#trans archives

[murderandcoffee]

ok i’m back on my bullshit. trans archives agenda time

martin has trouble with health insurance at some point and has to go off t for a while, so his period comes back and he is Suffering. he asks if anyone has any painkillers (specifically vague) and tim’s like “yeah bro i gotchu” and hands him a midol. and martin just looks at him in panic like …does he know?? and tim is just like 😬 don’t mind me i’m just a normal cis guy with normal cis guy painkillers and neither of them ever mentions it again

tim wears a binder underneath his usual buttoned shirts, and likes to keep the top couple buttons undone. people just tend to assume it’s a tanktop, but sasha knows. she’s traded clothes with him a dozen times already

sasha gets bottom surgery and while she’s in recovery tim brings her food every day, and sits with her and tells her what she missed at work. he makes up funny stories that get more and more ridiculous until she’s finally like “okay tim i KNOW you’re lying this time” and he shrugs and replies “all trans men know is make friend laugh, eat doughnut, and lie”

jon gets top surgery but doesn’t tell any of his coworkers what procedure he’s having done, just that he’s having surgery. he’s out of work for weeks, and when he comes back martin notices that he’s no longer wearing what he’d assumed was an undershirt. martin doesn’t think anything of it. tim, however, notices that jon is veeeeery cautious about lifting his arms over his head and is just like ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) i see u, boss (and goes out of his way to retrieve everything that’s on high shelves for jon, who continues to act like nothing is up)

elias sneaks into the archives on the first day of pride month to set a little jar of trans flags in the break room. he does not admit to doing this. he watches from his office as the archives descends into chaos

[bratprincedyke]

Tattooed this heartthrob for Caitlin

Inspired by the ID card portrait of Toni/Kathe T, one of the first to receive a “transvestite passport” in 1928 in Weimar Republic (before the rise of the nazi party)

These passports were issued by early sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld to those who we might consider trans or gnc today, to keep them safe from police due to being discriminated against by public indecency laws of the time

Weimar Republic itself had some huge advances in the understanding of sexuality and gender identity, and even had the first trans magazine published, however in the early 1930s most of these ID certificates along with gay, lesbian and trans literature and photographs were burned by nazi soldiers and lost, however Toni’s certificate survived and here is our rendition

I’ve simplified a lot of information here so If you want to learn more about the ID cards and Toni here is a great archival resource https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-id-passes-weimar-germany-marcus-hirschfeld

[zeloznog]

[aediondraws]

tmagp comic bc I'm not normal about them!!

ep 12

[wolfythewitch]

Flesh, Desolation, Spiral

[museeeuuuum]

To add to the list of Canadian sources there is also the Transgender Archives through the University of Victoria:

https://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/index.php

I also want to pitch my friend, Amelia's website: Not Your Average Cistory. Amelia writes blog posts and has also compiled trans museum sources.

We need a digital archive of LGBTQ+ works of art, science, and every other conceivable work we can share between each other because we are beyond the genocide warning level in most countries in the west and they're already trying to purge us from libraries.

[undi-snowkitteh]

i love this post so much

makes me happy every time i see it :3

hope we're all still online and chatting as old fucks <3

[zlinkiez]

I am a simple gay. Give me two women with slight animosity towards each other, and they will come out kissing if I have any say in the matter.

[d3ad-snake]

The homophobic vase says HAPPY PRIDE!!!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️‼️

[yelloartt]

metamorphosis of the archivist 👁️

i rly dont love these but i spent too long on them to not show them!! metamorphosis project, ink on mixed media paper w cut out collage elements + white gel pen

[murderandcoffee]

more (increasingly silly) trans archives because i'm normal about them

sasha gives martin pointers on how to shave and trim his facial hair, and in return he walks her through the best ways to paint your fingernails without making a huge mess

tim and jon met (pre-archives) before either of them had started to transition, so they've been kind of unofficial transition buddies since then, and celebrate milestones with each other

tim and sasha take martin out for dinner when he starts t, and they surprise him with a cake that says "IT'S A BOY!" (martin cries)

jon gathers a bunch of transfem resources from georgie once he learns that sasha is trans, and gives them to her in the form of a thick-as-hell binder with a little trans flag sticker on the front (he's highlighted important bits in pink and blue)

tim takes a fun little trip to hr (and elias's office) after cursing someone out for misgendering/deadnaming martin

jon silently hands out personalized pride/pronoun pins on the first day of pride month (he asked georgie to make them, as he does not have a pin press and that is not the kind of craft he knows anything about)

martin implies to jon at some point that he's used to people not seeing him as a man and the next day there's a new nameplate on martin's desk that reads "MR. BLACKWOOD" (nobody ever comes down there so there's nobody except the other archival assistants to see it, but martin still loves it)

the archival assistants have trans movie nights, where they pick movies and then (drunkenly) decide which characters have the most tgirl/tboy swag (this has led to shouting matches when tim wants to claim a character for team tboy and sasha wants to claim that same character for team tgirl)

tim gets sloshed and cries because he can't find his dick. sasha (equally sloshed) offers to give him hers. martin (a little less sloshed) has to hide all the scissors before the other two do something incredibly stupid

after he gets top surgery, the archival assistants give jon a shirt that says "I GOT MY TITS CHOPPED OFF AT CLAIRE'S"

okay that's all i've got for now

[jstor]

The preservation of transgender history is essential to ensuring that the stories and experiences of trans people are not forgotten. The Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) has taken on the vital task of gathering and protecting this history, bringing together documents, images, and materials that reflect the rich and diverse experiences of transgender people across time and place.

By making these resources accessible, the DTA facilitates explorations of the often-hidden or erased narratives of trans communities. From personal stories to institutional records, these materials provide a window into the challenges and triumphs faced by trans individuals, while also celebrating the resilience and diversity of these communities.

Preserving this history is also about ensuring that future generations can learn, understand, and be inspired by the stories of those who came before them.

Explore more about how these efforts are safeguarding trans history, and why it matters, on JSTOR Daily.

Image: A man in drag and a man in male clothes looking into each other’s eyes, via Digital Transgender Archive.

[halogen2]

Black and white photographs of trans man Rupert Raj (circa 1970s) posing shirtless in bed (from the digital transgender archive)

[kingscythe]

I don’t want a “realistic transition goal”, I want to be the type of thing you’d hear about on an episode of the Magnus Archives

[zeloznog]

[temzias]

My Boyfriend is a Lesbian (2024)

(details under cut)