What is Trans+ History Week?
Trans+ History Week is dedicated to celebrating the rich history of transgender, non-binary, gender-diverse, and intersex individuals through stories, events and lesson books for the whole world to use. It is a QueerAF launchpad project and an independent Trans+ led CIC run by a team of volunteers.
Information is a tool for liberation, and learning lessons from history helps us win the fight today. QueerAF runs the official content and mentoring of creatives for the week while supporting the initiative's events and working with international partners to deliver a global impact.
What is a QueerAF launchpad project?
QueerAF's launchpad projects facilitate, mentor and support LGBTQIA+ creatives in their own original projects as part of our not-for-profit publisher's mission to help you understand the LGBTQIA+ world, and support queer creatives to change the media.
- Trans+ History Day 06 May
- Trans+ History Week 05 - 11 May 2025
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The story so far...
MAY ‘23 - First Article published
NOV ‘23 - Trans+ History Week announced
Then, thanks to all of your incredible donations in our crowdfunding raising thousands of pounds, and a huge wave of support in new QueerAF members - we were able to head full steam ahead, into 2024, with a joint mission to invest in Trans+ creative talent.
MAR ‘24 - Educational workbook launched
MAY ‘24 - First ever Trans+ History Week
At this stage, QueerAF supported Trans+ History Week to become a CIC, so after a successful first year where we fiscally sponsored the project, it was set up to run as a Trans+ led initiative. We continue to support the CIC and work closely to ensure the initiative's success, leading on storytelling, mentoring creatives, journalism, and production, while Trans+ History Week CIC leads on educational activities, community building, and third-sector responsibilities.
MAR ‘25 - An annual legacy
How is Trans+ History Week fighting back against anti-trans narratives?
Trans+ History Week plays a part in the fight back against anti-trans narratives and people who hold prejudice towards the Trans+ community - but it's not for them.
It's for us, to celebrate our history. It's for the over 60 Trans+ creative talent who have been paid, mentored and provided with equipment since we launched. It's for you, to take power from our history of enduring resilience.
But we do run this initiative as an investment in the community and its beautiful, creative talent - so we can help Trans+ journalists build media careers.
So much of what we think and feel comes from the media, and it's a huge part of the reason anti-trans rhetoric has become normalised. That's why if you can change the newsroom, you can change the country. As a not-for-profit, we reinvest everything into this mission - and mentoring schemes like we do with Trans+ History Week. That's why we need your help.
QueerAF's biggest source of revenue is from readers like you and our newsletters are ad-free. It helps us focus on our work, instead of chasing clicks for advertisers.
So please join as a QueerAF member now at the price of just a posh coffee a month. Help us invest in Trans+ creatives to give our community the history lessons it needs - to win the fight back.
What is QueerAF?
We're the UK's only both non-profit and regulated LGBTQIA+ publisher. Our award-winning platforms, newsletters and podcasts are launching the careers of emerging and underrepresented LGBTQIA+ creatives. We're driven by people, not advertisers.
Everything we do at QueerAF is about ensuring there is a better way for our LGBTQIA+ community to be seen, heard and celebrated in the media - this launchpad project is just the latest of our many initiatives.
Our top-rated weekly newsletter is publishing, mentoring, and building the resilience of queer creatives, and our podcast is helping creatives pick up awards, national radio bylines and equipment they keep for life.
We've been giving creatives their first commissions since 2016. Now we're helping them build a media career and working with them to change the industry. Trans+ History Week is our first launchpad project, but it builds on past endavours like our What The Pox? podcast. When we support creatives, we don't just want them to leave with skills, mentoring and support - but solid foundations to succeed as they go forward.
The UK media industry only thrives when it’s bursting with queer talent. Only a media industry that represents hires, and understands us – can help shift the narrative on being queer in the UK.
