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It’s our birthday!
One year ago today, on Transgender Day of Visibility 2021, the Center for Applied Transgender Studies publicly launched with 30 incredible Fellows from across the globe. What began as a mere fantasy I shared with my co-founders Avery Everhart and Eri Zhang was finally real. And the public reception was more than we could have hoped for. Our launch was covered in the Chicago Tribune, among other outlets, and we were quickly inundated with media inquiries, invitations to join coalitions and partnerships, and requests from countless academics who wanted to join our ranks. We had a lot of decisions to make about what to do and how to prioritize the opportunities we were presented with. And I think we made the right choices.
You’re invited!
Join us for the Center for Applied Transgender Studies’ next Distinguished Lecture from Florence Ashley, JD, LLM on Wednesday 13 April 2022. The Lecture will celebrate the launch of Ashley’s new book Banning Transgender Conversion Practices: A Legal and Policy Analysis (University of British Columbia Press, 2022) and will include a moderated discussion with Kelley Winters, PhD. Full details and registration link below!
You’re invited!
Join us for the Center for Applied Transgender Studies’ upcoming Distinguished Lecture from Austin H Johnson, PhD on Wednesday 16 March 2022. Full details and registration link below!
We’re starting the year off strong!
The Center for Applied Transgender Studies is getting to work in 2022, advancing our mission of educating the public and advocating for better, research-informed policy on transgender community needs.
You’re invited!
Join us for the Center for Applied Transgender Studies’ upcoming virtual symposium on Applied Trans Technology Studies on Friday 21 January 2022. Full details and registration link below!
We’ve been hard at work all year…
The Center for Applied Transgender Studies is proud to be wrapping up our first year of existence. Over the past eight months we’ve been getting to work to enact our mission and we’re excited to share the details of that work with you in our first annual report in early 2022.
The Center for Applied Transgender Studies is proud to announce the launch of its flagship journal, the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.
The Bulletin aims to be the leading venue for academic research on the social, cultural, and political issues facing transgender communities across the globe. With generous support from our publisher, Northwestern University Libraries, the journal offers a Platinum Open Access forum for research of all theoretical and methodological approaches oriented toward the identification, analysis, and improvement of the material conditions of transgender life. Being Platinum Open Access means the journal is entirely free to read and use, and we do not charge authors article processing charges or article submission fees.
📥 Now accepting applications! 📥
The Center for Applied Transgender Studies welcomes applications from prospective Senior Fellows and Junior Fellows to join the Center effective January 2022.
What’s New at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies?
The Center for Applied Transgender Studies (CATS) launched on March 31, 2021—International Transgender Day of Visibility. Thanks to supporters like you, our launch was an incredible success, and news outlets like the Chicago Tribune and the Windy City Times even ran stories covering our launch. We’re excited to be starting our work and look forward to keeping you updated on what’s going on at CATS!
Welcome to the Center for Applied Transgender Studies!
We are proud to announce the formal launch of the Center for Applied Transgender Studies, the leading academic organization dedicated to scholarship on the social, cultural, and political conditions of transgender life, based in Chicago, Illinois.