Transgender History at UM

Items

• An Updated History of Gender Identity Conversations and Related Efforts at the University of Michigan
  A timeline, as of October 2002, of conversations, events, and initiatives at the University of Michigan concerning gender identity. Many of the updates since the 2001 file are focused around the Gender Identity Working Group.
• Early Transgender Advocacy/Education at University of Michigan
  An historical narrative documenting early transgender advocacy efforts by the University of Michigan. It presents transgender advocacy as a work in progress and lists areas the University has already made progress in.
• LGBT Affairs Office name change (2 pages), 2007
  A digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from September 17th, 2007, featuring two halves of an article about the search for a more inclusive name for the University's Office of Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Affairs—the future Spectrum Center. There was growing support for a name that would be more inclusive for transgender and other queer students. Some decried the initiative as taking inclusiveness too far.
• "Living Outside the World of Sexual Categories" (2 pages), 2004
  A digital scan of two pages of the Michigan Daily from November 18th, 2004, featuring two halves of an article about the experiences of transgender students at UM. This covers the 2004 University's Report of the Task Force on the Campus Climate for Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Faculty, Staff and Students. This includes personal accounts from transgender students (Denise Brogan, André Wilson, Stephen Rassi) and information spreading awareness about the personal and legal struggles of transgender and transsexual individuals in general.
• Transgender/Transsexual photo exhibit, Michigan Union Art Lounge, 1997
  A digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from December 5th, 1997, featuring an article about the photo exhibit "Crossing Over: Images of Transgender Performance Across Cultures" and a photo of a student viewing the exhibit. This exhibit showcased photos of Indian kinnar, drag queens in Greenwich Village, and other individuals taking part in "cross-dressing" traditions. These photos were the result of fieldwork by anthropology professor Sarah Caldwell and graduate student Brian Mooney.
• Spectrum Center Gender Explorers support group ad, Sept. 14, 2009
  Zoomed-in screenshot of a digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from September 14th, 2009, featuring an ad for a Spectrum Center support group called Gender Explorers. This was "a support group for transgender and transsexual students" hosted by the Spectrum Center.
• Opinion on 1967 arrest of students for screening transvestite film "Flaming Creatures"
  A digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from March 28th, 1967, featuring an editorial letter from Professor John E. Powers. Dr. Powers of the College of Engineering offered a "critical analysis" of the "Cinema Guild Incident," in which 4 UM students were arrested in January of that year for showing the experimental transvestite film "Flaming Creatures" on campus.
• The Need for Gender Identitv Inclusion in Regental By-Law 14.06
  A ten page typed document. This document contains the University of Michigan's motion to add gender identity as a protected identity under the University's non-discrimination policy.
• National Transgender Library & Archive Emails
  A printed document of a chain of emails. A series of emails regarding the transferal and housing of a subset of the National Transgender Library & Archive at the University of Michigan.
• University of Michigan Comprehensive Gender Services Prospectus and Standards of Care
  A 15 page printed document. This document outlines the University of Michigan Comprehensive Gender Services' standards of care, and the various services offered, including Hormone Replacement Therapy, Psychological Services, Surgeries, etc.
• LILA Logo and Summary
  A sheet of paper stating the name of the organization it represents: Lavender Information and Library Association, or LILA for short. The organization’s logo is present in the middle of the page.
• Sexual Daring in the Academy
  This is a flier that was handed out by the Lavender Information and Library Association to spread the word about a new exhibit coming to the University of Michigan in 1999: “Articfacts and Disclosures: Michigan’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Heritage.” It was the first exhibit of its kind to show off transgender history specific to Michigan.