Amelia Smith
@nturavrgcistory.bsky.social
Transgender Museum Professional
Bridging the Gap Between Trans Studies and Museum Studies
https://linktr.ee/notyouraveragecistory
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Bridging the Gap Between Trans Studies and Museum Studies
https://linktr.ee/notyouraveragecistory
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For over a year now, I have had an idea for an exhibition on trans history in the back of my head. Called Gender Complexities , it would look at examples of gender expression beyond a traditional.....
notyouraveragecistory.com
My writings on trans museums and related subjects can be found on my website at: http://notyouraveragecistory.com/blog
And the Annotated Bibliography of Trans Museum Studies: http://notyouraveragecistory.com/reading-list.html
And the Annotated Bibliography of Trans Museum Studies: http://notyouraveragecistory.com/reading-list.html
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This Trans Day Of Remembrance, I’m happy that I’m still here despite it all and sad for my siblings who didn’t make it this far
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This Trans Day Of Remembrance, I’m happy that I’m still here despite it all and sad for my siblings who didn’t make it this far
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Made it to the front page of CBC!!
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
The true story of Canada's largest art heist | CBC Arts
In September of 1972, three masked men broke in to Montreal's Musée des beaux arts via a skylight, stealing millions of dollars worth of paintings and artifacts. The case has never been solved.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Made it to the front page of CBC!!
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
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good creative ideas are always infuriating because they inevitably mean more work
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
good creative ideas are always infuriating because they inevitably mean more work
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Check out this video I made in collaboration with CBC Arts! 🎨 If you like it, please leave a comment sharing your thoughts as I would not only love to hear from you, but if CBC sees the engagement, they will consider working with me again!!
youtu.be/ePxc1VjEXXM?...
youtu.be/ePxc1VjEXXM?...
The true story of Canada's largest art heist
YouTube video by CBC Arts
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Check out this video I made in collaboration with CBC Arts! 🎨 If you like it, please leave a comment sharing your thoughts as I would not only love to hear from you, but if CBC sees the engagement, they will consider working with me again!!
youtu.be/ePxc1VjEXXM?...
youtu.be/ePxc1VjEXXM?...
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Beyond excited to share this video I worked on with @christeah.bsky.social and the CBC! The Skylight Caper is the largest art heist in Canadian history, and yet it is not well known. Learn why by following the link below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxc...
The true story of Canada's largest art heist
YouTube video by CBC Arts
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Beyond excited to share this video I worked on with @christeah.bsky.social and the CBC! The Skylight Caper is the largest art heist in Canadian history, and yet it is not well known. Learn why by following the link below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxc...
So incredibly grateful that I got to attend the book launch for the new edition of Gendertrash from Hell. The energy fills me with so much emotion that it is difficult to put into words. Excited to finally read Gendertrash as well, now that I have a physical copy! A read is long overdue.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
So incredibly grateful that I got to attend the book launch for the new edition of Gendertrash from Hell. The energy fills me with so much emotion that it is difficult to put into words. Excited to finally read Gendertrash as well, now that I have a physical copy! A read is long overdue.
Beyond excited to share this video I worked on with @christeah.bsky.social and the CBC! The Skylight Caper is the largest art heist in Canadian history, and yet it is not well known. Learn why by following the link below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxc...
The true story of Canada's largest art heist
YouTube video by CBC Arts
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Beyond excited to share this video I worked on with @christeah.bsky.social and the CBC! The Skylight Caper is the largest art heist in Canadian history, and yet it is not well known. Learn why by following the link below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxc...
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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New video! Today, I am discussing the pros and cons of free #museum admission. Let me know what you think in the comments!
youtu.be/crX05RyPK6w?...
youtu.be/crX05RyPK6w?...
Should Museums Be Free?
YouTube video by christeah
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New video! Today, I am discussing the pros and cons of free #museum admission. Let me know what you think in the comments!
youtu.be/crX05RyPK6w?...
youtu.be/crX05RyPK6w?...
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Another article I wrote for Defining Moments Canada is online! I was commissioned to write about the history of the ArQuives, Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives, through its various offices across Toronto. Really proud of this piece; I like to think of it as a pseudo-exhibition! Please check it out!
A Geographic History of the ArQuives – Defining Moments Canada
definingmomentscanada.ca
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Another article I wrote for Defining Moments Canada is online! I was commissioned to write about the history of the ArQuives, Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives, through its various offices across Toronto. Really proud of this piece; I like to think of it as a pseudo-exhibition! Please check it out!
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How can museums stand in solidarity with their local transgender communities? “I think the biggest thing is opening their doors to us,” said trans activist Arlo West. “When museums stand up and say, ‘We support trans people,’ it sends a powerful message.”
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
Trans pride in the museum - Museums Association
Margaret Middleton on how Manchester Art Gallery has opened its doors to transgender communities
www.museumsassociation.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
How can museums stand in solidarity with their local transgender communities? “I think the biggest thing is opening their doors to us,” said trans activist Arlo West. “When museums stand up and say, ‘We support trans people,’ it sends a powerful message.”
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
Another article I wrote for Defining Moments Canada is online! I was commissioned to write about the history of the ArQuives, Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives, through its various offices across Toronto. Really proud of this piece; I like to think of it as a pseudo-exhibition! Please check it out!
