Established in 2007, the University of Victoria's Transgender Archives is home to a number of "documents, rare publications, and memorabilia of persons and organizations associated with activism by and for trans, non-binary, and Two-Spirit people." On the archive's homepage, visitors will find a number of resources that may be of interest, including digitized archival materials, videos, and the Archives' report "The Transgender Archives: Foundations for the Future." This report, which is authored by Transgender Archives founder Aaron Devor, offers visitors a good introduction to the scope and depth of the Archives' collection. In addition, this report provides an overview of transgender history in North America and Europe, along with photographs of numerous archival materials. Visitors will find a link to the Archives' online collections in the Our Collections tab. The online collection, which contains contributions from other archives, includes a number of periodicals, drag show programs, and back issues of the Renaissance News (later called Transgender Community News, a publication that ran from 1987 through the early 2000s.
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