The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet
The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet
The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies welcomes back WGSS alum Avery Dame-Griff to discuss his new book The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet.
In this talk, Dame-Griff explores how the internet shaped transgender identity and activism from the 1980s to the present. As he argues, the ways trans people used digital infrastructure in the early days of the internet to build community offers key lessons in a moment of moral panic.
This is a hybrid event. To register for the online portion, please be sure to complete the RSVP form in the sidebar. If you intend to participate and require any accommodations either virtually or in person, please contact us at wgss@umd.edu.
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Avery Dame-Griff is a Lecturer in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Gonzaga University. He founded and serves as primary curator of the Queer Digital History Project, an independent community history project cataloging and archiving pre-2010 LGBTQ spaces online. His book, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet (NYU Press, 2023) tracks how the Internet transformed transgender political organizing from the 1980s to the contemporary moment. In 2022, he was selected to be a Public Humanities Fellow for Humanities Washington and will be part of Humanities Washington’s Speakers’ Bureau for 2024-2025, presenting on the impact and legacy of LGBTQ BBSes in Washington State.