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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ TG Community NEWS (Aug, 2003) Pg. 25 & 26 You can visit the Transgender Archives to access the physical collection, located in the basement of the McPherson Library. View the 🔗 in our bio to learn more! #transgender #transarchives #uvic #transgenderstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ TG Community NEWS (Aug, 2003) Pg. 18 You can visit the Transgender Archives to access the physical collection, located in the basement of the McPherson Library. View the 🔗 in our bio to learn more! #transgender #transarchives #uvic #transgenderstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Gender Generations Project weekend retreat: Fall 2026 (Oct 23-25) 🏳️‍⚧️ Applications for mentors, volunteers, and participants (youth ages 5-18, parents/caregivers, and older adults) are now open! Visit gendergenerations.org/retreats for more info 🌐 #transyouth #trans #transgender #transretreat

Fall retreat poster with a collage-type design, featuring paint squirting out of a tube, a pencil, and a blue cloud, overlayed on a background with trees and water.

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ TG Community NEWS (Aug, 2003) Cover page You can visit the Transgender Archives to access the physical collection, located in the basement of the McPherson Library. View the 🔗 in our bio to learn more! #transgender #transarchives #uvic #transgenderstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ TRANSGENDER Community NEWS (April, 2000) Cover page You can visit the Transgender Archives to access the physical collection, located in the basement of the McPherson Library. View the 🔗 in our bio to learn more! #transgender #transarchives #uvic

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TWO WEEKS AWAY! Kristina Olson - "The First Decade of the Trans Youth Project" Thurs., October 8, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT David Strong C126, UVic & online Zoom registration required if joining online ➡️ link in bio #uvic #trans #transstudies #yyj #yyjevents

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Renaissance News (May, 2004) Cover page You can visit the Transgender Archives to access the physical collection, located in the basement of the McPherson Library. View the 🔗 in our bio to learn more! #transgender #transarchives #uvic #transgenderstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

COMING UP SOON! Jamison Green - "Our Ten Years with a Chair: Watching Transgender Studies Grow" Tues, Sept 22, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT ONLINE ONLY Zoom registration required ➡️ link in bio #uvic #trans #transstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ TRANSGENDER Community NEWS (Feb, 2000) Cover page You can visit the Transgender Archives to access the FULL physical collection, located in the basement of the McPherson Library. View the 🔗 in our bio to learn more! #transgender #transarchives #uvic

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🗣️ UPCOMING TALK 🗣️ Jamison Green, Our Ten Years with a Chair: Watching Transgender Studies Grow Tues., September 22, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT ONLINE ONLY Zoom registration required ➡️ link in bio #uvic #trans #transstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

✋🏾 SURVEY OPPORTUNITY ✋🏼 Trans Care BC is looking for feedback on their website to ensure the pages are culturally safe, accessible, easy to navigate, and relevant to the communities they serve 🏳️‍⚧️ Form URL: tiny.cc/q5oa101 #trans #bc #transhealth

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🗣️ UPCOMING TALK 🗣️ Kristina Olson - "The First Decade of the Trans Youth Project" Thurs., October 8, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT David Strong C126, UVic & online Zoom registration required if joining online ➡️ link in bio #uvic #trans #transstudies #yyj #yyjevents

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

☀️ SEE YOU THERE 😎 Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson Meet & Greet Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM The Grad House Patio All UVic & community folks welcome! Light refreshments provided🥤 #uvic #trans #transgender #yyj #yyjevents

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thanks for visiting our booth at ThunderFest!⚡️We hope to see you at our next event: Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson Meet & Greet Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM On the Grad House Patio All UVic & community folks welcome! Light refreshments provided🥤 #uvic #trans #yyj #yyjevents

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 UPCOMING EVENT 📢 The World We Long For . . . Celebrate the joint book launch of Vivek Shraya’s "The Hystericals" & Kai Cheng Thom’s "The Shapeshifter’s Guide to Gym Class" Thurs, Oct 15, 2026 Doors: 6:30pm Start: 7:00pm Open Space, 510 Fort St Tickets: tiny.cc/059a101 #trans #transauthor #yyj

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Celebrate the joint book launch of Vivek Shraya’s "The Hystericals" and Kai Cheng Thom’s "The Shapeshifter’s Guide to Gym Class".

