Queer and Trans Information Activism: The Digital Transgender Archive and the Homosaurus
In celebration of Transgender Awareness Week, join the University Libraries for 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 catered reception will be provided beforehand in CBIS for those attending in person. Registration will be capped at 300 virtual attendees and 100 in-person attendees. This event is free and open to the public. In-person attendees must show proof of registration. A Zoom link will be provided to online registrants before the event.
This event is generously supported by CU Boulder’s Center for Humanities & the Arts.
- Date:
- Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:45pm
- Location:
- Norlin Library CBIS (M549)
- Presenter(s):
- KJ Rawson
- Building:
- Norlin Library
- Categories:
- CRDDS
A reception will open at 4:00pm. Dr. Rawson's talk will begin at 5:00pm, followed by a moderated Q&A and a closing reception ending at 6:45pm.
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