Lentz, Temple. (1997). "Doctors: 'Treatment' for Tomboy." OUTLINES The Weekly Voice of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Community. Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications.
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The "Library of Congress, repository of more primary source collections and more primary source expertise than any other institution in the world… [says]:
Primary sources are original items or records that have survived from the past, such as clothing, letters, photographs, and manuscripts. They were part of a direct personal experience of a time or event.
Other cultural institutions may offer variations on the Library of Congress definition, but all of them list some combination of the following:
Johnson, Mary. (2009). Primary Source Teaching the Web 2.0 Way. Linwood Publishing, Inc. Worthington, Ohio.
Nash, Tammye. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 2016, newspaper,
Primary sources can be invaluable in historical research by providing a snap shot of a particular point in history. Primary sources can help drive your research since they may be an incomplete view of a topic so additional research could be required to get the full story, but that's what makes them so exciting!
Did you know...The University of North Texas Libraries has become a known repository of primary source materials for LGBTQ+ studies through its collections and trained personnel?
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Example: Transgender people is a subject heading from the Library of Congress; variants of this term include trans-identified people, transgendered people, transgenders, trans people or transpeople, and older works may refer to these people as transsexuals. Transsexual was a medical term for people who needed what was called "sex reassignment surgeries." Some people continue to self-identify as transsexual while many others have abandoned the term because they associate it with medical pathologizing.
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