0.20. Dialing in to Gender: Tracing Trans Internet History with Avery Dame-Griff

In this interview episode, Leigh sits down with scholar and
creator of the Queer Digital History Project Avery Dame-Griff to
discuss his book The Two Revolutions: A History of the
Transgender Internet and all it contains about the magic of the
evolution of trans folks on the internet. From BBSes (bulletin
board system) to Twitter, we discuss how trans people have always
existed on and created their own unique spaces on the World Wide
Web, tapping into Avery’s extensive research, interviews, and
media archaeology.


Where to find more from Avery Dame-Griff online:




AveryDame.net




Mastodon: apdamegriff@aoir.social




Queer Digital History Project




Also, some additional awesome news about internet trans history!


As listeners may know, Leigh works at the GLBT Historical Society
for their day job. And recently, a volunteer archivist, Cara
Esten Hurtle, discovered an amazing CD-ROM containing the
entirety of Transgender Forum, (TGForum.com) from 1995 to 1998,
one of the largest trans communities online at that time, that
Avery Dame-Griff also covers in his book! Hurtle uploaded the
CD-rom online for anyone to peruse and it’s absolutely amazing to
see the 90s trans community right there before your very eyes!


The discovery has been covered by them online in a fantastic
article which you can read here: This Archive Offers an
Incredible Window Into the Early Trans
Internet.


And you can peruse the CD-Rom of TGForum.com
here, where Cara uploaded the archive! Just click the
“START.HTM” file in the tgfcd window, and browse to your heart’s
content! Want Leigh to do an interview with Cara about her
discovery? Let us know!


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