Digital Collections

Digital Transgender Archive

Digital collection. This archive increases the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.

Time Periods: All US History
Themes: LGBTQ, Organizing
Levels: Adult, High School
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Since its launch in 2016, the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) has been working to preserve and make accessible the histories of transgender and gender-diverse people. The DTA is an international collaboration among dozens of colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and private collections. By digitally localizing a wide range of trans-related materials, the DTA expands access to trans history for academics and independent researchers alike in order to foster education and dialog concerning trans history.

The Digital Transgender Archive is searchable by location, topic, genre, institution, and collection, with a vast array of resources to help understand both the archive and the important history that it preserves. [Adapted from website description.]

Watch an introduction to the Digital Transgender Archive below.

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