Attend a presentation by Dr. K.J. Rawson (he/him/his) on his work founding and directing the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), an open-access website for transgender history. Dr. Rawson began the DTA more than a decade ago to address the barriers that researchers face when conducting historical research on transgender topics. He will explain those barriers and the new possibilities for information circulation and historical research that digital archives like the DTA can open up for researchers, including the DTA’s use of the Homosaurus: An International LGBTQ+ Linked Data Vocabulary. 

A Q&A session with Dr. Rawson will follow his presentation, moderated by University Libraries faculty members Tess Amram, Megan K. Friedel and Elizabeth Novosel, all members of the Libraries’ Supporting Trans Folx Working Group.

Dr. Rawson will give his talk virtually over Zoom, and registrants can choose to attend online or in-person in the Center for British & Irish Studies (CBIS) on the fifth floor of Norlin Library.  A Zoom link will be provided to online registrants before the event. In-person attendees must show proof of registration. A catered reception will be provided beforehand in CBIS starting at 4:30 p.m. for those attending in-person. Note: Registrations will be confirmed by checking IDs at the door. Please bring a photo ID to the event, and enter your registration information so that it will match your ID.

The talk is 5 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. with the Q&A to follow from 5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

This event is generously supported with funding from CU Boulder’s Center for Humanities & the Arts and co-sponsored by the University Libraries, Women & Gender Studies Department and the LGBTQ Studies Program as part of Transgender Awareness Week. See all events.