison Green: Moving Trans History Forward 2016 - Keynote
Moving Trans History Forward: Building Communities - Sharing Connections conference took place at the University of Victoria March 17-20, 2016. Trans and gender non-conforming (GNC) community-based scholars and activists, academics, archivists, librarians, family members, and allies of trans and GNC people will explore preserving and recounting the history of trans and GNC people and communities in all eras and regions of the world. Keynote Speaker Jamison Green, President of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) speaks on Triumphs and Challenges for Transgender People around the World. Green is internationally known as a leader in transgender health, policy, law, and education. Author of the prize-winning book Becoming a Visible Man, he led FTM International 1991 to 1999. He has served on Boards of numerous trans* organizations and has appeared in over a dozen educational documentary films. His policy work has impacted governments and businesses throughout the world. He is one of the most widely-recognized trans* men in the world today. Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic Sponsored by the Chair in Transgender Studies & The Transgender Archives and UVic. Video production & editing provided by Anna Malkin -- thank you!
Jamie Lee Hamilton: Moving Trans History Forward 2016 - Founders Panel
Moving Trans History Forward: Building Communities - Sharing Connections conference took place at the University of Victoria March 17-20, 2016. Trans and gender non-conforming (GNC) community-based scholars and activists, academics, archivists, librarians, family members, and allies of trans and GNC people will explore preserving and recounting the history of trans and GNC people and communities in all eras and regions of the world. Jamie Lee Hamilton will draw upon her more than 40 years of service in trans* communities as a Canadian politician, an advocate of aboriginal people, residents of Vancouver’s poverty-stricken Downtown Eastside, and sex trade workers. When she ran for Vancouver City Council in 1996, she was the first openly transgender person ever to run for political office in Canada. Hamilton currently serves on the board of the Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic Sponsored by the Chair in Transgender Studies & The Transgender Archives and UVic. Video production & editing provided by Anna Malkin -- thank you!

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Moving Trans History Forward 2018

Isabel Rose - MTHF18 Opening Ceremony
WEBSITE: https://www.uvic.ca/mthf2018/ DONATE: https://extrweb.uvic.ca/donate-online/transchair ISABEL ROSE - Opening Ceremony Speaker WHEN: Thursday, 7:30pm, March 22nd, 2018. WHERE: Continuing Studies Building Atrium - University of Victoria HOW MUCH: FREE for all conference registrants or by invitation. Isabel Rose is a singer, writer, performer and passionate activist for the rights of transgender children and their families. Her letter in support of her own transgender daughter’s right to use the girl’s bathroom at school, posted openly to Ivanka Trump, sparked conversation around the world. Isabel’s articles and videos can be found on YouTube, CNN, Medium, CafeMom, and on her own website, Isabelrose.com.

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Transgender Archives Visitors

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Speakers

Kristina Olson - Lansdowne Speaker
Chair in Transgender Studies: https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/ DONATE NOW: https://extrweb.uvic.ca/donate-online/transchair Kristina Olson Presented by the Chair in Transgender Studies & Lansdowne Lecture Series Kristina Olson is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington where she is also the director of the TransYouth Project, the first large-scale, national, longitudinal study of transgender children's development. Dr. Olson received her BA in Psychology and African and Afro-American Studies from Washington University in St. Louis and her MA and PhD from Harvard University before beginning her faculty career at Yale University, moving to the University of Washington in 2013. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Arcus Foundation, and the Satterberg Foundation amongst other sources. Dr. Olson has won several early career awards including the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformational Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science, the International Social Cognition Network's Early Career Award, and the SAGE Young Scholar's Award. EVENING LANSDOWNE LECTURE "Early Transgender Children's Development" Wed., Feb. 7th, 2018 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UVic David Turpin A104 FREE PUBLIC TALK - donations gratefully accepted Announced on our day of birth or even months before, sex and gender are perhaps the most central social categories that affect our lives regardless of the society into which we are born. While the study of how we come to understand our own gender and the influence gender has on our lives has been central to the study of human psychology for decades, nearly all research to date has focused on people who experience “typical” gender identity (gender identity that aligns with one's sex). In this talk, I will discuss our recent work exploring gender development and mental health in an increasingly visible group of children—transgender and gender nonconforming youth—for whom gender and sex diverge considerably. I will explain how studying gender diverse children enhances our understanding of gender and well-being more broadly and can speak to ongoing debates about gender diverse children.
Sandy Artuso - Speaker Series
Sandy Artuso Wednesday, April 11th, 2018, 12:30pm-1:30pm Cornett A317 Sandy Artuso is a FNR-funded PhD candidate in the Department of German Studies at the University of Luxembourg. She is writing her thesis about German autobiographies written by trans people. "Lunch Hour with Jean, Coccinelle, Simone-Yvonne, Christine and the others" In the 1950s and 1960s, the life-stories of several internationally renowned trans persons were widely received throughout Western Europe. The names and stories of Christine Jorgensen, Jan Morris or Coccinelle circulated in mainstream magazines, finding avid readers also among the trans subcultures in Germany. Yet, it was not before the 1980s that first German autobiographies written by trans people started to appear. Many of these authors relate that they read about famous trans people for the first time and that their narratives helped them understand themselves. I am currently writing my PhD thesis about German autobiographies written between 1980 and 2016. During my stay at the University of Victoria, I want to analyse the scope of the "international" influence on the production of autobiographies in German-speaking countries. In this presentation, I will give an overview of my research project with an emphasis on the corpus and present first results of my work in the Transgender Archives.
Syrus Marcus Ware @ The Transgender Archives
SYRUS MARCUS WARE Listen to Syrus Marcus Ware talk about his research, art, and activism, including what brought him to The Transgender Archives. Syrus Marcus Ware is a Vanier Scholar, visual artist, activist, curator and educator. Syrus uses painting, installation and performance to explore social justice frameworks and black activist culture. He is a facilitator/designer at The Banff Centre, and for 12 years was the Coordinator of the Art Gallery of Ontario Youth Program. Syrus is the inaugural Daniel’s Spectrum Artist-in-Residence (2016/17) and is also a core-team member of Black Lives Matter- Toronto. Tuesday, November 28th, 2017, 12:30-1:30PM. Mearns Centre for Learning – McPherson Library A003 - University of Victoria DONATE TODAY and your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Tawani Foundation: https://extrweb.uvic.ca/donate-online/transchair