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🍂 HAPPY SEPTEMBER 🍂 Come visit us at the kick-off festival of the school year: ThunderFest! Friday, Sept 11, 2026 11:30 - 3:30 PM on the Quad In front of the McPherson Library We will have an info table & Transgender Archives material on display 🏳️‍⚧️ #uvic #trans #thunderfest

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Chair in Transgender Studies welcomes MITACS interns to the University of Victoria to work on the Mapping Trans Activism Project so we can index our collections for public access! Access collections at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives Hawaii Transgendered Outreach, vol. 2 (1992)

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ TRANS+ RESOURCES 🏳️‍⚧️ The Chair in Transgender Studies is proud to host this resource & information page for Trans+ people & their allies on Vancouver Island. ✅ Physical & mental health care ✅ Services, support, advocacy ✅ Groups & social activities Link in bio! #uvic #trans #yyj

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🗣️ UPCOMING TALK 🗣️ Jamison Green, Our Ten Years with a Chair: Watching Transgender Studies Grow Tues., September 22, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT ONLINE only Zoom registration required ➡️ link in bio #uvic #trans #transstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thank you for all the incredible work you've done for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. You will be missed. Rest in peace, barbara findlay 💙 In 2020, barbara had a conversation with Evan Taylor as part of the Trans Activism Oral History Project: tiny.cc/zs89101 #uvic #trans #transactivism #2slgbtq

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Chair in Transgender Studies welcomes MITACS interns from around the globe to the University of Victoria to work on the ✨Mapping Trans Activism Project ✨ so we can index our collections for public access! Access collections at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives 🔗 Narcissus, vol. 2 no. 1 (1990)

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Meet the new Chair in Transgender Studies, Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson, at this casual social event! Light refreshments provided 🥤 🍟 All UVic & community folks welcome We will be seated on the patio 🧣🧤 BRING LAYERS!🧣🧤 #uvic #trans #transgender #yyjevents #yyj #transstudies

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Trans Chair has welcomed Mitacs Globalink interns from around the world to work on the ✨Mapping Trans Activism Project ✨so we can make our collections searchable online! Check out our Discovery Tool to learn more! 🔗 in bio Narcissus, vol. 1 no. 3 (1989)

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Congratulations to Olívia Fonseca Maraston & Laissa Pansanato for the publication of their article “Structural Exclusion & Labour Market Access for Trans People: A Comparative Analysis of Brazil and Canada" as part of SIACRID (International Symposium on Critical Legal Analysis)! 👏 #uvic #trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A cover of Radical Deviance, Vol. 2 Issue 4. “Radical” is bolded at the top with “deviance” underneath it, flipped both horizontally and vertically. The cover is two-toned green and black. There is an edited photograph of a white woman with blown out blonde hair. There is a male face mask covering the left half of her face. The issue is titled “A journal of transgendered politics: Judith Butler interviewed & TSs & Psychoanalysis”

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A cover page of Twilight Berlin Magazine. “Twilight” is bolded in blue and the rest of the image is black and white. The wording is in German, and the cover is a photograph of an arm coming from the top of the page being grasped by a masked individual at the bottom of the cover.

