All posts filed under: Archiving Oral History

Trans Activism Oral History Project – Marsha Botzer Clip

November 17, 2020
by Andy Huynh
Archiving Oral History / Gay History / Oral History / Trans History

Excerpt from the Trans Activism Oral History Project – Presented in Collaboration with the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (project lead, Dr. Elspeth Brown), the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria, and The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives. Marsha Botzer (she/her) interviewed by Dr. Evan Taylor (they/them)Original recording using Zoom platform on February 19, 2020 Full interview found here: https://vimeo.com/478929224

Transcripts – Tretter Transgender Oral History Project

October 13, 2020
by Andy Huynh
Archiving Oral History / Community-based Oral History / Oral History / Public Humanities / Trans History

What would a World without transphobia look like? Is life getting better for trans people as a result of visibility? How do the qualms of other social categories intersect with trans identity? What would it take for Black trans people to live out liberation, to live joyfully?             These are the types of questions that Myrl Beam, Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota and Virginia Commonwealth University, and Andrea Jenkins, the Vice President of the […]

Introducing the Queer View Mirror Oral History Project

July 31, 2020
by Elspeth Brown
Archiving Oral History / Community-based Oral History / Gay History

The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory is happy to announce the Queer View Mirror Oral History Project! A community-based oral history project led by long-time activist Ed Jackson, Queer View Mirror will focus on collecting oral histories from Toronto lesbian and gay activists involved in 1970s and 1980s activism. The Collaboratory is happy to provide Ed and his project with assistance and student support. Read on to learn more about this exciting project and what […]

Trans Oral Histories: the Transgender History Project of the Upper Midwest

December 30, 2017
by Elspeth Brown
Archiving Oral History / Trans History

I realize that even though the website has a fantastic collection of websites concerning LGBTQ oral history, put together by Cait McKinney, I have not actually had the time to go through them all, and reflect on what they offer. I’m in the process of putting together a new course on Queer and Trans Oral History, and this seems like a perfect moment to explore some of these sites and reflect on some of their […]