Elio Colavito

I am a white transmasculine settler, interdisciplinary scholar, and PhD candidate in the Department of History with a collaborative specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. My research centers transmasculine histories of care, mutual aid, and community formation in 20th-century Canada and the United States. My passion lies in making a usable past accessible to trans communities.

Contact me at mia.colavito@mail.utoronto.ca

Photo by Elio Colavito, 2023.

Dissertation Project

Care Beyond the Clinic: Transmasculine Mutual Aid, Care, and Community Formation in Canada and the US, 1970-2005.

For Elio Colavito, #OralHistory allows queer and trans people to speak “to and through the historical record” toward a history that allows them to share their own rich lives and experiences.

Learn about their important work at https://t.co/zAKCSAeiM5. #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV pic.twitter.com/euwSu9LeaQ
— Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (@UofTDHN) March 30, 2023

Author Elio Colavito shares their story of how a love of libraries, an appreciation of affirming library staff, and personal research interests come together in a powerful way. https://t.co/WHCPoF7tWU @eliocolavito pic.twitter.com/WcqeGE7Itw
— Library Journal (@LibraryJournal) February 9, 2023

Queer histories are often overshadowed by the traumas the community experiences, but that’s not all there is. @webspookie spoke with oral historians @eliocolavito and Alisha Stranges on collecting the Pussy Palace’s stories as part of @LGBTQHistory.https://t.co/LDpnkAtdHA
— Xtra (@XtraMagazine) October 3, 2022