In May 2024, Trans + History Week will begin. ( QueerAF )
Starting in May 2024, QueerAF, an independent platform and publisher that supports LGBTQ+ artists, will introduce Trans + History Week.
Trans + History Week will be a special occasion to learn about and enjoy the story of transgender, non-binary, gender-difference, and transgender people with activities like events, exhibitions and articles. It will last from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, April 12.
Queerness and female variety can be traced back decades, even as far as the Roman Empire, the organization notes.
Although the trans + community is beginning to gain more recognition in museums, libraries, and historical settings, little is known about its rich history and influence.
With the launch of Trans + History Week, QueerAF and Marty Davies will work together to re-educate people on the significant history that we were denied access to because of queerphobic laws like Section 28.
On May 6, 2024, Trans + History Week will begin, commemorating the 91st celebration of the Nazi raid on the world’s first transgender center, which will serve as a reminder of how much LGBTQ+ story has been lost.
Nazi followers raided the Institute of Sexology on May 6, 1933, a nonprofit organization that supported LGBTQ+ privileges and provided free care to hundreds of transgender patients.
Days later, along with 20,000 other books, the whole collection of the institute was taken out and dumped in Berlin’s Bebelplatz Square.
The stories of transgender and gay people were largely erased, despite the fact that the renowned book burnings played a significant role in educating people about the Holocaust.
Marty Davies, the founder of Trans + History Week, said:” The entirety of my education took place under Section 28 .” I learned earlier this year that I had been robbed of crucial information about my society and myself.
I was shocked to learn that one of the most well-known Nazi text burnings took place in a trans office. But it made me wonder why—it’s a picture we’ve all seen in school—we did n’t understand it fully.
” Like myself, the majority of people did n’t have the opportunity to learn about the complicated past of the first trans clinic in history. I became motivated to want to know more and dig deeper after learning about it. People lose their civilization if we rob them of their past.
” I want to make room for us to have cheerfully in the present, holding our past in our hands.” utilizing this information to fortify ourselves as we forge a better prospect.
Similar to this, QueerAF chairman Jamie Wareham pointed out that their content on the Nazi publication burning that occurred at a sex and gender clinic is often used to suppress online” transgender trend” rhetoric.
It was soon clear that we required more tales that may accomplish the same, he said.
It may sound a little cliché to suggest, but stories do walk people. They do alter the course of history. – it’s a shame that more Trans + history books are n’t more widely accessible.
It’s time to improve that by expanding upon and honoring the incredible work being done in this area by Trans + archivers, historians, and content producers.
People will have the opportunity to reflect on queer story, learn about it, and apply its lessons to the present and future during Trans + History Week, which may begin right before Pride month.
Even as time passes, the future does n’t always guarantee progress, QueerAF said in a statement.
Because of this, the need to do this has never been greater. In the UK, anti-trans mood is on the increase. in our neighborhoods, politics, and advertising.
Therefore, as Trans Awareness Week comes to an end this weekend and as we get ready to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, we can move forward knowing that there are queer stories to be told and that they can help to dispel harmful misconceptions about the trans + community.
Some of the largest LGBTQ+ and Trans + organizations in the UK, such as Stonewall, PinkNews, Not A Phase, Gendered Intelligence, the LGBT Foundation, Queer Britain, Trans Actual, and others, support Trans + History Week.
