Mission

The Mission

The Transgender Oral History Project is a collaboration-based resource. Our mission is to promote a diversity of stories from within the transgender and gender variant communities by supporting members of our community who wish to share their stories. We accomplish this through by promoting grassroots media projects, documenting people’s experiences, and teaching media production skills.

The project's guiding principals are to:

• Build community through soliciting and sharing stories
• Encourage multigenerational discussions, especially about community history
• Highlight individuals, communities, and organizations struggling with issues that are not address by mainstream culture
• Portray experiences from the perspective of folks who live them
• Work in ways that reflect a commitment to collaboration, empowerment, and fighting all forms of social oppression