Guide to the Ariadne Kane Outreach Institute for Gender Studies Collection

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Title: Ariadne Kane Outreach Institute for Gender Studies Collection

Creator: Kane-Demaios, J. Ari, 1936-

Identifier/Call Number: SC.AK

Extent: 6.38 linear feet

Extent: 5.53 Gigabytes

Date (inclusive): 1974-2001

Abstract: Joseph Ariadne "Ari" Kane-Demaios is the founder of the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies. Originally named Joseph DeMaios, he officially came out as Ariadne "Ari" Kane in 1971. The Ari Kane Outreach Institute for Gender Studies Collection contains various documents, audio and video tapes, photographs, and awards. These items were collected by, as well as given to, Kane chronicling the work conducted by her institute and the annual coordination of Fantasia Fair, which is considered to be the longest running annual event for crossdressers, transgenders, and transsexuals in the world.

Language of Material: English

Biographical Information:

Joseph Ariadne "Ari" Kane-Demaios (1936-) was born and raised in New York City. Ari is touted by Playboy magazine as the very definition of an Androgyny, meaning that Ari is comfortable portraying both genders in society. During his childhood, DeMaios cross-dressed just one time, which his parents found out about, prompting him to cease all gender experimentation until later in life. DeMaios went on to receive a Bachelor's of Science degree in Biophysics, Mathematics and Chemistry at City College, New York in 1958 before commencing graduate work at New York University and the University of Buffalo. From 1966-1968, DeMaios taught overseas at St. Stephen's School in Rome and at the American College of Switzerland in Leysin. During this time, DeMaios was able to cross-dress again for Fastnacht in Munich and Mardi Gras in Naples. DeMaios eventually quit teaching, returned to the U.S., and went into designing. He later opened a travel agency, in addition to working as an educational consultant and realtor.

In 1971, DeMaios became the leader of the Boston Gamma chapter of Tri-Sigma and officially came out as Ariadne "Ari" Kane. The chapter was later renamed the Cherrystone Club. In 1974, the event known as Fantasia Fair aka Fan/Fair was conceived by Ari and several other members of the Cherrystone Club including Betty Ann Lind, Betsy Shaw, and Linda Franklin. The first fair was officially held in 1975 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Fan/Fair offered individuals, particularly cross-dressers, transvestites, and transsexuals a safe place to express themselves. The Outreach Institute for Gender Studies, founded by Ari, was the main coordinator and overseer of the fair until March of 2001 when its Board of Directors decided to hand over management to Real Life Experiences, Inc., headed by Dallas Denny. The fair has played host to a number of events including the Fan/Fair Follies, the Fantasia Fashion Show, and an awards banquet. In addition to these events, the fair has continuously featured various workshops and seminars designed to help attendees embrace gender experimentation and succeed in their overall lives. These workshops include, but are not limited to, hair and make-up tutorials, gender theory, and even special programs tailored to spouses and partners.

In conjunction with the opening of Fantasia Fair, Ari founded the Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, later renamed the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies in 1996. Through her work with the institute, Ari wrote numerous articles, attended various conferences, and coordinated workshops in order to stress the importance of sex and gender studies. From her work with the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, to the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and the International Foundation for Gender Education, Ari continuously gained attention and appreciation for her work. Ari was even asked to appear in 1980 on the Phil Donahue Show and the David Suskind Show in 1982. Furthermore, she founded the Theseus Counseling and Consulting Service in 1985 in order to offer counseling, instruction, and health care resources specializing in gender and/or sex related services.

Scope and Contents

Joseph Ariadne "Ari" Kane-Demaios is the founder of the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies and was the main coordinator for Fantasia Fair aka Fan/Fair from 1975-2001, as well as a sex and gender studies educator and activist. The materials within the Ariadne Kane Outreach Institute for Gender Studies Collection chronicle Ari's outreach work via the Institute, in addition to documents and audio and visual tapes collected from Fan/Fair. The collection is separated into two series: Fantasia Fair (1977-2001) and Sex and Gender Education (1974-2001).

Series I, Fantasia Fair, documents the planning, preparation, and execution of Fantasia Fair, the longest running annual event for crossdressers, transgenders, and transsexuals in the world. This series includes correspondence, pamphlets, and newsletters, photographs, audio and video tapes, and is arranged alphabetically.

Series II, Sex and Gender Education, documents the activities of organizations, conventions, and of public outreach programs in which Kane was involved, including the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies, the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and the International Foundation for Gender Education. This series includes documents and specialty items, such as trophies and plaques, and is arranged alphabetically.

