Description
Tamara Ching (1949-) is an advocate, activist, and former sex worker. This small collection includes brochures, conference
materials, flyers, news clippings, newsletters, and reports about transgender health and rights and AIDS in Asian Pacific
Islander communities, as well as materials pertaining to Ching personally: articles, an essay, and a limited amount of correspondence,
primarily thank-you letters from organizations.
Background
Tamara Ching (1949-) is an advocate, activist, and former sex worker. Ching made her gender transition in the late seventies,
while working for the Community Services Administration under President Carter. She was an original member of the Transgender
Advisors to the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and served as advisor on transgender issues to numerous city political
bodies and agencies, including the Board of Supervisors, the San Francisco Police Department, and the Department of Public
Health. Ching has also worked in AIDS education outreach, managed a support group for Asian and Pacific Islander trans people,
and investigated allegations of discrimination for the Transgender Services Commission.
Extent
0.125 linear feet (1/2 manuscript box shared with another collection)
Restrictions
Copyright to material created by Tamara Ching has not been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions
and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical
Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research.