A Geographic History of the ArQuives – Defining Moments Canada
definingmomentscanada.ca
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Another article I wrote for Defining Moments Canada is online! I was commissioned to write about the history of the ArQuives, Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives, through its various offices across Toronto. Really proud of this piece; I like to think of it as a pseudo-exhibition! Please check it out!
I love buying used books because it often means I'll get a small inscription from the previous owner. Like a thread connecting queer communities across time.
October 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I love buying used books because it often means I'll get a small inscription from the previous owner. Like a thread connecting queer communities across time.
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Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day
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It is the last few days to submit for our special issue on Trans Museology! Deadline is midnight on October 15th. Be sure to get your abstracts to us and be part of this exciting journal issue!
We've got active two calls for papers out now!
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It is the last few days to submit for our special issue on Trans Museology! Deadline is midnight on October 15th. Be sure to get your abstracts to us and be part of this exciting journal issue!
It is the last few days to submit for our special issue on Trans Museology! Deadline is midnight on October 15th. Be sure to get your abstracts to us and be part of this exciting journal issue!
We've got active two calls for papers out now!
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It is the last few days to submit for our special issue on Trans Museology! Deadline is midnight on October 15th. Be sure to get your abstracts to us and be part of this exciting journal issue!
Useful tip for all the Canadians with student loans!
Did you know that you can make your student loans interest free?
Did you know that you can make your student loans interest free?
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Useful tip for all the Canadians with student loans!
Did you know that you can make your student loans interest free?
Did you know that you can make your student loans interest free?
When you go to a wedding next to a railway museum, you are obligated to get some photos on the trains.
October 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When you go to a wedding next to a railway museum, you are obligated to get some photos on the trains.
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Hey tricks and treats!
Join us on October 15th from 12:10-2 pm EST in-person or over Zoom for Whorestory Volume Two: Mind the Gap(s)! Scan the QR to reserve your in-person or Zoom ticket!
#sexwork #whorestory #herstory #sexworkiswork
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Join us on October 15th from 12:10-2 pm EST in-person or over Zoom for Whorestory Volume Two: Mind the Gap(s)! Scan the QR to reserve your in-person or Zoom ticket!
#sexwork #whorestory #herstory #sexworkiswork
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
October 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hey tricks and treats!
Join us on October 15th from 12:10-2 pm EST in-person or over Zoom for Whorestory Volume Two: Mind the Gap(s)! Scan the QR to reserve your in-person or Zoom ticket!
#sexwork #whorestory #herstory #sexworkiswork
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Join us on October 15th from 12:10-2 pm EST in-person or over Zoom for Whorestory Volume Two: Mind the Gap(s)! Scan the QR to reserve your in-person or Zoom ticket!
#sexwork #whorestory #herstory #sexworkiswork
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.
September 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.
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Solidarity with the postal workers.
The proposed cuts - the mere idea of eliminating the century-old foundational idea of "getting mail at your home", all because Canada Post doesn't "turn a profit like a business" - should be embarrassing for us as a country
The proposed cuts - the mere idea of eliminating the century-old foundational idea of "getting mail at your home", all because Canada Post doesn't "turn a profit like a business" - should be embarrassing for us as a country
#Breaking: Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery
Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery
Other changes could include closing of rural post offices as Public Works minister cites "unsustainable" losses at Crown corporation.
www.thestar.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Solidarity with the postal workers.
The proposed cuts - the mere idea of eliminating the century-old foundational idea of "getting mail at your home", all because Canada Post doesn't "turn a profit like a business" - should be embarrassing for us as a country
The proposed cuts - the mere idea of eliminating the century-old foundational idea of "getting mail at your home", all because Canada Post doesn't "turn a profit like a business" - should be embarrassing for us as a country
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Some weekend reading: my article on the first gender clinic in Canada! Don't forget to check it out!
The Clarke Institute opened Canada's first gender clinic in Toronto in 1969, but outside of transgender circles, its history is not very well-known.
Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!
Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!
Jurassic Clarke – Defining Moments Canada
On April 20, 1970, Dianna Boileau woke up from surgery at Toronto General Hospital and found herself in the history books. The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now part of the
definingmomentscanada.ca
September 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Some weekend reading: my article on the first gender clinic in Canada! Don't forget to check it out!
Reposted by Amelia Smith
LGBTQ2S+ archives like @arquives.ca, @ottawatranslibrary.bsky.social, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social and @leatherarchives.bsky.social preserve our past. They can also drive our future, writes @ainopihlak.bsky.social.
Among the archives, you can find love, community and history | Xtra Magazine
Queer and trans archives preserve our past—they also offer community space that is essential to our future
xtramagazine.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
LGBTQ2S+ archives like @arquives.ca, @ottawatranslibrary.bsky.social, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social and @leatherarchives.bsky.social preserve our past. They can also drive our future, writes @ainopihlak.bsky.social.
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'I've been exploring the uses of trans history as a tool of political education: one that moves beyond questions of visibility, validity, or 'always being here'.'
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo on Imagining Trans Futures:
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo on Imagining Trans Futures:
Imagining Trans Futures
Sam Rutherford reflects on how trans histories and historians can work towards building power in the trans community.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
'I've been exploring the uses of trans history as a tool of political education: one that moves beyond questions of visibility, validity, or 'always being here'.'
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo on Imagining Trans Futures:
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo on Imagining Trans Futures: