This site is the most comprehensive on the web devoted to trans history and biography. Well over 1700 persons worthy of note, both famous and obscure, are discussed in detail, and many more are mentioned in passing.

There is a detailed Index arranged by vocation, doctor, activist group etc. There is also a Place Index arranged by City etc. This is still evolving.

In addition to this most articles have one or more labels at the bottom. Click one to go to similar persons. There is a full list of labels at the bottom of the right-hand sidebar. There is also a search box at the top left. Enjoy exploring!

Other Trans History sites



Digital Transgender Archive (DTA)

An online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts at the College of the Holy Cross, the DTA is an international collaboration among more than twenty colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, and private collections.

www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net


TransasCity History Page

Features separate pages on selected trans women and female impersonators, and - really useful - a newsbank of over 400 news clippings 1951-94.

http://transascity.org/history.

Vidensbanken om kønsidentitet

A Danish encyclopedia on things trans, compiled by Tina Thranesen.

www.transviden.dk



WikiPink

A GLBT wiki from an Italian perspective

www.wikipink.org


Transfofa em Blog

Eduarda Alice Santos' trans news-aggregation.   The best that there is - all the way back to 2005.

http://transfofa.blogspot.com



Trans Mirror

A short-lived, 2008-9, blog on trans biography that featured some interesting stories.

http://transmirror.blogspot.com



Kay Brown's Transsexual, Transgender, and Intersex History...

https://web.archive.org/web/20050319052606fw_/http://www.transhistory.org/history/index.html



Yvonne Sinclair of the London TV/TS Group




Ephilie's TransChristians




Femmes au Masculin

Christine Bard's survey of French masculine women

http://musea.univ-angers.fr/rubriques/elements/imprime_element.php



The International Journal of Transgenderism

The first 6 volumes, 1997 - 2002, were, and are, available to the public.   Subsequent volumes went behind a pay wall.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070505034642/http://www.symposion.com/ijt/index.htm



Gendys Conference Archive

The Gendys Conferences were held every two years for over a decade from 1990 until 2004.  This website preserves many of the presentations as an historical record.

www.gender.org.uk/conf/index.htm




The Weimar project

Translations of  1920s  German trans magazines




Lili Elbe Digital Archive

The source documents with English translations






Observatoire des Transidentités





Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive




TransAdvocate

Based in Houston, a combined research-advocacy site.



Melbourne Queer History 




Ottawa Trans History




LGBT Wiki 

A small wiki (fewer than 200 trans persons) with idiosyncrasies such as listing Charlotte Bach under her male name.

http://lgbt.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Transgender_and_transsexual_people

 

Transsexual Women's Successes

Lynn Conway's pioneering site re trans women.

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSsuccesses.html



Successful TransMen

 Lynn Conway's pioneering site re trans men.

 http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TransMen.html



Gallery of Goddesses

One of the earliest online sites that featured out trans women.   It was curated by an Australian known only as David, a trans-attracted men.   The site lasted 1998-2001.  It was also one of the first sites to expose fake-transgender person. The site was destroyed when GeoCities was re-organised in 2001.

https://web.archive.org/web/19991013142859/http://geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/9200/index2.htm



Queer Music Heritage 

Lots of trans musicians.    No single entry point specifically for trans, but start at

www.queermusicheritage.com/sep2009.html



Dragstavaganza




Vicki Rene's Drag Queens, Crossdressers and Trans




David de Alba's Female Impersonator Interviews




A HISTORY OF BALLROOM: DOCUMENTING THE ERA OF BALLROOM (1972-1990)

The New York ball scene, the houses, voguing etc
 



















1 comment:

  1. Unknown31/3/21 21:58

    Hi! I'm Elza and I'm from Brazil!

    I just wanted to comment here saying how nice it is that blogs and sites like this exist. It's really important that we have access to trans history. Keep up the good work and thank you so much!

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