Paris Lees Archive (LEES) Bishopsgate Institute Grace Biggins June 2016 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents p.2 Collection Level Description p.3 LEES/1: Articles and Publications p.5 LEES/2: Other Materials p.17 2 LEES Paris Lees Archive 2007-2016 Name of Creator: Lees, Paris (fl 2007-2016) LGBT campaigner, presenter and journalist Extent: 28 files Biographical History: Campaigner, presenter and journalist Paris Lees is the first and, so far, only trans person to appear on the BBC’s flagship political discussion show Question Time, where she has made two appearances. She co-founded All About Trans, a project to connect trans people with the media that lead to BBC2 comedy Boy Meets Girl and Eastenders’ first trans character. She is also the first trans woman to present for Radio 1 and Channel 4 and has won various awards, including: • The Positive Role Model Award for LGBT (National Diversity Awards 2012) • Ultimate Trailblazer (Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year 2014) • Young Campaigning Journalist of the Year (MHPC’s 30 to Watch Awards 2015) She was also named the most influential lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person in Britain by the Independent on Sunday in 2013 and will receive an honorary masters from the University of Brighton later this summer. Her memoir is set to be published in 2017 by Penguin. Custodial History: Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by Paris Lees, 7 June 2016. Scope and Content: Papers of LGBT campaigner, presenter and journalist Paris Lees, including: articles and publications by Paris Lees in various magazines, newspapers and periodicals, including regular columns, comments on news affairs, and details on public appearances, 2009-2016; other materials concerning Paris Lees, including undergraduate essays and assignments for the University of Brighton, 2007- 2008.(2007-2016) 3 System of Arrangement: The archive of Paris Lees are divided into the following two sections: LEES/1: Articles and Publications LEES/2: Other Material Language/scripts of material: English Access conditions: OPEN Copying conditions: Photocopying, scanning and digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law. Finding Aids: Copy of handlist available in Library Reading Room. Rules and Conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. 4 LEES/1 Articles and Publications 2009-2016 Articles and publications by Paris Lees in various magazines, newspapers and periodicals, including regular columns, comments on news affairs, and details on public appearances (2009-2016) OPEN LEES/1/1 Articles and Publications, 2009 2009 Includes: - 'Trans murder' and 'Who knew 'slebs' were so trannyish?' from GT News: Magazine of the Gender Trust (Vol.75) (p.5 & p.10) (Autumn 2009) - 'Lawyer's death gives voice to minorities' by Katherine Button (comment by Lees in article) from XCity (p.6) (n.d.) OPEN LEES/1/2 Articles and Publications, 2010 2010 Includes: - 'Tatchell exposes Tory ignorance on Trans issues', 'Gender blind' and 'Toilet humour' from GT News: Magazine of the Gender Trust (Vol.76) (p.4-5, & p.8- &p 9-10) (Spring 2010) - contributor listing from Gay Times (June 2010) - 'Passing the woman test' from Diva (p.8) (July 2010) OPEN LEES/1/3 Articles and Publications, 2011 2011 Includes: - 'Say Again?' and 'Till It's Over' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.20-23 & p.28) (February 2011) - 'Mardi Gras' (interview with Randy Dicksin and Nikki Facchin) and 'Faking It' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.28) (March 2011) - 'Couldn't Make It Up' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.30) (April 2011) - 'See Change' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.32) (May 2011) - 'No Way!' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.22) (June 2011) - 'Going, Going, Gone!' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.18) (July 2011) - 'Hit & Miss' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.18) (August 2011) - 'Answer Up' and 'What it feels like for a girl' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.18 & 5 p.42-44) (September 2011) - unidentified contribution to Gay Times (September 2011) - listed in 'The Pink List' from The Independent on Sunday (p.8 of supplement) (23 October 2011) - 'We Like to Watch' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.18) (November 2011) - 'Transsexual healing' from G2 (p.12) (8 November 2011) - 'We've Seen It All' (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.20) (December 2011) OPEN LEES/1/4 Articles and Publications, January - March 2012 2012 Includes: - 'Paris Lees: It's time for the trans and gay communities to find some common ground again' (listed as contributor) from Attitude (p.106) (January 2012) - 'Newsflashing' (listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.24) (January/February 2012) - 'Is