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YouTube videos

TRANS HIRSTORY IN 99 OBJECTS
FREE ART EXHIBITION Legacy Galleries: http://legacy.uvic.ca Chair in Transgender Studies: https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/ Transgender Archives: https://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/ TRANS HIRSTORY IN 99 OBJECTS The University of Victoria Transgender Archives meets The Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art (MOTHA) LEGACY ART GALLERY DOWNTOWN - 630 YATES ST. JANUARY 13 - MARCH 29, 2018 WED - SAT. 10 - 4PM FREE ART EXHIBITION Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects brings together art and archival material from UVic's world-renowned Transgender Archives to narrate an expansive and critical history of transgender communities. It is the third iteration in a multi-exhibition, multi-venue project organized by curator Chris E. Vargas, Executive Director of the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art (MOTHA)

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Chair in Transgender Studies

Faces of UVic Research: Aaron Devor
Dr. Aaron Devor is the founder and Director of the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria as well a professor with the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences. In this video, Aaron discusses his work on the history and quality of care for transgender people. To learn more: Faces of UVic research: https://www.youtube.com/facesofuvicresearch UVic's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Uvic UVic research: http://www.uvic.ca/research UVic: http://www.uvic.ca/

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Lynn Conway - Hon. Doctor of Engineering

Lynn Conway UVic Convocation Nov. 9, 2016
Visit our website to download the convocation speech with live links: http://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/what-we-do/events/index.php Lynn Conway received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering from the University of Victoria, Nov. 9th, 2016. Lynn is a computer scientist and engineer who helped to pioneer modern information technology and is a leading advocate for transgender rights. Conway did foundational research in computer architecture at IBM in the 1960s. The company fired her in 1968 as she underwent gender transition and she had to rebuild her career in “stealth” in a new name and identity. A decade later she was teaching at MIT, co-authoring with Carver Mead the foundational engineering textbook, Introduction to VLSI Systems, innovating an Internet e-commerce system for rapid silicon-chip prototyping that led to today’s industrial models for microelectronics design and production, and receiving many high honors for that work. Conway came out upon retirement in 1999 as emerita professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. A tireless voice for trans people, she was included in Time magazine’s 2014 list of 25 transgender people who have influenced American culture. Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic
Lynn Conway "Our Travels Through Techno-Social Space-Time" @ UVic - Nov. 9, 2016
Visit our website to download the presentation slides with live links: http://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/what-we-do/events/index.php Lynn Conway received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering from the University of Victoria, Nov. 9th, 2016. Lynn is a computer scientist and engineer who helped to pioneer modern information technology and is a leading advocate for transgender rights. Public Talk: "Our Travels Through Techno-Social Space-Time: Envisioning Incoming Waves of Technological Innovation" Presented in partnership with the Faculty of Engineering and the Chair in Transgender Studies. How can we visualize our life-journeys through an ever-more rapidly-changing techno-social landscape? How did the processes of social-change begin speeding-up in the first place? Where are we headed as we enter the looming techno-social age? These questions are on ever-more minds all around the world. For some insights we reflect on, and then follow, these words of wisdom from Winston Churchill: “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” Conway did foundational research in computer architecture at IBM in the 1960s. The company fired her in 1968 as she underwent gender transition and she had to rebuild her career in “stealth” in a new name and identity. A decade later she was teaching at MIT, co-authoring with Carver Mead the foundational engineering textbook, Introduction to VLSI Systems, innovating an Internet e-commerce system for rapid silicon-chip prototyping that led to today’s industrial models for microelectronics design and production, and receiving many high honors for that work. Conway came out upon retirement in 1999 as emerita professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. A tireless voice for trans people, she was included in Time magazine’s 2014 list of 25 transgender people who have influenced American culture. Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic
Lynn Conway "An Invisible Woman" @ GVPL Nov. 10th, 2016
Visit our website to download the presentation slides with live links: http://www.uvic.ca/research/transchai... Lynn Conway received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering from the University of Victoria, Nov. 9th, 2016. Lynn is a computer scientist and engineer who helped to pioneer modern information technology and is a leading advocate for transgender rights. Public Talk: "An Invisible Woman: The Inside Story Behind the Microelectronic Computing Revolution in Silicon Valley" Presented in partnership with the Chair in Transgender Studies, the Faculty of Engineering, and the Greater Victoria Public Library. In 2015 Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer of the United States, raised profound questions about women’s contributions in science, engineering and math being erased from history. In this talk we explore a case study of such erasure, and surface a very counter-intuitive conjecture about the underlying causes and effects. Conway did foundational research in computer architecture at IBM in the 1960s. The company fired her in 1968 as she underwent gender transition and she had to rebuild her career in “stealth” in a new name and identity. A decade later she was teaching at MIT, co-authoring with Carver Mead the foundational engineering textbook, Introduction to VLSI Systems, innovating an Internet e-commerce system for rapid silicon-chip prototyping that led to today’s industrial models for microelectronics design and production, and receiving many high honors for that work. Conway came out upon retirement in 1999 as emerita professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. A tireless voice for trans people, she was included in Time magazine’s 2014 list of 25 transgender people who have influenced American culture. Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic

