Descriptive Summary
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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Transsexual
News
Telegraph
papers
Dates: 1994-2000
Collection Number: 2003-33
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2.5 linear feet (2 cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The TNT (
Transsexual
News
Telegraph
) records contain the working files of “Gail Sondegaard,” the pseudonymous editor and publisher of TNT from 1993 to 2000.
This diverse collection contains materials related to the newsletter’s publication, as well as a substantial sampling of Sondegaard’s
correspondence with readers, including a number of transgender prisoners.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright to material has not been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions
and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item].
Transsexual
News
Telegraph
papers. Collection Number: 2003-33. GLBT Historical Society
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by “Gail Sondegaard” in 2003.
Biography/Administrative History
The TNT (
Transsexual
News
Telegraph
) records contain the working files of “Gail Sondegaard,” the pseudonymous editor and publisher of TNT from 1993 to 2000.
TNT began as a publication called Rites of Passage, edited by Anne Ogborn; after two issues, Sondegaard took over and renamed
the newsletter.
Scope and Content of Collection
This diverse collection contains materials related to the newsletter’s publication, as well as a substantial sampling of Sondegaad’s
correspondence with readers, including a number of transgender prisoners. The newsletter materials include correspondence
with contributors, in-depth notes and drafts arranged by issue, interviews, unpublished submissions (including an interview
with Leslie Feinberg and an essay by Susan Stryker), and subject files (including a number of printouts from email lists and
early websites, documenting the nascent online subculture of transgender people). GSSO Linked Terms:: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130
Indexing Terms
Transgender people
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