Arrangement of Materials:

Series I: Fantasia Fair, 1977-2001

Series II: Sex and Gender Education, 1974-2001

Conditions Governing Access:

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Ariadne Kane.

Preferred Citation:

For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials guide.

Processing Information:

Sarah E. Witherspoon, 2018

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiovisual materials

Ephemera

Documents

Series I: Fantasia Fair, 1977-2001

Box 1, Folder 1

Cowart, Robin, 1996-1997

Box 1, Folder 2

Cragg, Barbara, 1995-1998

Box 1, Folder 3

Denny, Dallas, 1995-1997

Box 1, Folder 4

Ellaborne, Diane, 1995-1997

Box 1, Folder 5

Fantasia Fair Attendee Lists, Unknown

Box 1, Folder 6

Fantasia Fair, 1977

Box 1, Folder 7

Fantasia Fair, 1978-1979

Box 1, Folder 8

Fantasia Fair, 1980

Box 1, Folder 9

Fantasia Fair, 1980

Box 1, Folder 10

Fantasia Fair, 1981

Box 1, Folder 11

Fantasia Fair, 1981

Box 1, Folder 12

Fantasia Fair, 1982

Box 1, Folder 13

Fantasia Fair, 1982

Box 1, Folder 14

Fantasia Fair, 1983

Box 1, Folder 15

Fantasia Fair, 1984

Box 1, Folder 16

Fantasia Fair, 1984

Box 1, Folder 17

Fantasia Fair, 1984

Box 2, Folder 1

Fantasia Fair, 1988-1989

Box 2, Folder 2

Fantasia Fair, 1990

Box 2, Folder 3

Fantasia Fair, 1991

Box 2, Folder 4

Fantasia Fair, 1991

Box 2, Folder 5

Fantasia Fair, 1991

Box 2, Folder 6

Fantasia Fair, 1992-1993

Box 2, Folder 7

Fantasia Fair, 1994

Box 2, Folder 8

Fantasia Fair, 1995-1997

Box 2, Folder 9

Fantasia Fair, 1998

Box 2, Folder 10

Fantasia Fair, 1998

Box 2, Folder 11

Fantasia Fair, 1998

Box 3, Folder 1

Fantasia Fair, 1999-2001

Box 3, Folder 2

"Fantasia Fair: Consciousness Raising In Never-Never Land," by Mariette Pathy Allen

Box 3, Folder 3

Fantasia Fair, 1986-1988

Box 3, Folder 4

Fink Phyllis

Box 3, Folder 5

General Files

Box 3, Folder 6

Gilbert, Miqqi Alicia

Box 3, Folder 7

Grant, Rachel

Box 3, Folder 8

Green, Janet

Box 3, Folder 9

Heuer, Bud

Box 3, Folder 10

Kain, Jennifer

Box 3, Folder 11

Kane, Ariadne

Box 3, Folder 12

Karron, Dianne

Box 3, Folder 13

Laing, Alison

Box 3, Folder 14

Lewis, Beth

Box 3, Folder 15

Little, Kim

Box 3, Folder 16

Medina, Rhonda

Box 3, Folder 17

Miller, Niela

Box 3, Folder 18

Osborne, Judy

Box 3, Folder 19

Ousterhout, Douglas K

Box 3, Folder 20

Patton, Judge

Box 3, Folder 21

Prok, David

Box 3, Folder 22

Reeder, Kerri

Box 3, Folder 23

Rice, Martha

Box 3, Folder 24

Richards, Claire

Box 3, Folder 25

Robinson, Jayne

Box 3, Folder 26

Sheldon, Emily

Box 3, Folder 27

Smith, Livia

Box 3, Folder 28

Stowell, Jamie

Box 3, Folder 29

Swenson, Erin

Box 3, Folder 30

Swin, Rikki Kay

Box 3, Folder 31

Viola, Brenda

Box 3, Folder 32

Volker, Marilyn

Box 3, Folder 33

Wilson, JoAnn

Box 10, Item 1

Fantasia Fair Talent Show #1, 1991

Box 10, Item 2

Fantasia Fair Talent Show #2, 1991

Box 10, Item 3

Fantasia Fair Talent Show #3, 1991

Box 11, Item 1

Plaque, The Original Pocono Fantasy Festival, May 1990

Box 13, Item 1

Appreciation Award from "The Fair Ladies of Provincetown," ca. 1984

Series II: Sex and Gender Education, 1974-2001

Box 3, Folder 34

"Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles: An In-depth View of the TV Subculture," 1975 April 19

