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Friday, October 31, 2025

Support the Transgender Media Portal Fund!

We are raising money to support the operations of the Transgender Media Portal by funding expenses such as student researcher salaries, student researcher travel for research and conference presentations, community events,... More

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Transgender Media Lab supports Capital Pride’s Statement in Solidarity with Palestine

The Transgender Media Lab at Carleton University is ashamed that its home institution has withdrawn from Capital Pride without so much as... More

Monday, July 31, 2023

New report on the unpaid labor of Indigenous youth groups!

The Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G), an Indigenous youth group in Ottawa that we are building a relationship with, has participated in an important new report about how the labor of... More

Monday, March 27, 2023

We are in solidarity with CUPE 4600’s strike

CUPE 4600 represents all Teaching Assistants, internally-funded Research Assistants, and Contract Instructors at Carleton University. It is the largest union on campus, with nearly 3000 members. They have been on strike... More

Monday, March 6, 2023

Call for Applications: CSS Expert for Summer 2023

May 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023 Salary: $25.00/hour 200 hours total Remote work from home with option to work on-campus at Carleton University Application deadline: 31 March 2023 Deadline extended to 3 April 2023! The... More

Friday, May 6, 2022

Video: Laura Horak, Cáel M. Keegan, and Sam Feder on “Disclosure” and Trans Media

The Netflix Original Documentary Disclosure (2020) presents an in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact... More

Friday, May 6, 2022

Video: Cáel M. Keegan “Bad Trans Objects”

Earlier this year, the  Transgender Media Portal and Carleton University Film Studies hosted a virtual talk by the Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair of Arts and Social Sciences... More

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Complicating Trans Representation: An Interview with Cáel M. Keegan

Transgender Media Lab member and Carleton University’s 2021-22 Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair of Arts and Social Sciences Dr. Cáel M. Keegan speaks about his recent... More

Monday, December 6, 2021

Call for Applications: Front End Developer & Analyst

We are seeking an incoming or existing MA or PhD student to lead front end development and analysis for the Transgender Media... More

Friday, November 26, 2021

The TML is in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders

  The Transgender Media Lab condemns the RCMP’s brutal militarized attacks against Wet’suwet’en land defenders who are protecting sacred headwaters from TC Energy’s... More

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival 2022 Opens Call for Entries

The call for entries for the 2022 Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival is now open—submit your work today! About the festival Translations: Seattle Transgender Film... More

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Nov 20-21: Trans Fest Stockholm 2021 (online and in-person)

A festival weekend to celebrate, remember, and cherish Trans lives. This festival will be both physical and digital. The event starts on Saturday November 20th at 11:00 (Stockholm-time) and... More

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Nov 26: CreativeMornings with Cara Tierney at the Ottawa Art Gallery

On Friday, November 26, CreativeMornings Ottawa will welcome attendees back to the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) for an in-person event featuring artist and educator Cara Tierney... More

Monday, November 1, 2021

Meet the newest members of the Transgender Media Lab Research Team

Meet the newest members of the Transgender Media Lab Tech Team: PhD Fellow Cara Tierney, MA Fellow Brooke Modestita, and Undergraduate Research Assistant Jada Gannon-Day Some... More

Monday, November 1, 2021

Meet the newest members of the Transgender Media Lab Tech Team

Meet the newest members of the Transgender Media Lab Tech Team: Contributor Experience Designer Kit Chokly & Undergraduate Research Assistant Maddie Murakami Let’s start... More

Friday, October 1, 2021

Seattle Queer Film Festival 2021: Transcending Boundaries

Time and date: October 14–24, 2021 Location: Virtual Cost: See ticket info here, and use our discount code TMP20 at checkout. Stories about breaking boundaries, binary and otherwise. The... More

Friday, October 1, 2021

POSTPONED — Drive-In Movie Night: DISCLOSURE (2020)

Time and date: POSTPONED Location: Parking Lot 6 Cost: Free Contact email: pride@carleton.ca This event is free, but registration is required to attend. In partnership with the Carleton... More

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Call for Applications: Undergrad Research Assistants!

September 1, 2021-April 30, 2022. Salary: $24.27/hour. 150 hours total. Must be a currently enrolled Carleton University undergraduate student. Application deadline: August 25,... More

Thursday, March 4, 2021

TML PhD Fellow Evie Ruddy Wins Ontario Graduate Scholarship

TML PhD fellow Evie Ruddy has just been awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship for their project "Transing the Lens on Trans Bodies: Collaborative Media Art Projects with Transgender... More

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Lab Director Horak Wins 2021 Carleton Research Achievement Award

TML lab director Laura Horak was awarded the 2021 Carleton Research Achievement Award, the university's top prize for researchers. She is one of ten researchers to receive the... More

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Call for Applications: Transgender Digital Privacy and Security Analyst-Deadline Extended!

The Trans Mediascapes team is seeking an incoming MA student to design and analyze approaches to digital privacy and security for the... More

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Call for Applications: 2 New Transgender Media Lab MA Fellowships

The TML is currently recruiting two MA students to conduct original thesis research on some aspect of transgender, Two Spirit, nonbinary, intersex and/or gender-nonconforming... More

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Transgender Media Portal Usability Test Report Now Available Online

The Transgender Media Portal Usability Test Report, co-authored by Kit Chokly, Jay Cooper, Oliver Debney, and Laura Horak, is now available online at Humanities Commons. This... More

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Transgender Media Portal at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK)

Laura Horak and Andrew Robbins from the Transgender Media Lab have been invited to curate a short film program for the Aesthetica Short Film Festival based in York, UK. This year... More

Thursday, June 18, 2020

CFP: Trans Media Pedagogy

CALL FOR PROPOSALS “Trans Media Pedagogy”  Journal of Cinema and Media Studies Teaching Dossier section Edited by Dr. Dan Vena (Carleton University/Queen’s University) and Dr. Nael Bhanji (Trent University) In Transgender... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

New article: “Curating Trans Erotic Imaginaries”

Dr. Horak's article "Curating Trans Erotic Imaginaries" was recently published in Transgender Studies Quarterly's special issue on "Trans Pornography." Go to article Abstract:... More

Sunday, January 5, 2020

CFP: Transing Cinema and Media Studies–JCMS In Focus Entries

Call For Proposals “Transing Cinema and Media Studies” Journal of Cinema and Media Studies In Focus Section Edited by Cáel M. Keegan (Grand Valley State University, he/him)... More

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Transgender Media Lab PhD Fellowship Announcement! [Deadline Feb 1]

Transgender Media Lab PhD Fellowship Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Application deadline: February 1, 2020 PhD program start: September 2020 Media creates horizons... More

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

A Vision for the Transgender Media Portal

Despite recent attention to representations of trans people in Canadian and U.S. media, media created by trans people is often overlooked. Film scholars, women’s and gender studies scholars, and the mainstream media have... More

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