The artist Chris Vargas is the founder and self-appointed director of The Museum of Trans Hirstory & Art, a conceptual museum forever “under construction.” His outstanding work has inspired an ongoing research and teaching project on trans art history at the HEAD – Geneve, supervised by Clovis Maillet with the participation of Ruby Faure and Jay Jordan, and supported by the Centre Maurice Chalumeau en Sciences des Sexualités (UNIGE).

In 2023, The MOTHA (Museum of Trans Hirstory and Art) co-published Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, a compelling exploration of trans art, activism, and resistance with contributions from many scholars and artists including Riley Snorton, Vaginal Davis, Jeanne Vaccaro, and Leah DeVun. Spanning over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artifacts that highlights the under-recognized histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities in order to reflect on historical erasure and imagine trans futures.