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Moving Trans History Forward 2016

Opening Ceremony: Moving Trans History Forward 2016
Moving Trans History Forward: Building Communities - Sharing Connections conference took place at the University of Victoria March 17-20, 2016. Trans and gender non-conforming (GNC) community-based scholars and activists, academics, archivists, librarians, family members, and allies of trans and GNC people will explore preserving and recounting the history of trans and GNC people and communities in all eras and regions of the world. Opening Ceremony: Madison Thomas: Transperson from the Esquimalt Nation Shelagh Rogers: Chancellor, University of Victoria Aaron Devor: Chair in Transgender Studies, Founder and Academic Director, The Transgender Archives Randall Garrison: Member of Parliament, Esquimalt — Saanich — Sooke Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic Sponsored by the Chair in Transgender Studies & The Transgender Archives and UVic. Video production & editing provided by Anna Malkin -- thank you!
Martine Rothblatt: Moving Trans History Forward 2016 Keynote
Moving Trans History Forward: Building Communities - Sharing Connections conference took place at the University of Victoria March 17-20, 2016. Events included: inspiring keynote speakers Martine Rothblatt and Jamison Green, oral presentations, posters, workshops, art exhibits, feature-length trans-themed film Two4One, and panel discussion with founders of trans activism and research. Martine Rothblatt Co-CEO United Therapeutics Keynote speaker Martine Rothblatt, PhD, Co-CEO of United Therapeutics, delivered a virtual keynote address based on her books From Transgender to Transhuman and Virtually Human and Virtually Human: The Promise—and the Peril—of Digital Immortality in which she lays out her vision for a future in which gender dimorphism becomes obsolete, human bodies become optional, and human consciousness has the potential to become immortal through advancements in artificial intelligence. The title of her talk is "From Transgender to Transhuman to Virtually Human." Rothblatt is a tremendously innovative and accomplished trans woman who has a stellar record of creating new advances that have enhanced the lives of people around the globe. She created Geostar satellite navigation, Sirius satellite radio, and United Therapeutics, which saves the lives of lung-disease sufferers and is working to create a limitless supply of organs for transplants. Introduction: Dr. Aaron Devor, Chair in Transgender Studies, Founder and Academic Director, The Transgender Archives Moving Trans History Forward: http://www.uvic.ca/mthf2016/index.php The Transgender Archives: http://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/ Chair in Transgender Studies: http://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/
Jamison Green: Moving Trans History Forward 2016 - Keynote
Moving Trans History Forward: Building Communities - Sharing Connections conference took place at the University of Victoria March 17-20, 2016. Trans and gender non-conforming (GNC) community-based scholars and activists, academics, archivists, librarians, family members, and allies of trans and GNC people will explore preserving and recounting the history of trans and GNC people and communities in all eras and regions of the world. Keynote Speaker Jamison Green, President of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) speaks on Triumphs and Challenges for Transgender People around the World. Green is internationally known as a leader in transgender health, policy, law, and education. Author of the prize-winning book Becoming a Visible Man, he led FTM International 1991 to 1999. He has served on Boards of numerous trans* organizations and has appeared in over a dozen educational documentary films. His policy work has impacted governments and businesses throughout the world. He is one of the most widely-recognized trans* men in the world today. Twitter: @TransArchives Facebook: UVicTransArchives Instagram: TransArchives YouTube: Transgender Archives Flickr: Transgender Archives @ UVic Sponsored by the Chair in Transgender Studies & The Transgender Archives and UVic. Video production & editing provided by Anna Malkin -- thank you!

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Moving Trans History Forward 2014

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