Collection: Transgender Publications | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises issues of three publications created for the transgender community.

Series I contains two issues of LadyLike magazine. Series II contains 42 issues of Transgender Community News. Series III contains 56 issues of TV-TS Tapestry and Transgender Tapestry.

Dates

1988 - 2007

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research; access by appointment

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for this material remains with the publishers. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy any claims of copyright before making use of reproductions beyond the conditions of fair use, as described by the United States Copyright Law. Contact Trexler Library archives staff for additional information.

Biographical / Historical

LadyLike Magazine was published between 1987 and 2007 by Creative Design Services. It featured profiles on crossdressers and transgender people, photographs contributed by readers, letters to the editor, film reviews, makeup and clothing tutorials, fictional short stories, and personal articles. These periodicals especially focus on qualities of femininity.*

Transgender Community News was published by The Renaissance Education Association, Inc. (later The Renaissance Transgender Association, Inc.).

Founded by Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Transgender Tapestry was a magazine published from the late 1970s to the early 2000s first by the Tiffany Club and later by the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE). The publication went through several names changes including The TV-TS Tapestry, Tapestry, and The Tapestry Journal. Each issue of this magazine covers a variety of topics such as crossdressing, transsexualism, healthcare, political movements, film reviews, and more.*

*Descriptions courtesy Digital Transgender Archive.