Mapping Transgender Activism

The Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries is home to the world's largest collection of materials related to the history of Trans+ activism. Since 2017, the Mapping Transgender Activism Project has been a partnership between UVic's Chair in Transgender Studies and UVic Libraries. The project has involved undergraduate and graduate student interns using pre-defined methodologies to read, review, and analyze rare periodicals catalogued by UVic Libraries dating from 1960 onwards. The project records historically important datapoints that appear in each periodical document, including names, dates, events, keywords, and locations, in addition to other textual data. The data is grouped into three main categories: "Issues," "Articles," and "Events." The top category is "Issues." All "Articles" and "Events" data correspond with the "Issues" file. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the internship moved online during 2020-2021, resulting in some Transgender Archives material being accessed through the Digital Transgender Archive. The "DTA links" file lists these issues and links. The "Issue Cover Scans" file includes scanned cover images of all indexed issues. Each data file includes a "Data Dictionary" file providing full details. These files are open to review. Data files are restricted and access is provided upon request After submitting your request for access, please complete the associated online questionnaire.