Establishing the Digital Transgender Archive at Mills College at Northeastern University

The Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), an award-winning, free and publicly accessible transgender history website housed at Northeastern University, Boston, has received a grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish the DTA’s West Coast hub at Mills College at Northeastern University. This new hub will draw upon the DTA’s accomplishments and strong West Coast partnerships, Mills College’s historical commitment to women and minoritized groups, the Bay Area’s centrality to the movement for LGBTQIA+ rights, and Northeastern University’s commitment to humanities-grounded impact to grow both the physical and digital presence of Trans Studies. This project will greatly expand the opportunities created by the DTA–offering spaces in which activists, scholars, and community members can gather and learn, and in which transgender people can see the long arc of their community’s history.

Project sponsor/grantor:

• Mellon Foundation