How to use both Popular and Scholarly sources in your paper
Welcome to the Trans Research Guide.
When studying trans issues, both popular and scholarly sources can be useful due to the limited amount of scholarly material available from trans authors and community members. This guide to using popular and scholarly sources includes tips on how to weave them together for a strong research paper.
Popular Magazines
- Transgender Tapestry
Founded by Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Transgender Tapestry was a magazine published from the late 1970s to the early 2000s first by the Tiffany Club and later by the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE). The publication went through several names changes including The TV-TS Tapestry, Tapestry, and The Tapestry Journal. This collection includes 106 issues including newsletters and quarterly periodicals from 1979 to 2008. Each issue of this magazine covers a variety of topics such as crossdressing, transsexualism, healthcare, political movements, film reviews, and more.
Additional access available at the Digital Transgender Archive.