Trans News* Submissions
"News" here means "any news stories¹, op-ed/opinion pieces, blog posts, zines, PDFs², social media threads¹, community resources, etc., that are focused on transgender and/or nonbinary people³.
Desired timeframe: The last 20 years until now, though earlier pieces are still accepted.
Acceptable sources: As I am trying to build as full a history as I possibly can from this time, any source is accepted. This includes pro and anti-trans sources - even the most virulently anti-trans sources will be accepted (within reason). Likewise: any political viewpoint is accepted, so as to paint as full a picture of the trans community today as is humanly possible. A trans person writing an opinion piece from a liberationist perspective will have a different view than another trans person writing on the same topic from an assimilationist, "pick-me" perspective. Please know, however, that the project is run by someone with more progressive, radical, liberationist views and tendencies.
Please check the "Missing Articles" spreadsheet before answering this form! You may have something that I'm looking for, or may know where to find it!
You can find the "Missing Articles" spreadsheet in the following link:
¹newspaper scans, online articles, etc. - they can have video elements, but I have very limited storage capacity. Therefore, text-based media will receive a strong preference.
²can include books/EPUBs; if you've got it, I want it. Even if it's just the name of the book - I'll take it.
³while I use the term "trans/nonbinary" here, I want to cast as wide a net as is possible, to capture the experiences of those who may not identify with those labels, even if by "western" definitions of trans identity, they may technically fall within those labels. Examples would include, but are not limited to: culturally/racially-specific identities (such as the Hijra or travesti), more historical/"outdated" identities (such as cross-dressers or transvestites), or specific neogender/xenogender/neurogender identities (for example: autigender, gendervoid, wolfgender, etc.)
If your link is unavailable or unknown, please fill out the relevant info at the bottom of this form, and leave this field blank.
DO NOT send me the link to an ENTIRE WEBSITE. As of now, I can ONLY take SINGLE PAGES.
Is this paywalled? (Here meaning "any solicitation for email/payment info," and is not exclusive to payment)
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Is this paywalled? (Here meaning "any solicitation for email/payment info," and is not exclusive to payment)
Does this ask you to disable your adblocker for access?
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Does this ask you to disable your adblocker for access?
Is this in English? (It can be non-English, and is in fact, encouraged! Just be aware, the person archiving is English-only)
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Is this in English? (It can be non-English, and is in fact, encouraged! Just be aware, the person archiving is English-only)
What category would your link best fall under?
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What category would your link best fall under?
Is this link hosted in a country that is openly hostile to LGBTQIA+ rights, or otherwise openly hostile to journalism and privacy? (Determines priority of archival; all items will be reached eventually!)
I realize that this can be a subjective question, so please use your best judgment in answering. I am one person, and can only work on this archive for maybe an hour or two per week. Therefore, I need to make sure that the stories being shared under more oppressive regimes have a better chance at being saved, before they can be taken down. If your region/country is not at immediate risk of this, please try to answer accordingly. Again, though, I realize it can be subjective, or that it can devolve into that situation rather suddenly. Thank you for your understanding ❤️
Is this link hosted in a country that is openly hostile to LGBTQIA+ rights, or otherwise openly hostile to journalism and privacy? (Determines priority of archival; all items will be reached eventually!)
Is this link on the spreadsheet of "lost media?"
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Is this link on the spreadsheet of "lost media?"
Is there anything else I should know? Any relevant context? (Such as: companion pieces, if a piece was available and is now missing, if a story is still developing, etc.)
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Of particular attention: any links that used to be active, and are not anymore. Please try to give as much detail as is possible in the case of a dead link. Title, original language, approximate date/year, author, topic being discussed, where the link was found, any notable excerpts - however much detail you can spare.