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Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
The Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive in Vallejo, California; photograph courtesy Ms. Bob Davis.
Founded by Ms. Bob Davis and located in Vallejo, California, the goal of the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive (LLTA or simply Louise) is to increase the understanding of transgender people and encourage new scholarship by making transgender historical materials available to students, scholars and the public. The archive is named in honor of Northern California transgender pioneer Louise Lawrence, who began living full-time as a woman in 1942, first in Berkeley, California, and then in San Francisco. Along with Virginia Prince and others, she published the first incarnation of Transvestia magazine in 1952. Louise’s address book was the initial subscription list, and she was instrumental in developing the trans community’s connection to pioneering sex researchers such as Alfred Kinsey and Harry Benjamin.
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