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We Have a History, Too

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Another one from the TransGriot The Newspaper Column archives that I pined in February 2005 for Black History Month. We Have a History, Too Copyright 2005, The Letter Ever since I was a child I’ve loved history. I enjoy looking at past events to get an understanding of how the reality of the present took shape. It is then that you can formulate plans to make a better future. The transgender community is starting to come to grips with this truth and a website called Transhistory.org has tried to do that. However, it misses the boat in terms of the stories of the African-American trans community. I’ll start with Cathay Williams. She was born into slavery in Independence, MO and worked for a wealthy planter until his death, which occurred about the time the Civil War broke out. After Union soldiers freed her she began working as a paid servant.

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“We Have a History, Too” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to history, archives, and memory, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning history, archives, and memory. Published in 2013 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how transgender identity and history was framed at that moment.

Policy significance

“We Have a History, Too” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with history, archives, and memory. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for transgender identity and history.

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History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
35%
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Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
28%
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Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
16%

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Historical analysis
100%

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How “History, archives, and memory” appears across the Collective corpus

This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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1 2005

3 2006

14 2007

15 2008

7 2009

2 2010

35 2011

39 2012

53 2013

31 2014

7 2015

4 2016

17 2017

20 2018

4 2019

1 2020

1 2025

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monica_roberts

74 publications · 88 inbound sources/citations