Box 3, Folder 35

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1977-1978

Box 3, Folder 36

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1979-1980

Box 4, Folder 1

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1980-1981

Box 4, Folder 2

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1982

Box 4, Folder 3

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1982

Box 4, Folder 4

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1984-1985

Box 4, Folder 5

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1989-1992

Box 4, Folder 6

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1992

Box 4, Folder 7

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1994

Box 4, Folder 8

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Joint Annual Meeting, 1997-1998

Box 4, Folder 9

"Aspects of Sexual Orientation," by Patricia A. Saliba

Box 4, Folder 10

The Association for Humanistic Psychology Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference, 1991 August 22-25

Box 4, Folder 11

BE ALL Weekend, June 1993

Box 4, Folder 12

Bem Scale, Measure of Gender Scale, 1974

Box 4, Folder 13

Center for Male Potency

Box 4, Folder 14

The Center for Women's Development, 1992

Box 4, Folder 15

Chicago Resource Center, 1997

Box 5, Folder 1

Coming Together-Working Together Convention, IFGE, 1994-1995

Box 5, Folder 2

DREAM 80, Jane P. Scrapbook, 1980

Box 5, Folder 3

DREAM 80, Jane P. Scrapbook, 1980

Box 5, Folder 4

Gender Alternatives League, 1991

Box 5, Folder 5

Gender Diversity

Box 5, Folder 6

Gender Education Newsletters, 1990-1998

Box 5, Folder 7

"Gender, Envy and Animus," by Polly Young-Eisendrath, 1990

Box 5, Folder 8

Gender in the News, 1990-2000

Box 5, Folder 9

General Files

Box 5, Folder 10

General Files

Box 5, Folder 11

General Files

Box 5, Folder 12

General Files

Box 5, Folder 13

Greenwood and Praeger Book Announcements, 1991-1992

Box 5, Folder 14

The Haworth Press, Inc.

Box 5, Folder 15

Hepatitis

Box 5, Folder 16

Hoffman, Jane

Box 6, Folder 1

Human Sexuality Program and Sexuality Institute, University of Rhode Island College of Nursing, 1991

Box 6, Folder 2

The Ingersoll Message, Vol. 3, No. 11, December 1998

Box 6, Folder 3

The International Foundation for Gender Education Annual Convention, 1989-1991

Box 6, Folder 4

The International Foundation for Gender Education Annual Convention, 1997-1998

Box 6, Folder 5

The International Foundation for Gender Education Annual Convention, 2001

Box 6, Folder 6

The International Foundation for Gender Education Publications List

Box 6, Folder 7

International Lesbian and Gay Health Conference and Aids Forum, 1987-1988

Box 6, Folder 8

"The Intimate Relationships of Lesbians and Gay Men," by Letita Anne Peplau, April 1981

Box 6, Folder 9

Iota Chi Epsilon , 1996-1997

Box 6, Folder 10

Journal of Gender Studies, 1992

Box 6, Folder 11

Journal of Gender Studies, 1993

Box 6, Folder 12

Journal of Gender Studies, 1993-1994

Box 6, Folder 13

Journal of Gender Studies, 1996-1997

Box 6, Folder 14

Journal of Gender Studies, 1996-1998

Box 6, Folder 15

Kane, Adriane

Box 6, Folder 16

Lakube, Richard Marvin, 1995

Box 6, Folder 17

LD Fashions

Box 6, Folder 18

LD Fashions

Box 6, Folder 19

"Matchmaker," by James B. Stewart, The New Yorker, August 2001

Box 6, Folder 20

McKay, Dave, 1994-1995

Box 6, Folder 21

Mental Health, 1987-1995

Box 6, Folder 22

North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 1995

Box 6, Folder 23

North Central Sociological Association, 1996

Box 7, Folder 1

Northwest Gender Alliance Newsletters, 1990-1994

Box 7, Folder 2

Our Sorority , 1987-1990

Box 7, Folder 3

The Outreach Institute for Gender Studies, General Files

Box 7, Folder 4

The Outreach Institute for Gender Studies, General Files

Box 7, Folder 5

The Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, Books and Publications Price Lists and Catalogue, 1974-1992

Box 7, Folder 6

The Outreach Institute of Gender Studies, 1990-1998

Box 7, Folder 7

The Outreach Institute of Gender Studies, 1999

Box 7, Folder 8

Paradise Tales , 1989-1997

Box 7, Folder 9

Patton, Jude, 1997

Box 7, Folder 10

Planned Parenthood of New England, 2000-2001

Box 7, Folder 11

The Primrose , 1989-1999

Box 7, Folder 12

Provincetown Business Guild, 2000

Box 7, Folder 13

"Psycho Sexual Disorders: A Contemporary Approach to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual No. 3..." by Ari Kane