Trans The New Gay' (listed as contributor) from Gay Times (p.98-102) (February 2012) - 'Oops! Poopstorm...' (listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.24) (March 2012) - cited in events listing for 'Transgender Representation - Are We Nearly There Yet?' from BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (p.30) (23 March - 1 April 2012) LEES/1/5 Articles and Publications, April - June 2012 2012 Includes: - 'The New State of Matrimony' and 'Fantastic Mr Fox' (interview with Ralph Francis Fox) (Lees listed as Diary and WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.24 & p.32) (April 2012) - 'Should non-trans actors play trans parts?' from G2 (p.3) (24 May 2012) - 'Confession Time' (Lees listed as Diary & WTF?! editor) from Diva (p.26) (May 2012) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch' (Lees listed as Diary & Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.23) (June 2012) - National Diversity Awards 2012 programme (Lees listed as a nominee for 2012 LGBT Positive Role Models) (p.18) [June 2012] - 'Paris Lees Knows...What It Feels Like For A Girl' (Lees listed as columnist) from Gay Times (p.116) (Summer 2012) OPEN 6 LEES/1/6 Articles and Publications, July - September 2012 2012 Includes: - Paris Lees' Mediawatch' (Lees listed as Diary and Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.19) (July 2012) - 'Paris Lees Knows...What It Feels Like For A Girl' (Lees listed as columnist) from Gay Times (p.108) (July 2012) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch' (Lees listed as Diary and Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.19) (August 2012) - 'Paris Lees Knows...What It Feels Like For A Girl' (Lees listed as columnist) from Gay Times (p.102) (August 2012) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch', 'Where Do We Go From Here?' and 'The Terrible Twenties' (Lees listed as Diary and Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.19, p.28- 29 & p.58-59) (September 2012) - 'Paris Lees Knows...what it feels like for a girl' (Lees listed as columnist) from Gay Times (p.102) (September 2012) OPEN LEES/1/7 Articles and Publications, October - December 2012 2012 Includes: - 'Positive role model Paris wins at National Diversity Awards' (Lees mentioned in article) from Nottingham Post (p.31) (3 October 2012) - 'Transgender Pairs lands award as positive role model' (Lees mentioned in article) from Dispatch (p.5) (5 October 2012) - 'Award-winner Paris gets back to business' (Lees mentioned in article) from Dispatch (p.11) (12 October 2012) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch' (Lees listed as Diary and Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.19) (October 2012) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch' (Lees listed as Diary and Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.17) (November 2012) - 'Paris Lees Knows...what it feels like for a girl' (Lees listed as a columnist) from Gay Times (p.110) (November 2012) - listed as a judge for 'The Pink List 2012' from The Independent on Sunday (p.8 of supplement) (4 November 2012) - 'A status update for transgender people' from G2 (p.2) (10 December 2012) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch' (Lees listed as Diary and Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.17) (December 2012) - 'Paris Lees Knows...what it feels like for a girl' (Lees listed as columnist) from Gay Times (p.110) (December 2012) - 'Intersect' programme (Lees listed as speaker) (p.8) 7 (2012) OPEN LEES/1/8 Articles and Publications, January - March 2013 2013 Includes: - 'There will always be prejudice' by Patrick Barkham (Lees mentioned in article) from G2 (p.6-9) (22 January 2013) - 'It's important to make your voice heard' (interview with Jane Czyzselska) (Lees mentioned in article) from The Guardian (p.31) (28 January 2013) - 'Why it's wrong to defend Burchill's "right to offend"' from The Irish Times (p.14) (30 January 2013) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch' and 'Ain't I a woman?' (Lees listed as Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.17 & p.40-42) (January 2013) - 'Paris Lees Knows...what it feels like for a girl' (Lees listed as columnist) from Gay Times (p.110) (January 2013) - 'Hucknall woman flies flag for transgender' (Lees mentioned in article) from Dispatch (p.13) (1 February 2013) - 'Paris Lees' Mediawatch' and 'We've come a long way, baby' by Jane Czyzselska and Eden Carter Wood (column by Lees in article) (Lees featured on cover and listed as Mediawatch editor) from Diva (p.17 & p.53) (February 2013) - 'Paris Lees Knows...what it feels like for a girl' (Lees listed as columnist) from Gay Times (p.108) (February 2013) - 'Paris Lees: Lucy Meadow's death will galvanise a community to end the persecution she faced - what a tragedy that she will never know it' from G2 (p.5) (27 March 2013) - 'How Radio 1 helped