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Research Participation Opportunity: How trans joy manifests in transmasc4transcasc t4t relationships YOU MUST: ✅ Be 19 or older ✅ Identify as transmasuline ✅ Reside in Canada ✅ Speak English ✅ Have been living with your partner for at least 1 year #uvic #trans #research #yyj

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📢 UPDATE 📢 Due to the recent change in leadership, planning for the Moving Trans History Forward (MTHF) conference has been delayed. Unfortunately, this means we will not be holding MTHF in 2027. Keep an eye on our newsletter & social media for more information about future plans! #uvic #trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Scrapbook no. 7, page no. 33 (~1977) from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. This collection is fully digitized - visit our website at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/digital to learn more (🔗 in bio) #TransgenderArchives #UVic #Trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Photos from the Trans Chair's participation in Victoria Pride 2026! Visit our Flickr page for more 📷 🔗 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCZcyP Photo by Arthur Entlich #trans #uvic #transgender #victoriapride

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Founder & Director of the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive, Ms. Bob Davis, marching as one of the Grand Marshals at the San Francisco Pride Parade - June 28, 2026. #transarchives #sanfranpride #uvic #transgender

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Scrapbook no. 7, page no. 25 (~1977) from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. This collection is fully digitized - visit our website at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/digital to learn more (🔗 in bio) #TransgenderArchives #UVic #Trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Scrapbook no. 5, page no. 35 (1975) from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. This collection is fully digitized - visit our website at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/digital to learn more (🔗 in bio) #TransgenderArchives #UVic #Trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

VIC PRIDE 2026! Thanks to everyone who marched with us and visited our festival booth last Sunday, and a BIG thank you to @victoriapridesociety for another amazing Pride in Victoria! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Visit our Flickr album for more Pride 2026 photos - link in bio! #trans #uvic #yyj #pride #transgender

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Scrapbook no. 5, page no. 18 (1975) from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. This collection is fully digitized - visit our website at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/digital to learn more (🔗 in bio) #TransgenderArchives #UVic #Trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Scrapbook no. 5, page no. 15 & 17 (1975) from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. This collection is fully digitized - visit our website at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/digital to learn more (🔗 in bio) #TransgenderArchives #UVic

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

PRIDE is upon us! The perfect time to snap some pics 📸 Take part in the Chair in Transgender Studies 2026 ART AWARD! This year’s theme: Trans+ History in the Making 🏳️‍⚧️ This year’s medium: Cellphone photography 🤳 This year's region: British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 Link in bio 🔗 #trans #art #uvic

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Scrapbook no. 5, page no. 13 (1975) from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. This collection is fully digitized - visit our website at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/digital to learn more (🔗 in bio) #TransgenderArchives #UVic #Trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MARCH WITH US 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Victoria Pride Parade Sunday, July 12, 2026, 10:00 AM MARCHERS: Meet us on Government St. between Pandora & Fisgard Visit our festival booth at MacDonald Park afterwards! #uvic #yyj #yyjpride #victoriapride #trans

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ Scrapbook no. 5, page no. 12 (1975) from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. This collection is fully digitized - visit our website at www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/digital to learn more (🔗 in bio) #TransgenderArchives #UVic #Trans

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Noah Pevie @noahpevie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

On to my next trans history read! As the new Chair of Transgender Studies (@transchair.bsky.social), Jules Gill-Peterson’s work feels most fitting! 🏳️‍⚧️✨

Photo of the book “A Short History of Trans Misogyny” by Jules Gill-Peterson rests on a laptop next to a holographic sticker that reads “Trans people will live forever”

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ The front cover of “TransSisters” issue no. 6 (Autumn 1994) Follow the 🔗 in our bio and use the "Trans Archives Finding Aids" to learn more 🔎 #trans #transvictoria #uvic #transhistory #transgender

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ A Diana Green illustration, featured in “TransSisters” issue no. 6, pg. 55 (Autumn 1994) Follow the 🔗 in our bio and use the "Trans Archives Finding Aids" to learn more 🔎 #trans #transvictoria #uvic #transhistory #transgender

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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ From the Transgender Archives 🏳️‍⚧️ The front cover of “TransSisters” issue no. 4 (Spring 1994) Follow the 🔗 in our bio and use the "Trans Archives Finding Aids" to learn more 🔎 #trans #transvictoria #uvic #transhistory #transgender

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