Box 7, Folder 14

Research Study on Bisexuality, Ronald C. Fox, 1990 September 7

Box 7, Folder 15

Rikki Swin Institute

Box 7, Folder 16

A Rose News , 1989-1990

Box 7, Folder 17

Sexual Reassignment Surgery, Toby R. Meltzer, MD, PC

Box 7, Folder 18

Sexual Attitude Reassessment, 1993 July 28-30

Box 7, Folder 19

Sexual Reproduction

Box 7, Folder 20

The Society Newsletter, 1979-1991

Box 7, Folder 21

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1981

Box 7, Folder 22

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1982

Box 8, Folder 1

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1987

Box 8, Folder 2

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1988

Box 8, Folder 3

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1991

Box 8, Folder 4

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1989-1990

Box 8, Folder 5

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1992-1994

Box 8, Folder 6

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, West Regional Conference, 1985

Box 8, Folder 7

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Western Regional Conference, 1988

Box 8, Folder 8

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Western Regional Conference, 1988

Box 8, Folder 9

Southern Comfort, Meeting, September 1993

Box 8, Folder 10

"Surprise! Your Dreams Can Bring You Closer," by Priscilla Grant

Box 8, Folder 11

Theseus Counseling Services

Box 8, Folder 12

Trans Newsletters, 1980-1996

Box 8, Folder 13

Transgender Views , 1989-1990

Box 8, Folder 14

"Transsexual and Transgender Health Law," by Martine A. Rothblatt, Esq., Journal of Gender Studies, 1993-1994

Box 8, Folder 15

Transsexualism

Box 8, Folder 16

Trans-Talk, Vol. 3, No. 2, March 1990

Box 8, Folder 17

Transvestism

Box 8, Folder 18

"The TV-TG-TS Phenomenon," 1975 June 14

Box 8, Folder 19

TV Outreach, 1975-1976

Box 9, Folder 1

University of California, Santa Cruz, Library Research, Graduate Work, 1987

Box 9, Folder 2

Windstar Journal , 1987

Box 9, Folder 3

"The Woman Who Lives Inside," by Darrell Yates Rist, 1983

Box 9, Folder 4

World Congress of Sexology, 1981

Box 9, Folder 5

Yale University Press, 1988-1989

Box 9, Folder 6

"Transexual and Transgender Health Law," by Martine A. Rothblatt, Esq., Journal of Gender Studies, 1993-1994

Box 12, Item 1

Award, The Tiffany Club, 1989

Box 13, Item 2

Plaque, Gender Worker Award, 1990

Box 13, Item 3

Plaque, Marquis Who's Who Publications Board, ca. 1984

Folder 1

Gender Education, 1993-1994

Digital Folder

Community Meeting, Side A, 1979 October 17

Digital Folder

Fantasia Fair A Program for Exploration & Growth for Cross Gender People, SSSS Western Region Annual Meeting, January 1985

Digital Folder

Gender Issues in the 80s, Outreach Institute Symposium, Side A, June 1984

Digital Folder

Gender Issues in the 80s, Outreach Institute Symposium, Side B, June 1984

Digital Folder

Kane Lecture, 1977 November 21

Digital Folder

Kane Lecture, Teacher's Group, Side A, 1977 December 8

Digital Folder

Kane Lecture, Teacher's Group, Side B, 1977 December 8

Digital Folder

Kane Lecture, Teacher's Group, Side C, 1977 December 8

Digital Folder

Kane Lecture, Teacher's Group, Side D, 1977 December 8

Digital Folder

Kane, Ari Gay Way Program, Side A, 1977 September 13

Digital Folder

Kane, Ari Gay Way Program, Side B, 1977 September 13

Digital Folder

Legal Aspects Seminar, Part 2

Digital Folder

Legal Aspects Seminar, Part 3

Digital Folder

Northeastern Psychological Association, Side A, 1977 November 5

Digital Folder

Northeastern Psychological Association, Side B, 1977 November 5

Digital Folder

Transvestite Conference, Side A, Track 1, 1977

Digital Folder

Transvestite Conference, Side A, Track 2, 1977

Digital Folder

Transvestite Conference, Side B, Track 1, 1977

Digital Folder

Transvestite Conference, Side B, Track 2, 1977