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Title: Christopher Lee papers
Dates: 1993-2003
Collection Number: 2023-88
Creator/Collector:
Lee, Christopher
Extent: 2.75 linear feet (1 carton and 1 oversized folder)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Christopher Lee (1964-2012) was a Chinese and Polish American trans activist and filmmaker. He co-founded the San Francisco
Transgender Film Festival in 1997 and was active in Asian American LGBT organizations. This collection includes ephemera from
Asian American LGBT organizations and events, including Trikone and Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Network;
and SF Transgender Film Festival posters, publicity materials, and ephemera. Also included are the 16 VHS tapes from “Asian
Lesbian and Bisexual Movement 1994-1995,” a documentary project that included footage of Asian American LGBT events and activism
and interviews with Asian and Asian American activists.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright is retained by the estate representative, Jae Carranza. 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. Transmission or reproduction of
materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[Identification of item]. Christopher Lee papers. Collection Number: 2023-88. GLBT Historical Society
The collection was formally donated to the GLBT Historical Society in April 2024 by Jae Carranza.
Scope and Content of Collection
Christopher Lee (1964-2012) was a Chinese and Polish American trans activist and filmmaker. He co-founded the San Francisco
Transgender Film Festival (then called Tranny Fest) in 1997 and was active in Asian American LGBT organizations. This collection
includes ephemera from Asian American LGBT organizations and events, including Trikone and Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian
and Bisexual Network; and Tranny Fest posters, publicity materials, and ephemera. Also included are the 16 VHS tapes from
“Asian Lesbian and Bisexual Movement 1994-1995,” a documentary project that included footage of Asian American LGBT events
and activism and interviews with Asian and Asian American activists.
Please note that the title of the film festival includes a term that, at the time, was used within the LGBTQ community by
some trans people as friendly slang. The term is now, however, widely considered a slur. The term is used here in historical
context only, to accurately document the festival's title and the terms historical actors used for themselves.
LGBTQ
Asian Americans
Transgender people
Trans men
People of color
Motion pictures
Activism
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Documentary films