A new exhibition in Victoria aims to increase awareness of the history of transgender people through images, art and ephemeral objects.
The exhibition, Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, features visual material drawn from the world’s largest transgender archives.
While the rights and public profile of transgender people have increased in recent years, Aaron Devor, the founder and director of the transgender archives at the University of Victoria, said they have been absent from mainstream versions of history.
​”The people that get to write history are the
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